Nate Oats hasn't missed much in talent evaluation, particularly from the Transfer Portal, and while the season is still too young to make a sweeping judgment on a player, one portal signing is looking like a tremendous miss by the staff.
Alabama's first commitment via the Transfer Portal in the offseason was thought to perhaps be its biggest: 7-foot Bucknell Transfer Noah Williamson, fresh off winning Patriot League Player of the Year, where he averaged 18 points and 8 rebounds per game.