Nate Oats and the Alabama men’s basketball program have done an excellent job working this offseason after many believed it would bring nothing but chaos.
After losing three assistants, multiple players to the NBA draft and even more to the transfer portal, Oats had his work cut out for him.
He has since been able to remain calm, find new assistant coaches and even bring in some top-tier transfer players. The job’s not over yet, however. Crimson Tide standout Jahvon Quinerly recently announced his entrance to the NCAA transfer portal. This news was shocking, as less than a month ago he said he was returning to Alabama after testing the NBA draft waters.
Despite all of this, Alabama still ranks inside the top 25, according to the latest Top 25 and 1 from Gary Parrish of CBS Sports. The Crimson Tide ranks No. 17.
“This ranking is based on the Crimson Tide returning three of the top seven scorers – Mark Sears, Jahvon Quinerly and Rylan Griffen – from a team that won the SEC regular-season title and SEC Tournament before securing the No. 1 overall seed in the 2023 NCAA Tournament. The addition of Hofstra transfer Aaron Estrada, and one-time five-star recruit Jarin Stevenson should help offset the early losses of Brandon Miller, Noah Gurley, Jaden Bradley and Charles Bediako.”
There’s still plenty of time left before the start of the season, but more moves are expected to be made by Oats and the program. What will be interesting to watch is to see how the coaching staff goes about replacing Quinerly.
Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Alabama basketball as the 2023 offseason progresses.
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