Alabama coach Nate Oats has deep connections to the man he will be coaching against in the Final Four. Oats and UConn's Dan Hurley have known each other for more than a decade, going back to the days when Oats was a high school coach in the Detroit area.
FILE - Alabama head coach Nate Oats reacts in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Georgia Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, in Athens, Ga. Alabama meet UConn in a semifinal game at the Final Four on Saturday, April 6, in Glendale, Ariz. UConn head coach Dan Hurley celebrates after defeating Illinois in the Elite 8 college basketball game in the men’s NCAA Tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2024, in Boston.
Hurley parlayed his success at Buffalo into the head job at Arizona State, where he’s been since 2015. Oats was named interim coach and, while then-Buffalo athletic director Danny White was deciding what to do, Hurley said he would hire Oats as an assistant at ASU if he wasn’t given the permanent position.
Oats led Alabama to the Final Four for the first time in school history this season with an overhauled roster and three new assistant coaches, earning a chance to play Dan Hurley and the Huskies with a spot in the national title game on the line.
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