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Unbuckled? ‘Bama blows big lead, giving the Tide its worst loss of the Avery Johnson era

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I think he’s pointing at all the dead weight on the court.

A tale of two halves.

The Crimson Tide managed to play well enough to sprint out to a 21-point half-time lead, then bad enough to lose at the buzzer on a three-point shot, 83-80 to Georgia State. The Crimson Tide played as good as they possibly could for the first 20 minutes, and then as bad as anyone could possibly fathom in the last 20 minutes.

Coach Avery Johnson inserted Tevin Mack into the starting lineup for the first time, and the smaller version of the Tide came out firing.