Missouri's student section hasn't forgotten about last season's showdown against Alabama basketball. Judging by signage in the student section at Mizzou Arena, "the Antlers" hope that Crimson Tide coach Nate Oats remembers to keep his hands off opposing players.

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.

Alabama basketball head coach Nate Oats had an angry outburst in the Crimson Tide’s tough road loss to No. 15 Missouri. For much of Wednesday night, the No. 4 team in the country looked like it was still having a hangover from the heartbreaking home loss to No.