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Alabama’s Nate Oats among nation’s highest-paid men’s basketball coaches with new deal

Alabama men's basketball coach Nate Oats has agreed to a new six-year, $30 million contract amid the program's best regular season in decades.

By The Associated Press February 3, 2023

AP file photo by Vasha Hunt / Alabama men's basketball coach Nate Oats has received a new six-year contract for $30 million that runs through 2029, the school announced Friday.

Rise of Tide, Vols part of new order in men’s basketball

Turning the clock back 10 years makes it clear there has been some notable upheaval of late in the rankings for men's college basketball.

By JOHN MARSHALL / The Associated Press February 3, 2023

AP photo by Alan Youngblood / Tennessee men's basketball coach Rick Barnes, shown during Wednesday's game at Florida, has directed the Vols to a No. 2 ranking in the current AP Top 25.

Alabama set to hire Notre Dame’s Tommy Rees as offensive coordinator

Alabama's offensive coordinator job has become a launching pad of a position in recent years. That bodes well for Tommy Rees.

By The Associated Press February 3, 2023

AP file photo by Robert Franklin / Notre Dame offensive coordinator Tommy Rees talks with players during the team's spring game in May 2021.

SEC rules, but how did other Power Five conferences fare in 2023 signing cycle?

Southeastern Conference football programs continue to rule over the recruiting trail, almost as thoroughly as they dominate on the field.

By STEVE MEGARGEE / The Associated Press February 1, 2023

AP photo by John Bazemore / Alabama football coach Nick Saban's team experienced a rare miss of the College Football Playoff this past season, but the Crimson Tide were No. 1 in the 2023 signing cycle.

Former Florida signee winds up at Arizona State

The opening of college football's traditional signing period brought an apparent end to two of the 2023 cycle's most notable recruitments.

By RALPH D. RUSSO / The Associated Press February 1, 2023

Bay Area News Group file photo by Jose Carlos Fajardo via AP / Jaden Rashada (5), a four-star quarterback prospect, signed with Florida in December, was later released from his commitment by the Gators and signed Wednesday with Arizona State.

Investigators: Alabama basketball player Miles provided gun in fatal shooting

Investigators said a University of Alabama basketball player charged with capital murder provided the gun used in the fatal shooting, but another man fired the weapon.

By The Associated Press January 17, 2023

FILE - Alabama forward Darius Miles looks to pass in the second half an NCAA college basketball game against LSU in Baton Rouge, La., March 5, 2022. Miles is one of two suspects charged with capital murder in a predawn deadly shooting on the Strip in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Freshman leads Alabama men in record rout of LSU; Georgia beats Ole Miss

Brandon Miller buried his first 3-pointer 13 seconds into the game. It was just the beginning.

By The Associated Press January 14, 2023

AP photo by Vasha Hunt / Alabama forward Brandon Miller celebrates after a 3-pointer during Saturday's home win against LSU.

Ole Miss hires Alabama’s Pete Golding as defensive coordinator

Pete Golding is staying in the SEC West but going a little farther west.

By The Associated Press January 14, 2023

AP file photo by Vasha Hunt / After four seasons as Alabama's defensive coordinator, Pete Golding is leaving the Crimson Tide for the same position at SEC West rival Ole Miss.

Nick Saban, Butch Jones among coaches who voted Vols outside the top five in final USA Today poll

Tennessee finished sixth in both the Associated Press and USA Today coaches polls after its 11-2 football season that was capped by an Orange Bowl win.

By David Paschall January 11, 2023

Arkansas State athletics photo / Arkansas State football coach Butch Jones was among 10 coaches who voted Tennessee seventh in the final USA Today poll. Two coaches, North Carolina State’s Dave Doeren and Nevada’s Ken Wilson, tabbed the Vols eighth.

No. 4 Alabama men use scoring surges to beat Arkansas; Georgia also wins

Two big runs by Alabama were just too much for Arkansas on Wednesday night.

By The Associated Press January 11, 2023

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