Alabama men’s basketball needed only 2½ minutes to lose the past two games. First, Auburn took a 9-0 lead over the Crimson Tide on Saturday. Then, Missouri grabbed a 12-0 lead over Alabama on Wednesday. Game over. Both times.

Oats said after the Auburn game that his squad talks about starts and ends to halves. Bruce Pearl's Tigers closed the first half of that game on a pivotal 7-0 run. Alabama did score the last points of the first half on Wednesday, though it was still behind by double digits going into the locker room.

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