'If Alabama’s latest road games are an indication,' JoeGoodmanJr writes, 'then Bridgestone Arena could be a tough environment for the Crimson Tide.' The SEC basketball tournament begins today, with Alabama set to play its first tournament game Friday.
, who contacted me and expressed their concerns about Oats’ rhetoric. The only person that fateful night who was at the wrong place at the wrong time, said a family member, was their Harris, who was a 23-year mother.
Attention of this magnitude is new territory even for the SEC. Normally the league’s biggest concerns are scandals on the field. Like when teams or players run afoul of the NCAA, or one coach calls another coach a dirty rotten scoundrel. Shootings, guns and capital murder charges involving basketball players during a season? It’s a different level of dishonor that can undermine the entire integrity of the conference.
Does pressure to play basketball even rate at all when compared to the weight this team is carrying into Nashville? Alabama coach Nate Oats has struggled at times in front of the microphone, and considering the circumstances it’s understandable, but he’s done a good job of maintaining the focus of players since the shooting.
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