Alabama head basketball coach Nate Oats couldn't will the Crimson Tide to a second straight Final Four, bowing out ungracefully in the Elite Eight. Duke won 85-65 and sent Mark Sears, one of the greatest players ever to don the Crimson Flame,

Per college hoops insider Jeff Goodman, Oats has “no interest in the vacant Maryland job,” despite some recent rumors linking him with the Terrapins after coach Kevin Willard left for Villanova:

While Alabama basketball head coach Nate Oats was finding answers for the Elite Eight loss to Duke, a rumor involving Maryland was quickly mentioned. Originally, there was a rumor that suggested that Oats would leave the program for the Terrapins.