Alabama basketball to host Clemson in SEC/ACC Challenge

Alabama basketball to host Clemson in SEC/ACC Challenge

Alabama’s basketball team will host Clemson in the inaugural SEC/ACC Challenge in late November, it was announced Wednesday.

The Crimson Tide faces the Tigers on Tuesday, Nov. 28 at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa. The game tips off at 8:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on one of the ESPN networks — ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network or ACC Network.

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Alabama’s women’s team will also participate in the SEC/ACC Challenge. The Crimson Tide travels to Syracuse at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30.

Alabama has not yet announced its full non-conference schedule for 2023-24 but does have neutral-site games scheduled with Purdue in Toronto (Dec. 9) and Arizona in Phoenix (Dec. 20). Nate Oats’ Crimson Tide will also reportedly travel to face Creighton in Omaha for the first part of a home-and-home series.

Alabama’s list of SEC opponents was announced Monday. The Crimson Tide went 31-6 in 2022-23, winning the SEC regular-season and tournament championships and advancing to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.

Clemson went 23-11 last season, losing to Morehead State in the first round of the NIT. The Crimson Tide is 4-8 all-time vs. the Tigers, with the most-recent matchup a 64-56 loss in the 2020 Holiday Hoopsgiving event in Atlanta.

The full pairings for the SEC/ACC basketball challenge are below (all times Central). TV information will be announced at a later date.

Men’s games

Tuesday, Nov. 28

LSU at Syracuse, 6 p.m.

Missouri at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Mississippi State at Georgia Tech, 6 p.m.

Notre Dame at South Carolina, 6 p.m.

Miami at Kentucky, 6:30 p.m.

North Carolina State at Ole Miss, 8 p.m.

Clemson at Alabama, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 29

Tennessee at North Carolina, 6:15 p.m.

Texas A&M at Virginia Tech, 6:15 p.m.

Florida at Wake Forest, 6:15 p.m.

Duke at Arkansas, 8:15 p.m.

Virginia Tech at Auburn, 8:15 p.m.

Georgia at Florida State, 8:15 p.m.

Boston College at Vanderbilt, 8:15 p.m.

Women’s games

Wednesday, Nov. 29

Notre Dame at Tennessee, 4 p.m.

Florida at Georgia Tech, 4 p.m.

Vanderbilt at North Carolina State, 6:15 p.m.

Miami at Mississippi State, 4:15 p.m.

Louisville at Ole Miss, 8:15 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 30

Missouri at Virginia, 4 p.m.

Duke at Georgia, 4 p.m.

South Carolina at North Carolina, 6 p.m.

Arkansas at Florida State, 6 p.m.

Alabama at Syracuse, 6 p.m.

Boston College at Kentucky, 6 p.m.

Virginia Tech at LSU, 8 p.m.

Texas A&M at Wake Forest, 8 p.m.

Clemson at Auburn, 8 p.m.