As Alabama loses with Charles Bediako, it reeks of desperation

Florida coach Todd Golden could barely control his amusement as he read the stats aloud after his team’s 100-77 rout of Alabama.

“We beat them on the glass. We scored 72 points in the paint,” Golden said. “Our bigs were really, really good.”

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Alabama’s big, by comparison, is just a guy. A guy with professional experience, sure, but still just a guy.

Charles Bediako played three seasons in the NBA G League. He’d be a bench player at Florida. That’s the brass tacks.

You say Alabama winning just once and losing twice after adding a G League player is a show of karma’s muscle. I say it’s proof Alabama needed to go bigger. Coach Nate Oats rocked the boat for a guy who scored six points, before fouling out against the Gators.

Charles Bediako to Alabama stunk of desperation

Oats’ grab of Bediako reeked of desperation. Turns out, a 23-year-old center who was averaging four points in the G League won’t cure all that ailed Alabama. He’s no threat to snatch away the Wooden Award.

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Go big or go home, I say.

Is there no 31-year-old Serbian dominating in Europe who could be lured onto a college campus with a mega-millions NIL deal?

If you’re willing to challenge NCAA rules, why stop at Bediako? For a more transformative roster move, try Oscar Tshiebwe. A former Kentucky star who left UK with a year of eligibility remaining, the 26-year-old Tshiebwe leads the G League in rebounding.

NCAA rules prohibit Tshiebwe from playing again in college. NCAA rules also stood in the way of Bediako. So, Bediako got a lawyer.

“Wait a minute, are people allowed to go back to school?” Tshiebwe wrote on social media last month.

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As with many eligibility questions in college sports, the courts will answer that.

Never mind Gen Ed coursework, having a lawyer on speed dial is the first thing college athletes must learn nowadays. Second thing you learn: Hope you draw a judge who supports the home team.

Bediako hadn’t played college hoops in nearly three years before an Alabama judge who’s listed as a Crimson Tide athletics donor awarded him the green light to suit up.

Bediako is scheduled for…

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