Tide Undefeated In SEC No More

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Nate Oats greets Cuonzo Martin after Saturdays loss.Well, we knew it had to come at some point. Even the Gumpiest of Gumps didn't expect the Tide to go 18-0 in conference play. In a showdown with second place Missouri, Bama came up just short by a score of 68-65. For the first 28 minutes of game action, a final score that close didn't seem possible. The Tide roared back from a 22 point deficit with a 21-2 run starting at the 12:38 mark, but couldn't overcome the poor shooting and defense that had put them in that hole to begin with. And about these 11 a.m. games, can we just stop with that already? Two Saturdays in a row the team has come out flat and had to battle to try to comeback. Coach Nate Oats said he told the players “ESPN wants us because we are the best team in the SEC, so we have to figure out a way to start better in these games.”

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