Ever wanted to play for Alabama basketball? You need to make it through a Nate Oats practice first. Here's your survival guide.

No. 4 Alabama defeated No. 14 Mississippi State, 88-84, on Wednesday night in Starkville. After the Crimson Tide prevailed in the top-15 test on the road, Alabama head coach Nate Oats spoke to reporters at Humphrey Coliseum.

Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats benched his star player Saturday night, Mark Sears. And you can bet he's got every player's attention over it.

After Alabama basketball's defense fell apart in the second half against Vanderbilt, the Crimson Tide isn't overlooking sharp-shooting Cam Carter.

Even despite the Alabama Crimson Tide picking up an 80-73 win over the LSU Tigers on Saturday night inside Coleman Coliseum, one of the biggest talking points surrounding the game was not necessarily the win,

Nate Oats knows that Alabama will need to beat Auburn to achieve some of its goals this year, but a regular season game isn't the main goal.

Just days after reaching the 2,500 point milestone, Alabama guard Mark Sears was benched in the 2nd half against LSU

Nate Oats says Alabama basketball isn't going to "overlook" Cam Carter and the Tigers. A near seamless first half of defense fell apart for the No. 3 Crimson Tide in the last 20 minutes against ...

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Alabama coach Nate Oats sent a message with the benching of star Mark Sears. Here's what Oats said of his decision to bench Sears vs. LSU:

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