What Oats Said About Alabama Seniors Before Senior Day

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Alabama will honor three players on Saturday for Senior Day in the Tide's final home game in its final regular season game against the Auburn Tigers. Latrell Wrightsell Jr., Houston Mallette, and Noah Williamson will be honored on the court on Saturday night.

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Alabama head coach Nate Oats talked about all three during Friday's media availability, calling them "some of the best kids I've ever coached."

"It's also senior night, three of the best kids I've ever coached as far as leadership, attitude, winning intangibles," Oats said. "Trelly's (Latrell Wrightsell Jr.) been with this program three years. We've been to a Final Four and an Elite Eight; the only school in the country last two years to play in both.

"Houston's [Mallette] been with this program two years now. He's one of the best kids you'll ever meet. He's contributed a lot, even when he was redshirting last year, to the culture of this program these last two years.

"Noah's [Williamson] just had an unbelievable attitude throughout everything, not playing maybe as much as we all would have hoped, but he's into winning as much as anyone on the team, and it's hard to win when you have role players that are discontent with poor attitudes. He's the exact opposite. He's great, great teammate, great attitude, does everything he can to help us win, no matter how many minutes he gets in. A lot of respect for him, and honestly, all three of the seniors."

No. 16 Alabama will face Auburn at home in Coleman Coliseum in the regular-season finale at 7:30 p.m. CT. If Alabama defeats Auburn, or if Arkansas loses to Missouri, Alabama will clinch the two-seed in next week's SEC tournament in Nashville, Tennessee.

Wyatt Fulton is the Tide 100.9 DME and Brand Manager, primarily covering Alabama Crimson Tide football and men's basketball. For more Crimson Tide coverage, follow Wyatt on X (Formerly known as Twitter) at @FultonW_.