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Alabama Remains No. 2 In CFP Poll
Here is a look at the College Football Playoff rankings. There was no change in the top 5 in this week's poll. The Southeastern Conference had four teams in the top 25, with ALABAMA the highest ranked at number two. Following Bama from the SEC is Florida (8), LSU (15) and Ole Miss (22).
1 Clemson
2 ALABAMA
3 Ohio State
4 Notre Dame
5 Iowa
6 Oklahoma State
7 Oklahoma
8 Florida
9 Michigan State
10 Baylor
11 Stanford
12 Michigan
13 Utah
14 Florida State
15 LSU
16 Navy
17 North Carolina
18 TCU
19 Houston
20 Northwestern
21 Memphis
22 Ole Miss
23 Oregon
24 USC
25 Wisconsin
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Alabama Men's Basketball Falls 80-48
The University of Alabama men's basketball team and head coach Avery Johnson dropped their first game of the season this afternoon. This was the first road trip of 2015-16 for the Crimson Tide, falling 80-48 to the Dayton Flyers at UD Arena. Bama now falls to 1-1 on the season while Dayton improves to 2-0.
Coach Johnson commented following the game, "Their defense deserves a lot of credit. We had tough shots every trip down the court, and we had a
difficult time scoring. We started to have silly turnovers and were
having a hard time getting shots at the basket. We struggled with
unforced errors. Give Dayton credit, they capitalized off of those. We
knew this would be a tough environment to play in. Dayton is a veteran,
well-oiled machine, and we ran into the buzzsaw today.”
Alabama's only lead of the game was 18-16 with ten minutes remaining in the first half. After that, the Dayton Flyers took control. By the time half time arrived Dayton led 40-24. Dayton was perfect from the foul line in the first half, hitting 9-of-9. They shot 41 percent from the field with five of those 3-pointers. The Crimson Tide didn't help themselves shooting just 30 percent from the floor and committing 10 turnovers.
The second half didn't work out any better for the Tide. Bama made only eight total field goals in the second half and turned the ball over 10 more times.
Overall Dayton was 46.7 percent on shooting, including hitting nine of 21 three-pointers. They also led in rebounds with 47. Alabama was only 29.8 percent in shooting efficiency and snagged 34 rebounds.
Alabama host Louisiana-Lafayette at Coleman Coliseum this Friday, November 20th. Start time is set for 7 p.m. CT.
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