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A tough loss for Alabama Basketball resulted from a lack of toughness says Nate Oats

Related Topics: Rick Pitino, Nate Oats

Our guys are going to have to decide whether they want to have a good season, or whether they're just going to get out-toughed every game for the rest of the year.

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On Saturday, after Alabama beat St. John's, Rick Pitino said that a team can't give up 103 points and win. If Nate Oats had said on Thursday night that a team can't have a 24-rebound deficit and win, he would have been even more correct than Pitino.

That was what happened to Alabama against Purdue.