How does Nate Oats view the history and tradition of Alabama basketball?

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00:00 Coach, you guys are going to be wearing the throwback uniforms tomorrow.

00:03 Just what does it mean or I guess the importance for you to not only embrace

00:07 the school's tradition, but to bring back alumni like you guys are going to do?

00:09 Yeah, it'd be super cool.

00:11 It's that team that Petway was on that went to the Elite Eight

00:14 to come back.

00:15 They're going to honor them during the game tomorrow.

00:18 You know, they've got great tradition around here.

00:20 They've won a lot of games, depending on what stats you look at,

00:24 were either the second or third, you know, best basketball program

00:28 in the history of the SEC,

00:30 you know, based on winning percentage wins, total wins and all that.

00:35 So it's nice to honor the past teams that have

00:38 won a lot of the games before, you know, I was able to get here.

00:42 So to see those guys and that Petway come back, hopefully Petway can get a win

00:45 tonight and be on a two game winning streak coming in here.

00:48 But, you know, and then the uniforms look great.

00:51 And it's kind of nice to have an alternative uniform to play in.

00:54 I think the guys are excited about them.

00:56 So it's not going to have anything to do with whether we win or lose the game.

01:00 But it is nice to honor some teams that have won here in the past.

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