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4 days ago
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- Yahoo
Alabama basketball adds another neutral site matchup to 2025-26 non-conference schedule
Alabama basketball has added another matchup against a former Crimson Tide assistant to its 2025-26 non-conference slate. Kennesaw State head coach Antoine Pettway and Alabama's Nate Oats have penciled in a neutral-site game at Propst Arena in Huntsville, per Rocco Miller. Advertisement The Crimson Tide and the Owls will face off on Sunday, Dec. 21. Alabama and KSU have faced off on the court just once, according to UA athletics. On Nov. 13, 2015 in Coleman Coliseum, the Crimson Tide won 77-64. KSU finished the spring with a 19-14 overall record, including 10 wins and eight losses through league play in Conference USA in the Owls' second season under Pettway, who played for UA from 2000 to 2004 prior to joining the coaching staff years later. A look at Alabama basketball's 2025-26 non-conference schedule Nov. 8: at St. John's in Madison Square Garden Nov. 13: vs. Purdue Nov. 19: vs. Illinois at United Center (Chicago) Nov. 26-30: Players Era Festival in Las Vegas, Nev. Dec. 7: vs. UTSA Dec. 13: vs. Arizona in C.M. Newton Classic Dec. 21: vs. Kennesaw State at Propst Arena in Huntsville SEC/ACC Challenge − no dates announced vs. North Dakota − date has yet to be confirmed vs. Yale − reported by Jon Rothstein, date has yet to be confirmed Emilee Smarr covers Alabama basketball and Crimson Tide athletics for the Tuscaloosa News. She can be reached via email at esmarr@ This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Alabama basketball adds another non-conference matchup vs former Tide assistant
Yahoo
4 days ago
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Who's on the 2025-26 non-conference schedule for Alabama basketball as of June?
Thirteen grueling games of non-conference play conditioned Alabama basketball for another deep run in the NCAA Tournament last season. Crimson Tide coach Nate Oats hasn't let off the gas in crafting Alabama's 2025-26 non-con slate and has spent the offseason sharing that he plans on his team having the "best schedule in the country again." Now that Labaron Philon is back in the driver's seat for the Crimson Tide's back court, it seems winnable. Advertisement As of now, Alabama's schedule next season starts with a visit to Madison Square Garden to face St. John's on Nov. 8. The two could even meet again depending on how things shake out at the Players Era Festival later in the month. Alabama walked away from Las Vegas as the runner-up to Oregon, which will be in attendance this year alongside Auburn, Baylor, Creighton, Gonzaga, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Michigan, Notre Dame, Rutgers, San Diego State, St. Joes, Syracuse, Tennessee and UNLV. Including the Players Era Festival, Alabama has six confirmed dates on the schedule, plus certain appearances in the SEC/ACC Challenge, and against North Dakota and Yale. There's also been circulation of a potential matchup with South Florida, coached by former Crimson Tide assistant Bryan Hodgson. Alabama's latest addition to the schedule, as reported by Rocco Miller, will come against another member of Oats' coaching tree, Austin Claunch, who led University of Texas-San Antonio to a 12-19 record in his first season at the helm last year. Dec 14, 2024; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; Alabama head coach Nate Oats protests a call on a ball out of bounds at Coleman Coliseum. Alabama defeated Creighton 83-75. Mandatory Credit: Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News A look at Alabama basketball's 2025-26 non-conference schedule Nov. 8: at St. John's in Madison Square Garden Nov. 13: vs. Purdue Nov. 19: vs. Illinois at United Center (Chicago) Nov. 26-30: Players Era Festival in Las Vegas, Nev. Dec. 7: vs. UTSA Dec. 13: vs. Arizona in C.M. Newton Classic SEC/ACC Challenge − no dates announced vs. North Dakota − date has yet to be confirmed vs. Yale − reported by Jon Rothstein, date has yet to be confirmed Advertisement Emilee Smarr covers Alabama basketball and Crimson Tide athletics for the Tuscaloosa News. She can be reached via email at esmarr@ This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: A look at Alabama basketball's 2025-26 non-conference schedule as of June
New York Post
08-05-2025
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- New York Post
St. John's adds Rick Pitino's long sought-after matchup to stacked schedule
Access the St. John's beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting member-only features, including real-time texting with Zach Braziller about the inside buzz on St. John's. TRY IT NOW Rick Pitino is putting together a blockbuster schedule for his top-ranked transfer class. St. John's had already been locked into the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas, a three-game tournament featuring several of the country's premier programs during Thanksgiving week, along with agreements to host Ole Miss at the Garden on Dec. 8 and face Kentucky in the CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta on Dec. 20. Now, they are adding to it, agreeing to face Alabama on Nov. 8 at MSG. The two coaches, Pitino and Nate Oats, talked in recent years about playing one another, but it could never get done.
