Nate Oats completely reinvigorated Alabama men’s basketball. In his debut season as the Crimson Tide’s head coach, the team finished the season with a 16-15 record. Though, the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic, so his postseason record with the SEC program remains unknown.
One factor that sets Oats apart from previous Alabama coaches is his ability to sell players on the program’s culture, and recruit across the country.
The Crimson Tide finished the 2020 recruiting cycle ranked No. 12 in the nation and No. 6 in the SEC. There’s plenty of excitement surrounding this new-look team in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Alabama will enter the 2020-2021 college basketball season missing a few players. Guard Kira Lewis will take his talents to the NBA and is expected to be a mid-first round draftee. Oats also lost guard Jaylen Forbes, center Raymond Hawkins and center Galin Smith to the NCAA transfer portal.
Despite not having any commits for the 2021 class, Alabama is already starting to gauge interest.
The 247Sport’s No. 36 point guard in the 2021 class, Darius Johnson, announced via Twitter that Alabama is in his final three schools.
The three-star recruit is native to Virginia and included Providence and UCF in his short list of programs.
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