TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The No. 2 Alabama basketball team survived a bit of a second game scare on Friday night as the Arkansas Red Wolves came into Coleman Coliseum and tested the Crimson Tide. Alabama won the contest 88-79 to move to 2-0 on the young season, but a major problem plagued the Crimson Tide, causing the game to be much closer than need be.

Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats is preparing to face his former assistant, Arkansas State coach Bryan Hodgson, and has mixed feelings about it.

Homecoming brought Alabama football fans to Tuscaloosa, but basketball coach Nate Oats couldn't let them forget tipoff is just around the corner.

The Crimson Tide head coach said he's happy with the defensive effort the team has shown so far, but still has areas to improve.

The ex-Crimson Tide assistant called his former colleague Nate Oats the "best coach in college basketball" during postgame press conferences in Coleman Coliseum. Hodgson commended how Oats has flipped Alabama (2-0) from the middle of the pack and a "hang ...

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Mallette's best numbers came in the scoring fields as last season he averaged 14.7 points per game on 43.1 percent from the field, including a stellar 41.5 percent from downtown.Mallette had a really nice outing in the exhibition against Memphis as shot all five of his attempts from three-point range and made three of them in just a little over 14 minutes of action.

Lester Nate Oats roots for his former assistant, Bryan Hodgson, in every way except for when he plays him. “We hope one of my former assistants takes an L.” Alabama men’s basketball plays Arkansas State tomorrow night in Coleman Coliseum and Nate Oats is well aware that the Crimson Tide have some improvements to