While the official numbers are yet to be released, a deal worth over $4 million per year would make Oats one of the ten highest paid coaches in college basketball.
Sanderson ended up leading the basketball program to a victory at UCLA. The 1982-83 squad ultimately went 20-12 and was eliminated in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, leaving the victory over the Bruins as the high-water mark of the season.
It has undoubtedly been an emotional week for the Alabama Crimson Tide basketball program considering the nature of the tragedy its facing. It appears as if the emotion and the rivalry may have gotten the better of the Alabama senior this week.