#Nate Oats

Saturday afternoon, the Alabama Crimson Tide (12-2, 2-0 SEC; Kenpom: 8; T-Rank: 9; NET: 8) plays host to the Kentucky Wildcats (10-4, 1-1 SEC; Kenpom: 16; T-Rank: 35; NET: 36) in a game that matters significantly more to the'Cats than it does the Tide - in January. Quite the sentence to type out on this Friday morning, but it's true. Such is life…

The Alabama Crimson Tide take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Alabama Mississippi State prediction and pick. The Alabama Crimson Tide have once again announced themselves as a major national player in college basketball. Coach Nate Oats' team not only defeated the Houston Cougars - a top-five…

Arkansas closed the chapter on its first part of the season, capping off the non-conference portion of the schedule (aside from Baylor) with a win over UNC Asheville to finish 11-1. The Razorbacks are in a great spot moving forward, as their NCAA Tournament resume and metrics are all very highly ranked. With the uncertainty of the roster situation…

The Gonzaga Bulldogs and Alabama Crimson Tide arranged a two-game series in which each team would go to the other school's home state - but not to a campus site. Alabama went to Seattle - not Spokane - for a visit to Washington state last December. Now Gonzaga comes to Birmingham - not Tuscaloosa - for another big-city game near the Crimson Tide's…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Following a second victory over a team ranked as the best in the country, Bovada has given Alabama+2500 odds to win the College Basketball National Championship. With an impressive resume that includes wins over Houston (+700) and North Carolina (+2500), it may be time for people to wonder why Alabama has such long odds to March…

No. 4 Alabama is set to host Memphis in a notable matchup for Tuesday's slate in college basketball. Read on for our Memphis-Alabama college basketball pick and prediction. Fresh off a win over the top-ranked team in the country, Alabama is set to host a talented Memphis squad in the marquee matchup of the night. The Crimson Tide (8-1) have won…

Happy Monday, everyone. We've already heard Nick Saban's argument for Alabama to make the playoff. Here's what Yahoo's Nick Bromberg and Sam Cooper think about the Tide's odds. Alabama (10-2): 10% The Crimson Tide won 10 or more games in the regular season for the 15th consecutive season after beating Auburn in the Iron Bowl. Alabama will be ahead…

The two most coveted basketball prospects not currently in the NBA will not play NCAA Division I basketball this season. It would have been nice to have Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson in the 2023 NCAA tournament. But being totally honest, hardly anyone has seen those guys and hardly anyone will until next year's NBA summer league. But we've…

The UConn men's basketball program released its 2022-23 schedule late last week. Here's a game-by-game breakdown of the Huskies' slate: Monday, Nov. 7 vs. Stonehill, 7:30 p.m. at XL Center (FS1/Fox Sports app) Ex-Xavier High star Jackson Benigni, Waterbury's Shamir Johnson come to town as Skyhawks transition from D-II to D-I. Friday Nov. 11 vs.…

We finally have a completed schedule for the 2022-2023 Alabama Crimson Tide Basketball team. And, we'll get to that in a second. But, there were two other hoops-related tidbits we need to to cover while we've got your attention. Crootin' The first is the official visit of one of Alabama's priority players for the 2023 NSD class, 4-star shooter…