The Crimson Tide was 2-0 last week, winning in Nashville against Vanderbilt and at home over Kansas State. A win is a win but neither win followed Nate Oats’ script for Alabama basketball.
A careless Tide committed 25 turnovers in the win over Vandy. The Tide was pushed around under the glass against Kansas State. The visiting Wildcats owned 22 offensive rebounds against only three for the Crimson Tide.
Nate Oats was not pleased with his team’s rebounding effort. To an extent, Nate Oats called out his Alabama basketball team in post-game comments.
We want to be tougher than the teams we play, and I felt like we got — one of the areas where you can look on the stat sheet and see how hard you play is rebounding, and they destroyed us on the glass.