USA Today
08-05-2025
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- USA Today
Alabama basketball to add marquee opponent, venue to 2025 nonconference schedule: report
Alabama basketball to add marquee opponent, venue to 2025 nonconference schedule: report Alabama basketball will reportedly head to The World's Most Famous Arena in 2025. According to a report Thursday from college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, Nate Oats' Crimson Tide are finalizing an agreement with St. John's and legendary coach Rick Pitino to play at Madison Square Garden in New York. It will mark the first time an Alabama team has played at 'The Mecca' since 2013. The game will reportedly take place on November 8, with St. John's expected to play Alabama in the 2026-27 season at Legacy Arena in Birmingham. St. John's joins an already expansive list of nonconference opponents Alabama is set to face in the 2025-26 season. Oats already has games scheduled against the Illinois Fighting Illini in Chicago, North Dakota and Yale at Coleman Coliseum, and the Arizona Wildcats in Birmingham. The Crimson Tide will also make another trip to Las Vegas for the Players Era Festival and face an ACC school in the annual SEC-ACC Challenge. St. John's went 31-5 overall last season and won the both the Big East Tournament and Big East regular season championship. They were a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and were bounced in a second-round upset by John Calipari's Arkansas Razorbacks. The Johnnies are a popular team in many way-too-early rankings ahead of 2025-26. Fox Sports recently ranked St. John's No. 2 in its early top 25, while ESPN's Jeff Borzello had them at No. 3 in his new rankings on Monday. Alabama finished 28-9 last season and advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament, falling 85-65 to Duke in the East Region final in Newark. The Crimson Tide were ranked No. 6 in the final USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, while St. John's was ranked No. 10. The meeting between Alabama and St. John's will be the first between the two programs in over 40 years. They last met in the 1982 NCAA Tournament at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island with two legendary coaches squaring off. Wimp Sanderson's Crimson Tide defeated Lou Carnesecca's team, 69-68. All-time, Alabama and St. John's have met four times on the hardwood dating back to 1955. The head-to-head series is split 2-2. Contact/Follow us @RollTideWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Alabama news, notes and opinion.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
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- Yahoo
Rematch set for Alabama basketball vs Purdue in 2025: What day is the game?
Another date has been set for Alabama basketball's 2025-26 schedule. Yea Alabama, the university's NIL collective, announced that the Crimson Tide will host Purdue in Coleman Coliseum for a Thursday showdown on Nov. 13. Advertisement The news was later confirmed in a post to X by the Purdue men's basketball account, who teased "a top-10 showdown early in the season" with guard Braden Smith's deciding to return for his senior year after seeing the Boilermakers to the Sweet 16 for a fateful meeting against Houston. REQUIRED READING: Can Nate Oats make Alabama a basketball school? Or does football loom too large? LOOKING AHEAD! C.M. Newton Classic will return in 2025: Who will Alabama basketball play? What to know Date officially set for Alabama basketball vs. Purdue The game will be the second part of a home-and-home series, following up the Boilermakers' 87-78 defeat of Alabama last November to give Nate Oats and company their first loss on the road to the Elite Eight. Advertisement Another confirmed matchup on Alabama's non-conference schedule for the upcoming year includes Arizona, who will meet UA in the C.M. Newton Classic on Dec. 13. Next season is also set to feature a continuation of a three-game series against North Dakota, as well as a return to the Players Era Festival after the Crimson Tide lost the inaugural championship to Oregon in Las Vegas last season. Emilee Smarr covers Alabama basketball and Crimson Tide athletics for the Tuscaloosa News. She can be reached via email at esmarr@ This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Date announced for Alabama basketball vs Purdue on 2025-26 schedule
