Alabama basketball's NCAA Tournament history, record under Nate Oats
What is Alabama's record in the men's basketball NCAA Tournament under coach Nate Oats? Here's a look at the Crimson Tide's record and results.
The Alabama Crimson Tide are in the NCAA men's basketball tournament for the sixth consecutive year under head coach Nate Oats. It is hardly an insignificant accomplishment. Alabama (23-9 overall) is the No.
4 seed in the Midwest Region and will face the Hofstra Pride (24-10) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Florida. How successful has Oats been in his seven seasons in Tuscaloosa? In addition to being linked to rumors for coaching jobs at Kentucky and Indiana , Alabama's latest NCAA Tournament appearance is not without some history.
Aside from Oats, only one other coach in Alabama history has guided the Crimson Tide to an NCAA Tournament berth in six straight years: Wimp Sanderson, who had the Tide in the dance from 1982-87. Sanderson, the program's winningest all-time coach who still attends Alabama games, never advanced past the Sweet 16. Oats has accomplished that feat twice, in back-to-back years.
He also guided Alabama to the program's first-ever Final Four trip in 2024, a run that including knocking out No. 1 seed North Carolina in the Sweet 16. Oats' success includes a 11-5 overall mark in the NCAA Tournament.
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