Nate Oats

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.

Saban put those rumors to bed on Wednesday as he visited the Alabama Crimson Tide basketball team at the end of practice before the team leaves for the Sweet 16 in Louisville.

The request follows a groundbreaking report showing inconsistencies between testimony brought forth in an earlier hearing and video footage from the evening.

The Crimson Tide is the Louisville regional with No. 5 seeded San Diego State, No. 6 seeded Creighton and No. 15 seeded Princeton. Its the 10th Sweet 16 appearance in program history.

Alabama fans can get into their seats early and pull on Kelvin Sampson and the Houston Cougars and then watch as the Crimson Tide plays its final game in the state of Alabama for the season.

The Tide was able to handle its business despite superstar Brandon Miller being held scoreless in the contest.

The saga following the Wednesday New York Times report continues even as Bama is just hours from tip off in the NCAA Tournament.

Maybe if it weren't for the likes of Clay Travis and Joseph Goodman, people wouldn't be emboldened enough to make these threats.

A Tide assistant has been linked to the opening in Statesboro, Ga. and is expected to be announced as its new leader Tuesday.