LOS ANGELES — Nate Oats stood in a back hallway at Crypto.com Arena late on Saturday night with a trophy in one hand, a custom Alabama WWE championship belt he borrowed from Rylan Griffen in the other, and a net cut down from the hoop draped around his neck.
“My grandfather would be proud,” he said smiling.
After five years and several close runs that fell just short, Oats pulled it off. The Crimson Tide who beat Clemson 89-82 on Saturday night, have finally reached the Final Four for the first time in program history.