If there’s been one reason for the SEC’s resurgence in basketball, its been the schools hiring quality coaches. LSU hired Will Wade; Tennessee hired Rick Barnes; Auburn hired Bruce Pearl. Now, it’s Alabama’s turn to bring in the next big name in coaching.
Alabama put the entire SEC on notice when the program hired University of Buffalo coach Nate Oats to take over the program from Avery Johnson. In Oats’ four years at Buffalo the Bulls made the NCAA Tournament three times, got to the second round in consecutive years and won 59 games the past two seasons.