Nate Oats' mission at the beginning of the season wasn't just for Alabama basketball to win games. The goal was to win championships. Injuries down the roster have hurt the ceiling that the Crimson Tide − a program only two seasons removed from the biggest stage of the NCAA Tournament − had coming off of its run to the Elite Eight. The ups and downs that came through sustaining four SEC losses put Alabama's head coach in a position where he was grasping for whatever he could to stir up some Final Four magic leading up to an 89-75 win over South Carolina. Fortunately for Oats, one piece of that one-of-a-kind team...
