Mark Gottfried on Charles Bediako's Eligibility, Nate Oats Defying the NCAA & the SEC Title Race

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🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Former Alabama Men’s Basketball Head Coach Mark Gottfried joins The Next Round for a wide-ranging conversation on some of the hottest topics in college basketball and SEC hoops right now 🔥 Gottfried breaks down Charles Bediako’s eligibility case, Nate Oats’ decision to play him despite the NCAA’s wishes, and what this moment could mean moving forward. Is this the start of a flood of eligibility challenges across college basketball? How does adding Bediako midstream impact Alabama basketball’s locker room chemistry and rotation? We also zoom out to the national picture as Gottfried shares his thoughts on: Fred Hoiberg’s incredible start at Nebraska and how the undefeated Cornhuskers have flipped the script in the Big Ten The wide-open SEC title race and which teams are built to survive the grind Bucky McMillan’s instant impact at Texas A&M and why his first season is turning heads across the league If you’re an Alabama Crimson Tide fan, an SEC basketball junkie, or just love smart conversations about the future of college hoops, this is one you don’t want to miss. 👇 Make sure to LIKE the video, SUBSCRIBE to The Next Round YouTube channel, and hit the notification bell so you never miss our latest college basketball and SEC coverage! #AlabamaBasketball #CharlesBediako #SECbasketball #CollegeBasketball #RollTide #NCAA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.9	He's the host of the Coach Mark Godfrey show podcast.
0:40.8	And I was watching him on social media the other day and he talked about wanting to,
0:46.3	it's good to have all the wins and all the great coaching memories he has.
0:52.8	But he really wanted to make sure he had impact on people and their lives and things like that.
0:53.2	And I just want to say, Mark, as you joined the show, you will not remember this.
0:58.2	But I think it was a year we went up to Greenville for the NCAA basketball tournament.
1:04.8	And it was before that trip up there, maybe it was a shoot-around or something.
1:08.8	You had told me that I think the word,
1:12.5	I had L.A. Big Market Talent. Wow. And that's, Mark told you that. And that stuck with,
1:17.6	stuck with me from that point on the rest of my career, it gave me confidence I did not have
1:24.4	before that. Just one little phrase like that. I can't remember the wording exactly,
1:29.2	but you complimented me in a way that it just impacted the way I felt about my job.
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