Did the Alabama crowd take things too far on Wednesday

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00:00 - Yeah, this had known you by any means,

00:02 but Alabama basketball gets sort of a bad reputation

00:07 for its crowd, like after the other night

00:09 with the "Fuck you, Auburn" chant.

00:12 And I wonder if, it's not your job, I understand,

00:16 but I wonder if you think there's any solution to that

00:19 or does it matter?

00:21 - I didn't hear that.

00:25 I wasn't aware of that.

00:28 I mean, look, I want the crowd.

00:29 I think what makes college basketball, college basketball

00:33 is you get the age group that we've got as college students

00:37 and they bring a certain energy to the game.

00:41 You know, my assistant coach Pinone was in the NBA

00:45 and he keeps commenting on how great the crowds are,

00:49 not being disrespectful.

00:52 I do not condone any type of disrespect at all,

00:56 but I didn't hear that.

00:59 I wasn't aware of it.

01:00 We want our crowd to be super loud.

01:04 You know, we want them to do it with class.

01:07 We want them to support us, give us energy.

01:12 And I'll say this, we play in some really tough

01:16 road environments in the SEC.

01:19 Think about when we go to Auburn

01:21 and when we go to some places, it's, yeah,

01:24 it'd be nice if everybody's crowd,

01:26 particularly ours, who we have more control over,

01:30 was super loud, super energetic,

01:33 and very respectful in their cheers.

01:35 But I'm not sure I got a whole lot of control over

01:38 what exactly is being said,

01:41 nor am I aware of what's being said most of the time.

01:43 I don't, I've learned a long time ago to tune the crowd out

01:47 and try to focus on what the game is.

01:48 If I hear, I don't think I want to hear

01:50 what they're saying about me on the road all the time.

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