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Like many schools around the country, Alabama men’s basketball revealed its nonconference schedule for this upcoming season.
The Crimson Tide finished last year with a 26-7 record and 16-2 conference record, before going on to win the SEC Tournament title over LSU, 82-79.
They also made it the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament, losing to UCLA by a score of 88-78.
On Tuesday, the nonconference schedule was released, and the Tide will take on 3 teams that made the Final Four last season (Houston, Gonzaga and national champion Baylor):
Non-Conference 📅 is official 🏀
🔗https://t.co/l2EzestB5q#RollTide | #BlueCollarBasketball pic.twitter.com/323vADrUNB
— Alabama Men’s Basketball (@AlabamaMBB) August 31, 2021
The Tide’s home slate of non-conference opponents are:
- Louisiana Tech (Nov. 9)
- South Dakota State (Nov. 12)
- South Alabama (Nov. 16)
- Oakland (Nov. 19)
- Houston (Dec. 11)
- Jacksonville State (Dec. 18)
- Baylor (Jan. 29)
The Tide will play these teams in the ESPN Events Invitational in Orlando:
- Iona (Nov. 25)
- Drake/Belmont (Nov. 26)
- TBA (Nov. 28)
Other neutral-site games include Gonzaga (Dec. 4) in Seattle and Colorado State (Dec. 21) in Birmingham.
The only true road game on Alabama’s nonconference schedule is at Memphis on Dec. 14.
Grant Bricker was a former freelancer for The News TN in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. He now freelances for Saturday Football. Follow on Twitter @GrantBricker.
