Sears' curious absence was explained postgame by Alabama coach Nate Oats as a tactical move, not a benching, but his rationale for the decision sounded much more like the latter than the former.

Alabama basketball guard Mark Sears sat out the second half of the Crimson Tide's 80-73 win over LSU on Saturday, and while UA coach Nate Oats was mum on a specific reason, it was clear the star ...

Alabama head basketball coach Nate Oats has his Crimson Tide (17-3) winning games, but they’re not doing so in impressive fashion. Against an overmatched LSU (12-7) Saturday, Alabama was tied ...

Alabama coach Nate Oats wasn't even a year old when Wooden retired in 1975, but some 50 years later, he took that lesson to heart in the most profound way imaginable on Saturday night. It's ...

Houston Mallette's future with Alabama basketball is still in the air. On Friday, coach Nate Oats said that the conversation about the Pepperdine transfer taking another medical redshirt continues.

"We played the guys that we thought gave us the best chance to win in the second half," Alabama coach Nate Oats said. Sears, a preseason All-American averaging 19 points per game, went 0-for-5 ...

Over halfway through the regular season, Nate Oats has a good hold on Alabama basketball's identity. "We try to play fast, but we don't want to be Hollywood," he told ESPN's "College GameDay" on ...

Alabama basketball’s Houston Mallette will likely seek a medical redshirt after the season, Nate Oats said Friday. The Crimson Tide’s head coach said earlier in the year that it was a ...

the No. 4-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide has already succumbed to this practically inevitable concept when it fell to Ole Miss at home on Jan. 14 in what head coach Nate Oats described as a ...

No. 4-ranked Alabama coach Nate Oats remained focused fresh off an impressive road win against No. 8-ranked Kentucky on Jan. 18. Oats wants to ensure Alabama avoids another misstep like the recent ...