The Alabama women’s basketball team will host Clemson in non-conference play in the 2018-19 season and play against the likes of Tulsa, Arizona State or Louisiana Tech, Virginia and Miami in tournaments.
UA release its non-conference schedule Wednesday, with seven home games, two road contests and two tournaments away from campus.
Alabama will play home exhibitions against Faulkner and Mississippi College on Oct. 21 and Nov. 1, respectively.
The Crimson Tide, which finished 20-14 last season while making a run to the quarterfinal round of the Women’s NIT, will open its season Nov. 7 at Coleman Coliseum vs. Southeastern Louisiana.
Alabama will visit Utah on Nov. 13 and SMU in Dallas on Nov. 14 before hosting Clemson on Nov. 19 in its marquee on-campus non-conference game.
Alabama will host Grambling State on Nov. 23 and Stetson on Nov. 27 before playing in the Arizona State Classic tournament in Tempe, Arizona, where it will play Tulsa on Dec. 1 and either Arizona State or Louisiana Tech the next day.
Alabama will have three straight home games – Dec. 5 vs. South Alabama, Dec. 8 vs. Tulane and Dec. 16 vs. Northwestern State – before closing out its out-of-conference schedule with games against Virginia and Miami on Dec. 20 and 21, respectively, in the Florida Sunshine Classic in Orlando.
Game times and television selections will be announced later, as will the SEC portion of the schedule.
Alabama will welcome nine new players, including seven freshmen, to join two returning starters and five letter-winners from last season’s squad.
Season tickets are on sale, priced from $45 to the public, $35 for groups of four or more and $25 for faculty, staff and senior citizens. To purchase, go to RollTide.com.
