Alabama forward Grant Nelson needs to get healthier, head coach Nate Oats said. Before the Crimson Tide’s dismantling of Mississippi State on Tuesday night in Tuscaloosa, the fifth-year senior was included on the initial availability report.

Alabama men’s basketball can be one of the most difficult teams in the country to face when Grant Nelson is playing his best. He has the size and skill to impose his will and take over games. Take the game against North Carolina in the Sweet 16 a year ago,