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Nick Saban Gave Pep Talk to Alabama Basketball Team Before Win vs. Texas A&M

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2 years ago

February 18, 2024

Nick Saban Gave Pep Talk to Alabama Basketball Team Before Win vs. Texas A&M

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Alabama men’s basketball coach Nate Oats said former football coach Nick Saban gave the Crimson Tide players a pep talk before Saturday’s 100-75 win over Texas A&M.

He said during his appearance on the Crimson Tide Sports Network that pregame show that Saban talked about keeping the focus on the present, not the end goal (h/t Mike Rodak of 247Sports):

“We had Coach Saban talk to our team yesterday. Always go back to his process. Like, honestly, the more you talk about championships, the less you’re focused on what you should be doing today. So they know where we’re at [in the SEC]. I briefly mentioned where we’re at, but I spent the majority of the conversation on focus areas on what we have to do today to get us better than we were yesterday. I think all that other stuff, the championships and all that, takes care of itself if you do that.”

The Crimson Tide likely have an SEC title on the mind. At 18-7 on the year but 10-2 in SEC play, Alabama currently sits atop the conference and is in the driver’s seat to win the regular season title, though tough matchups against Florida (twice), Kentucky and Tennessee still loom.

“That’s a big win; we’ve got teams right on our tail in the SEC race,” Oats told reporters after Saturday’s victory. “It was a well-needed win at this point in the year.”

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Alabama players said Nick Saban told the basketball team yesterday about how everyone wants to be the “beast,” but not everyone wants to do what it takes to be the beast.<br><br>”Having him come speak, we just take it and run with that,” Latrell Wrightsell said.

Alabama swept both the regular season and conference titles in two of the past three seasons and is looking to continue its dominance in this year’s campaign.

The team is also fighting for a high seed in the NCAA tournament. In the NCAA Selection Committee’s early top-16 seeds, it had the Crimson Tide projected to finish as a No. 3 seed. Purdue, UConn, Houston and Arizona were the 1-seeds, followed by North Carolina, Tennessee, Marquette and Kansas as the twos and Alabama, Baylor, Iowa State and Duke as the threes.

The Crimson Tide earned a 2-seed in 2021 and were the top overall seed last year, though in both seasons they failed to advance past the Sweet 16. Still, Oats has steadily been turning the program into a powerhouse, and the Crimson Tide have titles on the mind.

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Alabama hires former college offensive lineman as assistant tight ends coach

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8 hours ago

June 23, 2026

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Alabama hires former college offensive lineman as assistant tight ends coach

Alabama football is hiring Noah Fisher to be its assistant tight ends coach, according to CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz.

Fisher spent two seasons as a graduate assistant working with the offensive line and tight ends at Louisville before joining the Tide’s staff. He played three years on the offensive line at South Alabama and spent one season with Tulane. The Jaguars started Fisher along its offensive line when he was a player for multiple games.

The Crimson Tide appear to want to use their tight ends in multiple ways in the future including as extra blockers along the line of scrimmage. Fisher looks as if he can assist the Tide with this mission.

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Petition calls on State of Alabama to fund fix for Prichard sewer system after spills

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18 hours ago

June 22, 2026

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Petition calls on State of Alabama to fund fix for Prichard sewer system after spills

PRICHARD, Ala. (NBC 15) — Sewage overflows during storms in Prichard are sending wastewater into local waterways that feed Mobile Bay, prompting an environmental group to push for state funding to upgrade aging infrastructure.

Mobile Baykeeper says sewage overflows during storms flow into Three Mile Creek, then into the Mobile River, and ultimately end up in Mobile Bay. The group said that last week, during heavy rain, more than 256,000 gallons of sewage spilled into Gum Tree Branch and Three Mile Creek.

Mobile Baykeeper has launched a petition seeking funding from the state of Alabama to fix Prichard’s old water infrastructure.

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