Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Alabama men’s basketball head coach Nate Oats pushed Missouri player Aidan Shaw in the first half of the Crimson Tide’s 93-75 victory on Tuesday night.
Alabama and Missouri players got tied up right in front of the Crimson Tide bench with 7:34 left in the first half. Oats stepped on the floor in front of one of his players and pushed Shaw backward. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Alabama head coach Nate Oats talks to an official during the game against Missouri at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Jan.
16, 2024. (Gary Cosby Jr.-USA TODAY Sports) No technical fouls were handed out over the play, but the coach drew ire from Missouri fans over the incident.
Oats, who picked up the 200th win of his career, said he apologized to Shaw and Tigers coach Dennis Gates. VIEW THE MOMENT ON X. "I have all the respect in the world for the job [Gates has] done as an assistant and head coach," Oats said after the game, via ESPN. "No disrespect to him or his program.