PORTLAND, Ore. — Alabama coach Nate Oats said on Friday after both the Crimson Tide and North Carolina lost games in the Phil Knight Invitational that Sunday’s matchup would be as close to a must-win game as one could be in November.
Both teams played like it too.
It was physical. It was intense. It couldn’t even be settled in regulation. Or in the first overtime. Or in the second. Or even in the third.