FAYETTEVILLE -- Eric Musselman at the University of Arkansas and Nate Oats at Alabama are both first-year SEC men's basketball coaches, but today's game at Coleman Coliseum won't be the first time they've faced each other.
Musselman was Nevada's coach and Oats was at Buffalo when the Wolf Pack beat the Bison 67-62 on Nov. 25, 2016, at the Great Alaska Shootout in Anchorage.
More than three years later and 4,177 miles from Anchorage, Musselman and Oats will be on opposing benches again when the Razorbacks (15-5, 3-4 SEC) and Crimson Tide (12-8, 4-3) play at 5 p.