Oats said he'd spoken to a longtime friend in the NBA who told him it's all down to getting back to fundamentals, including improvement in guarding one-on-one, boxing out, sprinting back and communicating. He added that leadership on that starts from the top down, including himself.

Missouri's student section displayed a sign directed at Alabama's coach, Nate Oats, that read "DO NOT TOUCH OUR PLAYERS". The sign references an incident from the previous year where Oats physically separated players during a heated moment in a game against Missouri.

Alabama basketball head coach Nate Oats had an angry outburst in the Crimson Tide’s tough road loss to No. 15 Missouri. For much of Wednesday night, the No. 4 team in the country looked like it was still having a hangover from the heartbreaking home loss to No.