TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Brandon Miller was as soon as once more named SEC Freshman of the Week Monday morning. It is the third time he is obtained the dignity, which suggests an Alabama participant has received the award in 5 of the seven weeks of the faculty basketball season with Noah Clowney additionally profitable twice.
Jaden Bradley has additionally turn out to be a starter and large contributor as a freshman. Charles Bediako is again within the beginning lineup as a sophomore. Evidently, underclassmen play an enormous position on this Crimson Tide group that has now reached No. 7 within the polls.
Switch Mark Sears got here in from Ohio and cemented himself within the beginning lineup, and Dom Welch has now come again from harm to attempt to earn extra minutes. This leaves three of Alabama’s most skilled gamers throughout the program— Noah Gurley, Darius Miles and Jahvon Quinerly— are averaging a few of the fewest minutes.
But regardless of all that, in line with Sears and head coach Nate Oats, there aren’t any cancers on the group worrying about their very own minutes.
“One of many guys you look to specifically when you consider that’s Quinerly,” Oats mentioned Monday when previewing Alabama’s sport with Ole Miss. “He’s a child that’s been the SEC Match MVP and has performed rather well for us for 2 years. He’s coming again off the ACL, and he obtained 11 minutes the final sport. Within the Houston sport, he didn’t play significantly effectively, didn’t rating that a lot, and he’s as completely happy as anybody might be for the group.
“He desires to get himself going. We need to get him going. However till he’s again comfy enjoying the best way he’s, he’ll nonetheless be all in with the group being the very best it may be, however whoever must play to win the sport.”
Quinerly was nonetheless working his approach again from the ACL harm firstly of the season, and didn’t play till the South Alabama sport. He’s averaging 18 minutes per sport off the bench. The senior guard scored 21 factors in Alabama’s four-overtime win over North Carolina, however is averaging simply 4.5 factors per sport within the six video games since then.
Oats additionally mentioned Gurley has had an awesome perspective even with having up and down minutes. Welch, who has performed simply 10 official minutes in an Alabama uniform, mentioned that is been one of many keys to this group.
“All people actually is aware of their position and is aware of what everyone can do greatest,” Welch mentioned. “All people’s just about good with how issues are going proper now as a result of we’re having quite a lot of success proper now. It’s nothing anyone’s having exhausting emotions about or something.”
Welch mentioned he is nonetheless attempting to determine his position with the group as he recovers from a calf harm. His first sport was final trip in opposition to Mississippi State, and Oats hopes to get Welch extra minutes in opposition to the Rebels.
“I feel everybody’s all in on ensuring the group’s enjoying the very best it may be and lets the teaching employees do what we have to play the fellows which are enjoying the very best that individual evening,” Oats mentioned.
No. 7 Alabama (11-2, 1-0 SEC) opens dwelling SEC play in opposition to Ole Miss (8-5, 0-1 SEC) Tuesday evening inside Coleman Coliseum at 8 p.m. on SEC Community.
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