Nate Oats has Alabama basketball on an absolute heater on the recruiting trail. Just two days after landing a commitment from one elite prospect, the Crimson Tide just landed a second 4-star in the 2026 class. 4-star wing Tarris Bouie announced his commitment to Alabama on Wednesday.
NEWS: 4⭐️ Tarris Bouie has committed to Alabama, source told @Rivals.
— Joe Tipton (@TiptonEdits) September 10, 2025
The 6-5 wing is ranked as the No. 52 overall player in the 2026 class. Becomes the Tide’s second commitment this week. https://t.co/mE0fbXGorS pic.twitter.com/7ytRUepjqH
Bouie is a consensus 4-star prospect and the No. 53 overall player in the 247 composite rankings.
Bouie joins Chris Washington Jr., who committed to Alabama on Monday, in the Tide's 2026 recruiting class. Both prospects were in Tuscaloosa on an official visit this past weekend. Clearly, Oats and lead assistant Preston Murphy hit the official visit out of the park.
Bouie gives Alabama another versatile wing prospect. He's listed at 6-foot-6 and fits the bill of lengthy, switchable wings that have become a priority for the Crimson Tide recently.
Bouie chose the Crimson Tide over offers from Cincinnati, Georgetown, Ole Miss, Michigan, and Missouri, among others. His relationship with Oats proved to be the difference.
"I have a very good relationship with Coach Oats," Bouie told ESPN's Paul Biancardi. "We talk often, and that was the big difference in my decision. He is a genuine guy.”
Nate Oats is on fire on the recruiting trail right now
With two commitments this week in the bag from last weekend's official visitors, Oats and Murphy will be looking to duplicate that success this weekend with the biggest recruiting weekend in Alabama basketball history on the horizon.
Alabama will receive official visits this weekend from three 5-star recruits: PG Dylan Mingo, SG Caleb Holt, and wing Jaxon Richardson, the son of former NBA star Jason Richardson.
Oats and Murphy have consistently knocked official visits out of the park, as evidenced by landing two commitments this week after hosting Washington and Bouie.
If they can replicate that success this weekend, then Alabama could push for the No. 1 recruiting class in the country. Both Mingo and Holt are consensus Top 5 recruits in the 2026 cycle. They are highly coveted by virtually every program in the country, but not many others can pitch the level of success - along with a guard-friendly system - that Oats and Alabama can.
Oats has raised Alabama's profile to the point that signing an elite recruiting class is no longer a hope - it's an expectation. But what the Tide's head coach has cooking in the 2026 cycle is beyond even our wildest imaginations.