The down side to this game is that Alabama is a middle of the pack to lower tier SEC team. Not sure they could win CUSA. When the announcement of our playing in this tournament was made I said Bama and USM would be playing to see who could win a game in this tournament. Was happy we would be a part.
I will say the guys played hard. I feel like the competition against Iowa State earlier, Gonzaga, Seton Hall, and Texas Tech to come will help us improve this year.