Auburn assistant coach Steven Pearl says Alabama doesn't hire Nate Oats if Bruce Pearl wasn't coaching at Auburn.

Who has the edge in the looming No. 1 vs. 2 college basketball showdown between Nate Oats Alabama and Bruce Pearl Auburn?

No. 2 Alabama basketball is set to play host to No. 1 Auburn basketball on Saturday at Coleman Coliseum in a historic matchup.

For all the poetic ways he could have described his team's impending clash with Auburn, Alabama coach Nate Oats kept it ...