Alabama basketball completes non-conference schedule by adding Eastern Kentucky

The Alabama men’s basketball team announced its complete non-conference schedule on Tuesday, finishing its 2023-24 slate by adding a home game against Eastern Kentucky.

The Colonels will visit Coleman Coliseum on Saturday, Dec. 23.

In addition to EKU, the Crimson Tide will also play host to Clemson, Morehead State, Indiana State, South Alabama and Mercer this upcoming season. Alabama will play Purdue in Toronto, face Arizona in Phoenix, travel to Omaha to take on Creighton, face Ohio State and either Oregon or Santa Clara in the Emerald Coast Classic and play Liberty in Birmingham.

The school’s non-conference schedule features 11 different conferences Of the 13 games on Alabama’s plate, the Tide will face eight opponents who participated in the NCAA Tournament and NIT last season. Nine of Alabama’s opponents won 20 games or more last season.

“If you don’t play the best, I don’t think you can be the best,” said head coach Nate Oats after winning the SEC Tournament title. “… We won on the road at Houston. The Carolina win doesn’t look as good now. They were No. 1 in the country when we beat them. I thought we played pretty well up there. We beat Michigan State. At the time they were a little better. They’re still a really good program. We’re going to continue to schedule that way.

“I think it’s paid off every year we’ve been here.”

Alabama Basketball Non-Conference Schedule

Nov. 6 – Morehead State
Nov. 10 – Indiana State
Nov. 14 – South Alabama
Nov. 17 – Mercer
Nov. 24 – Ohio State in Destin
Nov. 25 – Oregon or Santa Clara in Destin
Nov. 28 – Clemson
Dec. 4 – Arkansas State
Dec. 9 – Purdue in Toronto
Dec. 16 – at Creighton
Dec. 20 – Arizona in Phoenix
Dec. 23 – Eastern Kentucky
Dec. 30 – Liberty in Birmingham

*** This story will be updated.

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