Alabama basketball won again Saturday night. The Crimson Tide topped Kansas State for its eighth win in the last 10 games. The 77-74 victory was achieved despite failing to execute core Nate Oats’ principles.
A Nate Oats team is supposed to take more shots than the opponent. Kansas State attempted 74 field goals to the Tide’s 43 attempts. The Nate Oats system is designed to shoot more threes than opponents. Kansas State shot 29 to the Tide’s 22. In any coach’s basketball system, the winning team is not supposed to be minus-19 in offensive rebounds.
All of those key data points were in favor of Kansas State Saturday night in Tuscaloosa.