Nate Oats

Mark Sears just announced that he will return for his senior season at Alabama.

Transfer guard Jaykwon Walton will not be a student-athlete at the University of Alabama, per a statement from Nate Oats.

Alabama was previously Philon's second choice.

Turns out that when Oats and Byrne went to New Orleans, the fellas were on a business trip.

Nate Oats will get his chance to correct the record against Creighton over the next two seasons as Alabama beefs up its non-conference schedule.

One down, two to go.

The hiring marks one of the only times in NCAA history that all three of a team's assistant coaches have landed head coaching gigs in the same offseason.

A massive blow could be dealt to the Crimson Tide after a meeting in Kennesaw, Ga. today.

Oats is now set for his biggest offseason in Tuscaloosa. He must replace two of his veteran assistant coaches in Bryan Hodgson and Charlie Henry, and he must reload a roster that will be losing, at the minimum, All American Brandon Miller.

Alabama ends the season 31-6 and hangs its hat on the SEC regular season and SEC Tournament titles. It's the second time in three seasons the Crimson Tide has been eliminated by a lower seed in the Sweet 16 after UCLA eliminated the Crimson Tide in the 2021 NCAA Tournament.