The Tide lost to Purdue in a neutral-site game last December.
The Tide is scheduling a home-and-home series with Purdue, locking in a pair of Final Four teams for two highly-anticipated matchups. The first will be at Purdue’s Mackey Arena, with a follow-up in 2025 at Coleman Coliseum, perAlabama’s roster is already one of the best on paper heading into the fall.
In addition to Purdue, which reached the Final Four for the second season in a row behind Zach Edey, the Tide has games scheduled against Creighton , Illinois and its usual batch of Southeastern Conference rivals, including Tennessee, Auburn and John Calipari-led Arkansas. UA has also been linked to the Players Era Festival, a mid-season tournament in Las Vegas that could potentially see Alabama square off against Houston, Notre Dame, San Diego State and others. There has yet to be an official announcement by the university regarding a series of games against Purdue or Alabama’s entry into the festival.
Alabama has routinely scheduled tough non-conference games since Oats has turned the program into a national title contender. Last season, the Tide played Arizona, Creighton and Purdue in 11 days. It dropped all three contests — Alabama lost by six to Purdue in Toronto on Dec. 9 — but players cited that stretch as part of a turnaround into conference play. It was a good experience for the eventual run through the West Regional and the school’s first-ever national semifinal.
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