Last season’s Alabama Basketball offseason saw an exodus of Crimson Tide players. Three Alabama players, including NBS first-round choices Brandon Miller and Noah Clowney, have gone for professional basketball. Seven additional players left the Crimson Tide due to transfer, expired eligibility, and a non-basketball-related tragedy.
Before all of Alabama’s departures, assembling a fresh team each season had already become the new normal in college basketball. Nate Oats was most likely stunned by Jahvon Quinerly and Charles Bediako’s last-minute decisions.
The programme made the transition and rebuilding more challenging.
The program’s success led to head coaching chances for Antione Pettway, Charlie Henry, and Bryan Hodgson, complicating the transition and rebuild. Nate Oats was suddenly left with three returning scholarship players, including redshirt Davin Cosby, and no assistant coaches.
Nate Oats handled having fewer players and no assistant coaching staff with ease. Oats attacked the challenge, as he does with all challenges. His zeal, drive, and perseverance paid off. A repeat of an NCAA Tournament 1-seed was out of the question, but Oats recruited crucial transfers and freshmen potential. A 4-Seed has worked perfectly.
Mark Sears, Rylan Griffen, and Nick Pringle’s decisions to return may have been the most important factor in Nate Oats’ success during the changeover. Without the trio, the Alabama Crimson Tide would not have reached the Final Four.
