re: Tide Hoops | 25-12 (13-5)

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We’re going to see a lot more programs adopt Nate Oats analytics driven style. Having the ability to get top talent every single year is difference in Alabama/UK.

He’s ahead of the curve right now and that’s why we can bring in players who want to play in his system. What happens when half the league is running the same system in 4-5 years? You’re going to want the advantages to get the best players.

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Analytics are certainly taking over sports, but I think the change in college basketball will be similar to how it happened with MLB. Some teams, like us, will jump in headfirst early. We are the Moneyball A's in this scenario. There are still, a couple of decades later, a lot of MLB teams way behind the curve on analytics though because the league is still full of people with old school attitudes towards that kind of thing. College basketball has a similar culture IMO. Lots of old money, exclusive club type mindsets who aren't going to get on board with math and computers taking over their game. Eventually we will get there, but it's probably going to take a good bit more than 4 or 5 years.