Alabama Men’s Basketball Announces Summer Foreign Tour

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama males’s basketball might be taking a visit to Europe this summer season, the workforce introduced in a launch on Friday morning.

The Crimson Tide will journey to Spain and France over a 10-day stretch from Aug. 5-14, taking part in three video games between Barcelona and Paris.

“We’re excited to have the chance to have our program go on a overseas journey as a workforce to Barcelona and Paris,” Crimson Tide coach Nate Oats mentioned in a press release. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime expertise for our guys. It is going to give us all a chance to come back collectively as a workforce earlier than the season begins by way of the additional practices we’ll have, the academic and cultural experiences that we’ll encounter and the high-level competitors that we plan on going through. It will likely be an expertise that can stay with us all.”

Alabama will maintain 10 practices previous to the tour, per NCAA guidelines. Two video games might be performed in Barcelona on Aug. 8-9, with one closing recreation going down in Paris on Aug. 12.

Opponents, suggestions occasions and areas of the video games might be introduced by the workforce at a later date.

Here is the complete launch issued by Alabama athletics:

Alabama Males’s Basketball Declares Overseas Journey to Spain, France in August

The Crimson Tide will play three video games over a 10-day stretch from Aug. 5-14.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Alabama males’s basketball workforce will enterprise on a 10-day overseas tour to Barcelona, Spain, and Paris, France, in August, head coach Nate Oats has introduced. The Crimson Tide will play two video games and spend 4 days in Barcelona earlier than touring to Paris for an additional 4 days and one contest.

Per NCAA guidelines relating to a overseas tour, Alabama will maintain 10 days of practices previous to departing Tuscaloosa. The Tide’s journey will start on Aug. 5 when it departs Tuscaloosa for Atlanta. The Tide will arrive in Barcelona at 8:55 a.m. native time on Saturday, Aug. 6.

The 2 video games in Barcelona might be performed Aug. 8 and Aug. 9, with the workforce departing for Paris on Aug. 10. The lone contest in France will happen Aug. 12. The workforce will return to Tuscaloosa on Aug. 14.

“We’re excited to have the chance to have our program go on a overseas journey as a workforce to Barcelona and Paris,” head coach Nate Oats mentioned. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime expertise for our guys. It is going to give us all a chance to come back collectively as a workforce earlier than the season begins by way of the additional practices we’ll have, the academic and cultural experiences that we’ll encounter and the high-level competitors that we plan on going through. It will likely be an expertise that can stay with us all.”

Additional particulars surrounding the journey together with opponents, tip occasions, areas and extra might be introduced at a later time.

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