Dennis Gates and the No. 15-ranked Missouri Tigers continued to roll through the Southeastern Conference Wednesday night, taking down No. 4-rated Alabama Crimso

Alabama basketball is in a far better position with Nate Oats as head coach. Oats now owns Crimson Tide history.

Oats said he'd spoken to a longtime friend in the NBA who told him it's all down to getting back to fundamentals, including improvement in guarding one-on-one, boxing out, sprinting back and communicating. He added that leadership on that starts from the top down, including himself.