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Want toughness? Nate Oats: 'Recruit a guy like Mo Dioubate' -- who is also the best trash talker in the SEC

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Mark Pope didn’t spend a pretty penny to steal Mo Dioubate away from Nate Oats and the Alabama Crimson Tide because he shot 46.2 percent from three on low volume as a plug-and-play stretch four. When he fires away, you’re hopeful, not confident — but anything he gives you from the perimeter is icing on the cake compared to everything else he brings to the table as a basketball player.

The junior forward is averaging 12.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocks — all career-highs — but the eye test tells you he’s far more valuable than anything a box score can.