NCAA Basketball: 5 most watchable teams for 2019-20 season

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 31: Cassius Winston #5 of the Michigan State Spartans celebrates a basket against the Duke Blue Devils during the second half in the East Regional game of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Capital One Arena on March 31, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) /

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VILLANOVA, PA – NOVEMBER 06: Jahvon Quinerly #1 of the Villanova Wildcats dribbles the ball against Sherwyn Devonish-Prince Jr. #5 of the Morgan State Bears at Finneran Pavilion on November 6, 2018 in Villanova, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /

No. 3 – Alabama Crimson Tide

Like Texas A&M, Alabama’s offense suffered tremendously under Head Coach who refused to change with the times and were one of the most unwatchable offenses last year. Avery Johnson’s Iso-oriented mid-2000’s like offense ranked in the bottom half in the league in both Assists per Field Goals Made and Percent of Points from the Three-Point Line.

Fortunately, though, Alabama‘s athletic board was ready for change and fired Johnson in place of my favorite coach in all of college basketball, Nate Oats. Oat’s system is tested, as with a bunch of 2 and 3-star recruits, Oats managed to produce the 7th most watchable offense in the entire nation at SUNY Buffalo.

Ranking inside the top half in the nation in every single Watchability stat, including 13th in Pace of Play and 15th in Offensive Efficiency, Nate Oats’ Bulls ran teams out of the gym like a Sanfermines festival and were efficient at it too. But, after a disappointing demolition at the hands of the NCAA championship runner-up Texas Tech in the 2nd round of last year’s tourney, Oats decided to go big and take his talents to arguably the biggest sports school in America.

And it’ has started to pay off, with three 4-star freshmen coming in and a HUGE transfer get in former 5-star recruit and uber-talented Javon Quinerrly, Oats has all the talent he needs to run one of the most exciting offenses college basketball has ever seen. Alabama fans finally have another major sport to look forward too besides football.

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