Alabama basketball head coach Nate Oats made the questionable decision to bench star guard Mark Sears in the second half of a tight battle against LSU. Oats stated that no one is bigger than the team after the controversial decision,

That's the version of the All-American point guard that Oats is hoping will take the floor for the No. 4 Crimson Tide from here on out, and not the version he thought he saw when he benched Sears for the duration of the second half of last Saturday's win against LSU.

Vanderbilt's roster construction and Morez Johnson's rapidlly-improving defense among trends Isaac Trotter is tracking.