Nate Oats didn't lose his mind. There's really nothing odd about No. 6 Alabama visiting North Dakota in the dead of winter and playing in a 3,300-seat arena. Again, not odd in the least that one of the top programs in the country is playing a game in Grand Forks, N.D. The big occasion is that Alabama forward Grant Nelson is receiving one final chance to play a college basketball game in his home state when the Crimson Tide face the Fighting Hawks on Wednesday night. "We told the guys, make sure they have their winter coats," Oats said Monday while the team was still in Alabama.
No. 6 Alabama hopes to avoid chill at North Dakota
