Alabama basketball will face a tough, gritty, and physical St. John's team on Saturday in Madison Square Garden. Nate Oats knows what his team has to do to steal a win.
Nate Oats has long described his Alabama teams as "blue-collar basketball." For the uninitiated, that's a description that simply means doing the dirty work, all the little things it takes to win basketball games. It means being first to the floor; it means hustling for 40 minutes.