One final thought: Mizzou made Alabama a one-man band

One fear I had entering this game was Alabama would continue the trend of teams hammering Mizzou with pick-and-rolls, especially given the fact that it’s how Avery Johnson positions Collin Sexton to barrel downhill.

In my nightmare, Sexton was able to find Donta Hall for dump-offs and baseline cutters or simply pitch the ball out to a wide-open John Petty, who would line up and knock in uncontested 3-pointers.

On top of that, Alabama is an early-clock offense, taking almost 19 percent of its shots within 10 seconds of an opponent’s miss — an attack compounded by the long rebounds you see when teams are watching longer jumpers kick off the rim. In total, the Tide came in 40th nationally in…