Tonights basketball

Tonight during the sunday night football game, I, the basketball guy, will probably be one of the only people flipping back and forth to tonights Puerto Rico Invitational Finals matchup between

Purdue +2.5 v ALABAMA
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I like alabama, I really do, but the thing with them is they let teams hang around, and really they dominate teams with their athleticism. I agree that they are strong on defense, and I also agree that they are an excellent passing team, but I think that they will meet their demise tonight against a team that can score a lot of points. Purdue boasts a lineup full of triple threat players, who may not match up athletically with bama, but who I trust more with my money because of their experience and decision making. Lets not forget, all this hype about Hummell, its really not hype. If this kid can stay healthy he presents a huge matchup problem for many teams, Bama being one of them. If Bama plays man tonight, hummell will either take their 4 Man out of the paint, which will cause more open lanes, and less weak side defensive help from Bama's athletic front court. Or Bama will put an undersized player on him, and although it might work for a bit, that will prove to be a poor strategy because he will shoot over a 3 guard, and probably get him in foul trouble.
Bama's Green is a hell of a player and he is literally all over the court. This guy loves to get his own board and run up the court with the rock. Unfortunately that is not going to be as easy tonight against a boilermaker team that is very likely to hit 50% of its shots or more.

Bama goes down tonight against a better team, a team that has played tougher competition thus far.