I knew it was a red-hot night for Alabama’s hoops team, but the best one in a decade? Dayum.
That 63.6% from the perimeter was a new high under Nate Oats (the school record is 71.4%, though admittedly in a far different era, where 15 shots from deep was a bit excessive).
Afterwards, Nate Oats was all smiles...well, mostly smiles. The defense still got toasted a good bit, and the Tide fell down by 11 early. But, it was how Alabama responded that was the biggest takeaway of the night for me. ‘Bama responded to that 11-point deficit by closing out the half with some very good defense.