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aztarheel · 01-17-2007, 09:36 AM

Steve Victory JOURNAL – SEC schedule 2012-13

Victory’s team starts off the SEC campaign with a murderer’s row set of games:
• @ LSU (CRI 34)
• @ #7 Kentucky
• vs. #2 Mississippi State
• vs. Georgia (CRI 49)
• @ Arkansas (CRI 40)

“We really need to win two or three of these games to stay in the SEC title hunt,” Victory says. “And to keep our confidence up.”

Unfortunately, the Tide drops all five. Victory’s bunch did go down swinging in four of the five games. They scored 89 on LSU before falling by 7. They earned 79 against Kentucky before losing by 14. Mississippi State, a perennial Final Four team in recent years, only escaped by 2 points and Georgia won by just 1.

“Our strategy of running and pressing more seems to be paying off,” Victory says. “We seem to have the athletes now that can do that. Now if we can just get over the hump and get some wins.”

Alabama does get a big “W” against South Carolina, a program that seems ready to be the next SEC doormat. In Victory’s biggest win in years, ‘Bama cruises over the Gamecocks 90-58.

But then another losing skid sneaks in. The Tide drops four straight nailbiters to Ole Miss, LSU, Auburn (argg!) and Arkansas by 8, 10, 4 and 2 points respectively. Victory’s crew gets a nice 81-80 triumph over Vanderbilt and beats Ole Miss in the rematch 70-67, but drops games to Tennessee, Florida and Mississippi State. Fortunately, the last game of the regular season comes up in ‘Bama’s favor – a pleasing 81-68 victory at home to arch-rival Auburn.

The final record: 12-17 overall, 4-12 in the conference. Better than the 3-win debacles of 2011 and 2012 but not good enough to garner any post-season consideration (barring tournament miracles).

At least the ship is starting to turn around… And Victory does have one “miracle” tournament run to his credit already, just a few short years ago at Charleston. Can this young and somewhat fearless bunch engineer another?

01-17-2007, 09:36 AM	#65
aztarheel High School JV Join Date: Sep 2006	Steve Victory JOURNAL – SEC schedule 2012-13 Victory’s team starts off the SEC campaign with a murderer’s row set of games: • @ LSU (CRI 34) • @ #7 Kentucky • vs. #2 Mississippi State • vs. Georgia (CRI 49) • @ Arkansas (CRI 40) “We really need to win two or three of these games to stay in the SEC title hunt,” Victory says. “And to keep our confidence up.” Unfortunately, the Tide drops all five. Victory’s bunch did go down swinging in four of the five games. They scored 89 on LSU before falling by 7. They earned 79 against Kentucky before losing by 14. Mississippi State, a perennial Final Four team in recent years, only escaped by 2 points and Georgia won by just 1. “Our strategy of running and pressing more seems to be paying off,” Victory says. “We seem to have the athletes now that can do that. Now if we can just get over the hump and get some wins.” Alabama does get a big “W” against South Carolina, a program that seems ready to be the next SEC doormat. In Victory’s biggest win in years, ‘Bama cruises over the Gamecocks 90-58. But then another losing skid sneaks in. The Tide drops four straight nailbiters to Ole Miss, LSU, Auburn (argg!) and Arkansas by 8, 10, 4 and 2 points respectively. Victory’s crew gets a nice 81-80 triumph over Vanderbilt and beats Ole Miss in the rematch 70-67, but drops games to Tennessee, Florida and Mississippi State. Fortunately, the last game of the regular season comes up in ‘Bama’s favor – a pleasing 81-68 victory at home to arch-rival Auburn. The final record: 12-17 overall, 4-12 in the conference. Better than the 3-win debacles of 2011 and 2012 but not good enough to garner any post-season consideration (barring tournament miracles). At least the ship is starting to turn around… And Victory does have one “miracle” tournament run to his credit already, just a few short years ago at Charleston. Can this young and somewhat fearless bunch engineer another?