Nate Oats is in his second season with the Crimson Tide, but that is all it took for him to lead Alabama to an SEC regular season title, the program’s first in nearly two decades, the last time they won the regular season was in 2002.
Alabama took down Mississippi State 64-59 on the road, following a disheartening loss against Arkansas just a few days earlier.
Jaden Shackelford led the team in points with 15 and Herbert Jones led the team in rebounds with 14.
The Crimson Tide shot 25% from behind the arc, but managed to hit 88.7% from the free throw line, only missing two.
This is Alabama’s eighth regular season title and the first SEC team to win both football and basketball regular season titles in the same year since Florida did it in 2006.
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