Alabama basketball fans are disappointed after the home loss to Arkansas Saturday night. The outcome of the game was bad enough, damaging Crimson Tide chances for an NCAA bid. Worse was after the Tide went up 12-0 early, the Razorbacks outscored the Tide 82-66 the rest of the way.
Effort was not the problem for Nate Oats’ team. Despite the limited resources of a short bench, the Alabama Crimson Tide battled throughout. The problem was the Razorbacks were just better defensively.
That defensive mismatch might not have occurred had Herbert Jones has been available to the Tide.