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Alabama basketball has minimal margin for error -- and knows it

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No. 4 Alabama will try to avoid a third consecutive loss when it hosts No. 17 Kentucky on Saturday .

The Crimson Tide started the season ranked second in the AP poll.

Coach Oats coaches his team to run toward pressure, not from it.

The Tide 's next seven games will amplify the burden on an Alabama squad.

Alabama lost 86-72 to UConn in the Final Four last season .

Coach Oats says his team is going to aim to win the final game.

"We have to be level-headed and have the mindset of just wanting to get better," says Sears .

"They played better than us the whole season," says Nelson .

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