The Alabama basketball season is not over. But it felt like it was, Tuesday night in Starkville, MS. Both teams badly needed a win to boost NCAA Tournament chances. The Bulldogs got one. The Crimson Tide came up short after another gutsy, but out-manned performance.
It would be easy to claim the game was lost with 7:34 to go in the first half. That was when John Petty Jr. left the game with an undisclosed, right arm injury. At that point, the Bulldogs led by a single point. Petty had eight of the Tide’s 28 points in nine minutes of first half play.