Sometimes weaknesses are difficult to find for ranked college basketball teams, but No. 16 Alabama's obstacle has been an obvious dilemma to start the season.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— Alabama men's basketball coach Nate Oats wanted his Crimson Tide team to step up its game on the boards entering Wednesday night's home meeting with USF (6-5).
No. 16 Alabama men's basketball did not come into its 104-93 home win over USF 100 percent healthy, and it began with a different starting lineup. Alabama forward Amari Allen (hip pointer) was dressed for this game, but Crimson Tide head coach Nate Oats said before it that UA would only play him if needed.
Nate Oats and the Alabama men's basketball staff received a bit of good news this week regarding one of their top targets in the 2026 class as 5-Star shooting guard Caleb Holt named the Crimson Tide among his top schools.
There's no need to sugarcoat that Alabama's nightly battle on the offensive glass has been its biggest weakness this season. The Crimson Tide currently ranks 173rd in the country in offensive rebounds per game with 11.5, but its average of 14.2 allowed is 358th out of 365 Division I schools.
No. 16 Alabama looks to bounce back from its worst beating of the season when it battles South Florida on Wednesday night in nonconference play at Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Alabama will play its 11th game of the regular season on Wednesday evening at home against South Florida. This is the first of a three-game series between the two programs, as they finalized a deal during the offseason.
After leading by two points, 41-39, at the half against the Arizona Wildcats, the Alabama Crimson Tide fell apart in the second half and ended up losing in blowout fashion, 96-75.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — No. 12 Alabama men's basketball fell to No. 1 Arizona 96-75 on Saturday night despite having a lead at halftime. "We've got rebounding issues," Alabama head coach Nate Oats said during the postgame press conference.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. No. 12 Alabama men's basketball has some errors on its mind following its 96-75 loss to No.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Second, third, fourth and even fifth chances are far from ideal for a defense in the game of basketball. However, repeat opportunities were aplenty in No.
The Alabama Safari Park and Montgomery Zoo are perhaps the only two places in the state where one can find a gazelle. However, according to Alabama men's basketball head coach Nate Oats, there will be one in Legacy Arena at BJCC in Birmingham on Saturday night.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— Nate Oats has put together one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country, including a matchup with No. 1 Arizona in Birmingham on Saturday night, but the schedule hasn't been the only big challenge for Oats with his Alabama team so far this season.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— The year before Alabama made its first men's basketball Final Four, the program reached the top ranking in the country with a team that earned the No.
No. 12 Alabama will play its 10th game of the regular season on Saturday night against No. 1 Arizona in Birmingham for the C.M. Newton Classic. This is far from the first time that Alabama head coachNate Oats has gone head-to-head with the AP No.
Alabama men's basketball head coach Nate Oats is set to go head-to-head with the AP No. 1 team in the country for the eighth time in his career, but Arizona is far from the top in a certain stat category.
Alabama men's basketball head coach Nate Oats has raised questions about his non-conference schedule the past couple of years. Some teams like to start extremely strong, and scheduling opponents with less of a recruiting base is the easy way to accomplish that goal.
“He’s been out a long time now, so going back to where he was getting to at the end of the summer, going into the fall, he can really shoot. He’s super athletic, so it gives us more depth in the backcourt.
The Alabama Crimson Tide basketball team picked up a big win on Wednesday night, outlasting the Clemson Tigers 90-84 in the ACC/SEC Challenge. Sophomore guard Labaron Philon Jr.
Christopher Washington Jr. is a four-star small forward from Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Providence Christian Academy). He had been committed to Alabama since an official visit in early September, but that commitment is no more.
The SEC has certainly put itself in a position to say they are the best in college basketball. They have the defending National Champions for one. But the 2025-26 season has already gotten off to an interesting start for Florida.
Alabama has been known as a football school for many years now, but men's head basketball coach Nate Oats has built quite an impressive program on the hardwood as well.