Alabama coach Nate Oats discusses beating the Florida Gators in overtime
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00:00 >> Sure it goes.
00:03 It's a wild game.
00:04 I'm still not quite sure how we figured out how to win it, but
00:08 I told our guys sometimes when you play bad, you gotta figure out ways to win games.
00:13 And I thought we figured it out.
00:15 I mean, I'm gonna have to go back and look at the film, but
00:19 a couple plays come to mind.
00:21 We needed Sam to hit the big threes he hit, but it wasn't just the threes he hit.
00:25 He got a tip, a big possession late in the game that kept the ball alive for
00:30 Aaron to go in and get the put back.
00:33 I mean, Aaron almost had triple double.
00:35 Now he finished with 28-8 with five home boards coming from the guard spot.
00:40 That was big.
00:42 Nope.
00:43 I thought this was probably Grant's best game.
00:46 Three in the corner was huge, but the six blocks were bigger.
00:50 Our defense, again, was not good.
00:52 We've gotta figure this thing out better.
00:55 We've gotta do a better job on it.
00:57 But we'll figure out ways to win.
00:59 If you're gonna win a league championship, which we're obviously in the hunt for
01:03 now with five games left.
01:05 These are the games that you gotta figure out ways to win,
01:08 even when you don't play well.
01:10 We were two for 18 from three at the half, and we were within striking distance.
01:14 He was only four points.
01:15 And then we got down even bigger.
01:18 We got over and down 10 at some point late in the game,
01:22 eight minutes, somewhere in there.
01:25 And we figured out a way.
01:27 We came to the huddle, kind of like Georgia.
01:29 We said, listen, man, we're gonna figure out a way to win this game.
01:32 We're gonna make some big plays.
01:34 Thought this was maybe Sears' best game defensively.
01:37 He was scrapping.
01:39 He was in there with a big steal he had late in the game.
01:43 But the islands tip where he got fouled.
01:46 It was a free throw line, makes two free throws.
01:49 And we figured out ways to win game, to win this game, when we didn't play well.
01:54 I told him at half, guys, we've been through this formerly before.
01:57 When we're not making threes, you can still win the game.
01:59 So what you gotta do is go kill them on the old glass.
02:03 We ended up with 21 home boards.
02:05 Gotta get stuff to the free throw line.
02:06 We helped score them at the free throw line.
02:07 You gotta take care of the ball and turn them over.
02:10 Now, we didn't turn them over enough, but we had one fewer turnover than them.
02:14 We won the free throw deal and we won the offensive rebounding deal.
02:18 And kept it even enough on the second chance.
02:20 And then look, they're a team that scores at torn points in the paint.
02:25 Grant, with the six blocks, I thought Nick played way better in the second half.
02:29 But for us, that was scoring 56-40 in the paint.
02:32 Like our guys have been wearing with all.
02:34 We obviously like to make a lot of threes around here.
02:37 We've made 18 back to back games going into this.
02:40 It wasn't dropping.
02:41 We figured out how to score 56 points in the paint.
02:43 So, give our guys a lot of credit.
02:46 We figured out a way to win a game.
02:48 I give Florida a ton of credit.
02:49 They came in with a great game plan, played well with their guards.
02:52 We did a great job guarding their guards.
02:55 We got to do a much better job.
02:57 I played better on the defense.
02:59 We're up on Saturday, but we're not gonna come out with a win.
03:04 So we got two days to try to lock in those scouting points and
03:08 do a much better job on Saturday than we did tonight.
03:11 But give our guys a ton of credit, give Florida a lot of credit.
03:14 We're gonna have to play much better at their place.
03:16 Hopefully we get Rachel back quick.
03:21 She's got a head injury.
03:22 It's being evaluated on a day-to-day basis.
03:24 So, gotta see when she starts to feel a little better.
03:29 Hopefully we get her back here soon enough.
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