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Drew Dearmond gives us his inside thoughts on Alabama Basketball · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Drew de Arman. Find him on Twitter, check him out in the Great
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  State of Alabama Tighter Insider dot com. Drew, Welcome in, sir.
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  How are you good, Jake? How are you doing, bud Man?
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  We're doing good. A couple things. Why I got you here. Let's
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  go basketball. First SEC tournament coming up this weekend or this week rather Alabama
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  three seed. They'll get the winner of Florida and or Missouri or Georgia,
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  and of course that'll be the last game on day three and then we'll see
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  what happens there. Your thoughts of the top four seeds Tennessee, Kentucky,
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  Alabama, Auburn, those will be you know, in of course South Carolina
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  there at five, those will be the teams everybody's kind of watching. We'll
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  see what happens with this tournament. But your thoughts on Alabama basketball where they
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  are headed into this tournament and then you know, eventually heading into next week.
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  Well, I mean, I think they're not in the in the best
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  spot because they're not completely healthy. Luckily, they've got la Treill Wright so
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  back and he got back in rhythm in his second game returning, playing having
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  to play thirty nine minutes to that ninety two to win over Arkansas, but
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  they didn't have Ryland Griffin, and we don't know for sure if they'll have
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  Ryland in this SEC tournament. Hopefully they'll have him back from the CAF injury
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  for the NCAAs, but you know, not being completely healthy heading into Nashville's
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  tough because I think the top six teams in this league are all capable of
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  winning the tournament. That I don't know the best been able to be said.
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  You know, in the past, I think Tennessee is the best team.
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  And I say all that, I don't think they'll win the tournament.
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  I've got Auburn winning it just simply because I like where they are playing,
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  the way they're playing right now, since the tournament's sport. And you know,
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  I say all that, and I still think Tennessee could get to the
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  final four. And Tennessee has a lot to play for because I still believe
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  Jake, if they win this tournament in Nashville, they would be the a
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  number one seed. If they don't win it, if they get to the
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  finals or if they lose to Auburn, and the SEMIS could be on the
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  two line. But I mean, I just really think overall that right now
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  Alabama is in a spot where could I see a scenario where they get the
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  Sunday Yes, I mean it's gonna be a really tough matchup, I think
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  really with Florida. And I think Florida is and has already split with Alabama.
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  They whipped Alabama in games feel pretty good if they did not have the
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  sh all right, so at least at full strength, and so that was
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  not ideal for you know, Alabama against the Gators, and so really they
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  when Cicely played it just a few minutes, I really don't think they had
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  them. And then in my mind, and then they lose you know,
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  Riley Griffin in the second half. They beat him in overtime and touched the
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  loose. So, but it's gonna be a tough matchup and then you potentially
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  get Kentucky. Though, I will say I think it's gonna be a potentially
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  very tricky game for Kentucky against Texts A and M. Because right now sext
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  A and M is playing desperate. They've won three in a row. They
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  need to screen together some more wins to try to sneak in because right now
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  I think the six I just mentioned to you. I think those are the
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  six that are the best teams in the SEC and are in the tournament.
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  I think Mississippi State from your neck of the woods, and then Texas A
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  and M has got to do damage if they want to get into the Big
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  Dance, both of them. So you know, Mississippi State might need a
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  win, maybe two, and probably A and M needs to get to Sunday,
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  quite frankly, so they're going to It's gonna be interesting to see how
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  that goes. But I mean, I'll just say this, Jake, if
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  you're a basketball fan, and I'm gonna be in Nashville starting on Friday,
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  but if you're a basketball fan and you really love the sport, the potential
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  to see Mississippi State and Tennessee, South Carolina, Auburn, Kentucky, Texas
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  A and M, and Alabama Florida, it don't get any better than that.
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  And if you're a Greg, thank you, you should be super excited.
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  One hundred percent agree. Drire In Dearman on your radio, make sure
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  to find him on exit. Drew d nine to seven to seven ESPN,
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  host of Talking Ball in Huntsville, Alabama, on ninety seven point seven ESPN
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