BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — College basketball season is just 19 days away, and it felt even closer on Wednesday as SEC coaches and players gathered to meet with the media at the Grand Bohemian Hotel for SEC Tipoff ’24.
Alabama was represented by head coach Nate Oats, alongside senior guard Mark Sears and graduate transfer guard Aaron Estrada.
On Tuesday before the event, the media released its preseason SEC poll and preseason All-SEC teams. Alabama was picked to finish fifth in the league, while two players were named to preseason All-SEC teams: Sears on the second team and transfer forward Grant Nelson on the first team.
Nate Oats addressed a number of things throughout his media availability, from Alabama’s new coaching staff, to the Crimson Tide’s new transfer class, to Alabama’s defensive identity heading into the new season.
“I thought we did an unbelievable job in the transfer portal,” Oats said. “We got four transfers that are all going to contribute
significantly. I think the…
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