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The University of Alabama basketball team is losing players to the NBA Draft and the transfer portal. It may soon gain a point guard.
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Alabama men’s basketball coach Nate Oats reassured fans in Tuscaloosa over rumors he might leave the Crimson Tide for Kentucky.
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Alabama coach Nate Oats has deep connections to the man he will be coaching against in the Final Four. Oats and UConn's Dan Hurley have known each other for more than a decade, going back to the days when Oats was a high school coach in the Detroit area.
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It feels like UConn vs. the field in the men's Final Four, and the advanced stats show the defending champions have no glaring weaknesses. Alabama plays the Huskies on Saturday.
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The average price paid for a ticket on the resale market this week was twice as high for the NCAA women's Final Four compared with that for the men's semifinals, according to a technology company that analyzes prices across multiple platforms. That means seats Alabama’s appearance in the men’s Final Four, along with UConn, Purdue, and NC State are going for less by comparison.
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Nate Oats admits it: He whiffed on Mark Sears out of high school.It's OK, though. So did every other major college coach.It is why Alabama's undersized, high-scoring point guard wound up at Ohio University before finally getting a chance to return to his home state.
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Alabama needed more bodies. Connecticut and Purdue needed the right fit. North Carolina State had big holes to fill in the backcourt. They all mined the transfer portal effectively enough that those pieces are key reasons that they've reached the Final Four, headed to the desert with a chance to hoist a trophy.
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Nate Oats has Nick Saban on speed dial. Yet the Alabama men's basketball coach knew he needed as much input as possible as his team was reeling heading into the NCAA Tournament. The result? The Crimson Tide are making their first appearance in the Final Four.
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Clemson reached its second-ever Elite Eight in college men’s basketball with a staunch defense that took away opponents' perimeter game. On Saturday night, the Tigers couldn't get the stops they needed. Alabama advances to the “Final Four” for the first time ever. Tide fans may be more used to playing Clemson in college football, including Alabama’s bruising loss to the Tigers, 44-16, for the national football title in San Jose in 2019.
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During Head Coach Nick Saban’s time at Alabama, the Clemson Tigers were the “boogeymen” of college football. The Tigers beat the Tide for the college football championship, including games in Tampa and San Jose, which Alabama Public Radio covered nationally for NPR. Now, the two Universities are vying for a slot in the “Final Four.”