Nate Oats is 100% realistic about Alabama basketball’s success
It was the second one A miraculous start for Alabama basketballwhile the Crimson Tide is ranked No. 5 in the nation at 13-2 and undefeated in the SEC. Head coach Nate Oats he didn’t hold back when discussing the success of his teamin front big match with no. 10 Texas A&M on Saturday.
“We’re hard-working, we play fast, we take a lot of threes, we spread the floor, guys play with a lot of freedom,” Oats said on College GameDay.
“We use a blue-collar mentality.” We try to play fast, but we don’t want to be Hollywood, we want to get down and guard people. This year we are still working on that side. We had a little. We beat Houston which is pretty tough, stubborn. It appears occasionally. He has to show up tonight here at A&M.”
Alabama basketball in a key spot against Texas A&M
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One thing we know for sure heading into Saturday night’s big showdown is that we’ll be handed our first SEC loss of the 2024-25 campaign. Alabama and Texas A&M are both 2-o in conference play, albeit in one of the most competitive leagues college basketball has seen in recent memory.
The Crimson Tide plan to play fast and utilize their depth, despite the task of distributing minutes in the rotation.
“It’s extremely difficult,” Oats said. “Ideally you don’t play with 10 or 11 guys. Everyone deserves to play, so we’ll keep working on it. Some of the guys who are really good, who are used to playing more minutes, have already said they are willing to sacrifice minutes. That’s what it takes to win championships and win at a high level. We’ll figure it out, but right now it’s going to be a 10-man rotation tonight.”
Alabama and Texas A&M meet at Reed Arena in College Station, TX at 8:00 PM ET.
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