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6 NCAA tournament coaches with pressure to win immediately

Every coach in the NCAA men's tournament feels a measure of pressure to advance. Yet all pressure is relative.

Here are six who may be feeling the most to deliver some measure of success — from at least one victory to a national title.

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Nate Oats, Alabama

Oats leads the No. 1 overall seed and one of the betting favorites to win the national championship. The Crimson Tide have never reached a Final Four. They’ve also never been this good. Alabama (30–5) enters the NCAA tournament having won both the SEC regular season and tourney titles.