'Obviously, we seen that Virginia and Arizona lost, but we really didn’t speak much on it. I feel like we’re just focused on the next opponent,' Jahvon Quinerly said. 'We all kinda know anybody can win in March. We just kinda focus on the task at hand.”
The depth and talent of Alabama men’s basketball has confounded teams all season. With few exceptions, the Crimson Tide has strung together elite stretches of basketball, and even when it’s not playing its best or at its healthiest, it’s stillThrough the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, a question has been raised to the two coaches who the Tide has bounced out: How good is Alabama?
First to be asked was Steve Lutz, then the head coach of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The Islanders played Arizona, the No. 2 seed in the South region on Dec. 13, losing 99-61. When comparing the Tide and Wildcats, Lutz said it would be like “splitting hairs” between two title contenders. But he said that on Thursday before 15th-seeded Princeton upset Arizona and before Alabama’s path to its first Final Four in program history got much easier.
Maryland and coach Kevin Willard called the 2022-23 Tide one of the most talented the sport has seen in. The Terrapins found success in grinding the game to a halt, limiting Alabama to eight fastbreak points and 11 bench points. They hung in for a half. Foul trouble to Julian Reese and lack of offensive firepower sunk an upset bid. Willard was asked how to handle Alabama’s depth for 40 minutes.
“To be honest with you, I think you’re going to have to play to beat them,” Willard said. “I watched Houston. I think Houston’s got the defense that they can get up and down. They have the one on one players -- did UCLA win? I think has the talent that can run up and down with them a little bit. I just -- they have, you know, their coming off the bench, you know, with seven-foot-one, six-foot-11, six-foot-eight. Jaden Bradley is an All-American; he’s coming off the bench.
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