Alabama's Nate Oats defends playing Brandon Miller amid link to deadly shooting: 'We've done the right thing'

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Brandon Miller continues to play for the University of Alabama basketball team despite the latest revelation in the shooting death of a woman last month.

Reports now say Miller drove a vehicle that had the alleged murder weapon inside and that he delivered the gun, which allegedly belonged to ex-teammate Darius Miles, to Miles. Miles then allegedly turned it over to Michael Davis. 

Miles and Davis are both charged with capital murder in the shooting death of 23-year-old Jamea Harris, and police have said they are not charging Miller. Because Miller is not in legal trouble, university officials maintain they have done no wrong in allowing the freshman phenom to play.

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Head coach Nate Oats talks to Brandon Miller (24) of the Alabama Crimson Tide during a timeout against the LSU Tigers at Coleman Coliseum Jan. 14, 2023, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.  (Brandon Sumrall/Getty Images)

"We've been taking it very seriously from day one. The first minute that I got the information, I called [athletic director] Greg [Byrne], and we talked about it and the severity of it," head coach Nate Oats said at a news conference. "Greg, I thought, did a great job addressing those comments on Wednesday, and I really don't have much to add to it.

"We feel like we've done the right thing in this case. So I'm going to leave it at that with Greg's comments."

The decision to allow Miller to play has been met with backlash from the media and the parents of Harris.

"It’s just unimaginable, and it’s like his life is just going on,’’ her mother, DeCarla Cotton, told USA Today Sports Thursday. "He took a brief pause, and it