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What Nate Oats said after Alabama's second-round win over Saint Mary's

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Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats spoke to reporters following the No. 2 seed Crimson Tide’s 80-66 victory over No. 7 seed Saint Mary’s on Sunday. Here’s a full transcript of what he said about the Tide advancing to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the third straight season.

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Opening statement

"Yeah, that’s a tough team. We knew they were tough. We got up on them 13 at the half. We knew they weren’t going to go away. They came out in the second half, they were scoring on us a little too much.