After a week of listless performances in critical games against long-time conference foes, the Crimson Tide (15-10, 6-6 SEC) are right back square on the bubble, a place they had moved off of for a little bit.
What else is new? Avery Johnson’s team has once again started to reel in February, during the most important stretch of the regular season. Each year of Johnson’s tenure, Alabama has had at least some shot of making the NCAA Tournament at the beginning of the month, only to completely tank in their remaining few games. What made this past week’s performances so jarring was just how pathetic the energy level from the team was.