The games within the game begin.
Alabama head coach Nate Oats works with his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Illinois, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Birmingham, Ala. Alabama doesn’t play Auburn in basketball until mid-February, but the comparisons will begin now.Alabama lit Birmingham’s Legacy Arena ablaze on Wednesday night, and then afterwards Oats scorched Pearl with a burn that will sting throughout the cold winter.
Labaron, the freshman from Mobile, had a LeBron-esque 16 points, nine assists and seven rebounds. Holloway, the transfer from Auburn, had 18 points on 7 of 10 shooting and 3 of 4 from distance. Certainly Holloway had good games at Auburn, Oats said, before adding that, “We thought he could be more like he was out of high school, and that’s what he was tonight.”
Alabama’s victory against Illinois isn’t far off, though, and especially considering Sears wasn’t at his best.Oats has a habit of saying pretty much everything he’s thinking, but that observation of his star player felt loaded down with layered intent. Oats is known as a stats guy, but he’s also an excellent motivator. Sears has played in a Final Four, so the bright lights of Legacy Arena shouldn’t have been a problem.
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