Oats opened his postgame news conference by addressing the incident and said he apologized to both Shaw and Missouri coach Dennis Gates.
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Oats said Alabama's team equipment manager has been collecting balls from different manufacturers and the team practices with whatever brand is expected to be used in its next game.
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