With the Crimson Tide sitting at No. 1 in this week’s AP Basketball Top 25 poll — and the bandwagon near-full to bursting — now is as good a time as any to explain to newcomers (and those who were too embarrassed to ask), what exactly they’re seeing on the floor in Alabama games.
It doesn’t look like other teams, for sure. But you may not know why. Sit back, padawan, we’ll sherpa you through these dangerous peaks and valleys. While it is “revolutionary” in some sense, at the end of the day, it is a system that borrows from a lot of successful offenses and is driven by the defense.