Nate Oats and Bruce Pearl have made Alabama and Auburn basketball perennial contenders in their tenures. Here's how they did it:

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

Bruce Pearl and Nate Oats both have made Final Four runs and get it done despite having to face each other twice a season.

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

Bruce Pearl may want to beat Alabama bad because of the rivalry, but he has a ton of respect for coach Nate Oats.

ESPN's "College GameDay" analyst Andraya Carter sees similarities between Alabama's Nate Oats, Auburn's Bruce Pearl and her former coach Pat Summitt.

FOX Sports' John Fanta spoke to both Bruce Pearl and Nate Oats ahead of Saturday's Auburn-Alabama matchup, the first 1 vs. 2 meeting between the two programs.

Bruce Pearl has coached at a high level throughout his time as head coach of the Auburn Tigers men’s basketball team. His success is believed to have played a role in Alabama following a similar route with how they hired Nate Oats,

Bruce Pearl led Auburn to its first Final Four in 2019; Nate Oats got Alabama there for the first time last year. Both iterations of these teams are dynamic, deep and supremely skilled. Saturday’s College GameDay banger should trumpet a phenomenal overall campaign for the SEC.

In a state entrenched in football tradition, Nate Oats and Bruce Pearl have transformed the Tide and Tigers to the two best teams in college basketball.

He said, “I don’t think Alabama goes and hires Nate Oats if Bruce Pearl isn’t at Auburn,” said Pearl. Steven Pearl went on to praise the Oats hire by saying, "That's no sh

IU fans prefer Nate Oats or Bruce Pearl to Buzz Williams or Mick Cronin. Me: Then it's a good thing fans aren't making the hire.