Jahmai Mashack’s Three Point Bomb At The Buzzer Defeats Alabama In A Game They Were Up 4 With 30 Seconds Left

I’d like to mention my day started with swearing off a bakery on Staten Island from ever doing business with them, and I should have known this day was going to be a bad one. 

Anyway, Alabama loses a heartbreaker, a gut wrencher, a game that you need to have if you want a 1 seed. Maschack’s bomb was a dagger, but if we’re being honest it shouldn’t have got to that point. 

Up 4 with 36 seconds left. Give up a layup and a foul shot. Lanier luckily misses but on the rebound Mashack gets fouled hits both and it’s a tie game in the fucking blink of an eye. 

Then to make matters worse on our last possession to win it we get forced into a jump ball and get to inbound it under our basket, still having 2 timeouts. We didn’t call any and committted a 5 second violation and the rest is history. 

Jackie Max and the soda boys (code word) are celebrating and dancing on graves.  

We missed free throws and didn’t close the game like we could have. 

Listen, the spin zone is this. Now that we’ve had our hearts ripped out in an elite 8/ final 4 quality game vs an elite 8/ Final 4 type team we know what it feels like. The locker room is in pain, suffering and likely tears. What Oats should be saying is “remember this feeling and don’t let it happen again.” Bama faces Florida and Auburn to close the season then into the SEC tournament gauntlet. Every game will be a back against the wall fight vs a great team. Bama needs to play each one like it’s the last one of the season. They need to harness this heartbreak and push themselves to never let it happen again. That will be the challenge of this team moving forward. Some may doubt.. I’ll trust my guys. 

Also … make your free throws. Going to be a fun month. We’ll remember all the soda boys who took a victory lap today. We’ll remember.