Mark Sears was benched over the weekend against LSU, but he bounced back nicely against Mississippi State.

Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats praised Mark Sears' response after he was benched against LSU, but did not say whether he ...

Alabama coach Nate Oats sent a message with the benching of star Mark Sears. Here's what Oats said of his decision to bench Sears vs. LSU: ...

Being a top-10 team in any sport has its perks, but it also often comes with the consequences and frequency of overlooking opponents. March Ma ...

Alabama coach Nate Oats wasn't even a year old when Wooden retired in 1975, but some 50 years later, he took that lesson to heart in the most profound way imaginable on Saturday night. It's ...

Nate Oats says Alabama basketball isn't going to "overlook" Cam Carter and the Tigers. A near seamless first half of defense fell apart for the No. 3 Crimson Tide in the last 20 minutes against ...

Alabama basketball guard Mark Sears sat out the second half of the Crimson Tide's 80-73 win over LSU on Saturday, and while UA coach Nate Oats was mum on a specific reason, it was clear the star ...

Sears' curious absence was explained postgame by Alabama coach Nate Oats as a tactical move, not a benching, but his rationale for the decision sounded much more like the latter than the former.

He just didn’t realize that’s also how the Crimson Tide practices under coach Nate Oats. Not until Gurley went through one himself. “The only way through is to embrace it,” Gurley said.