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Alabama women’s basketball SEC Tournament seeding, schedule for Crimson Tide

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March 2, 2025

Alabama women’s basketball SEC Tournament seeding, schedule for Crimson Tide

Alabama women’s basketball will be the No. 6 seed in the SEC Tournament that kicks off later this week at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C.

It gives the Crimson Tide a bye into the second round of the tournament, but Alabama just missed out on a double bye that would have put it into the quarterfinals on Friday, in part to a regular-season finale loss to Oklahoma on Sunday.

Alabama’s second-round opponent has not been determined yet, as it will await the winner of the first-round matchup between No. 14 seed Auburn and No. 11 seed Florida. The second-round matchup will be on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on SEC Network.

The Crimson Tide is in the bottom half of the bracket, having late games on each day of the tournament, but that also keeps Alabama away from No. 1 seed South Carolina awaiting in the semifinals if it advances. A quarterfinal matchup with LSU, which Alabama upset just last week, awaits if the Crimson Tide can win its first game.

Alabama women’s basketball SEC Tournament seeding, schedule

The Crimson Tide is the No. 6 seed and will play Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on SEC Network.

Alabama women’s basketball SEC Tournament first matchup: Time, date, opponent

Date: Thursday, March 6
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Opponent: Winner of Auburn and Florida
Channel: SEC Network

How to watch Alabama women’s basketball in SEC Tournament

The SEC Tournament will be on the ESPN family of networks including SEC Network and potentially ESPN and ESPN2 depending how far Alabama advances in the tournament.

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Full SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament bracket

Wednesday, March 5

Game 1: No. 16 seed Texas A&M vs. No. 9 seed Tennessee, 11 a.m., SEC Network

Game 2: No. 13 seed Arkansas vs. No. 12 seed Georgia, 1:30 p.m., SEC Network

Game 3: No. 15 seed Missouri vs. No. 10 seed Mississippi State, 6 p.m., SEC Network

Game 4: No. 14 seed Auburn vs. No. 11 seed Florida, 8:30 p.m., SEC Network

Thursday, March 6

Game 5: No. 8 seed Vanderbilt vs. Winner of Game 1, 11 a.m., SEC Network

Game 6: No. 5 seed Oklahoma vs. Winner of Game 2, 1:30 p.m., SEC Network

Game 7: No. 7 seed Ole Miss vs. Winner of Game 3, 6 p.m., SEC Network

Game 8: No. 6 seed Alabama vs. Winner of Game 4, 8:30 p.m., SEC Network

Friday, March 7

Game 9: No. 1 seed South Carolina vs. Winner of Game 5, 11 a.m., ESPN

Game 10: No. 4 seed Kentucky vs. Winner of Game 6, 1:30 p.m., ESPN

Game 11: No. 2 seed Texas vs. Winner of Game 7, 6 p.m., SEC Network

Game 12: No. 3 seed LSU vs. Winner of Game 8, 8:30 p.m., SEC Network

Saturday, March 8

Semifinal 1: Winner of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 10, 4:30 p.m., ESPN 2

Semifinal 2: Winner of Game 11 vs. Winner of Game 12, 7 p.m., ESPN 2

Sunday, March 9

Championship Game: Winner of Semifinal 1 vs. winner of Semifinal 2, 3 p.m., ESPN

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Alabama expands global reach with new business development office in Tokyo

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November 3, 2025

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Alabama expands global reach with new business development office in Tokyo

During the 47th annual Southeast U.S./Japan Association (SEUS-Japan) Joint Meeting in Tokyo, the Alabama Department of Commerce recently celebrated the opening of a new business development office in Japan, marking a significant step forward in strengthening the state’s economic relationship with one of its most valued international

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How much is UA paying Alabama women’s basketball non-con opponents for 2025-26 season?

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November 2, 2025

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How much is UA paying Alabama women’s basketball non-con opponents for 2025-26 season?

Alabama women’s basketball embarks on its non-conference schedule with a season opener against Stetson, but how much the Crimson Tide’s opponents make from the University of Alabama before SEC play begins in January?

The Tuscaloosa News obtained contract information via an open records request to determine the amount of money that UA will be paying out during the 2025-26 non-conference slate.

Fourteen non-conference foes are on the docket for Alabama, including teams that the Crimson Tide will face during the Pink Flamingo Championships in Nassau, Bahamas, over Thanksgiving. The only contract that wasn’t provided was Alabama’s SEC/ACC Challenge game against Clemson, scheduled for Dec. 4.

Here’s what to know:

Stetson will receive $30,000 from the University of Alabama to travel to Tuscaloosa from DeLand, Florida. Sam Houston is Alabama’s other highest-paid opponent, bringing in $30,000 for the team’s trip from Huntsville, Texas.

Alabama A&M, Alcorn State, McNeese State and Troy will receive $25,000 each. The guaranteed amount that Tulane will be paid is $24,000. Kennesaw State and Samford will receive $20,000 each. Receiving $10,000, the University of Louisiana-Monroe is the lowest-paid opponent Alabama will face.

The Crimson Tide is paying $37,500 to compete in the Pink Flamingos Championship, in which it will meet Harvard and either Minnesota or the University of South Florida.

Per contract agreement, six of Alabama’s non-conference opponents will also receive 15 hotel rooms per night, including Alabama A&M, Alcorn State, Jackson State, Kennesaw State, McNeese State and Tulane. Alabama A&M, Jackson State and Kennesaw State are approximately three hours away from Tuscaloosa, or less.

Minus hotel room costs, Alabama will pay a total of $296,500 to the aforementioned visiting non-conference opponents and to participate in the Pink Flamingos Championship.

Alabama and Stetson will tip off at 4 p.m. CT on Monday, Nov. 3 in Coleman Coliseum ahead of Alabama men’s basketball’s season opener against North Dakota at 7 p.m. on the same day.

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Emilee Smarr covers Alabama basketball and Crimson Tide athletics for The Tuscaloosa News. She can be reached via email at esmarr@gannett.com.

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High schoolers in Alabama town spark good-natured Halloween prank war with local police

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October 31, 2025

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High schoolers in Alabama town spark good-natured Halloween prank war with local police

Heflin, Alabama — Every Halloween season, when the sun sets in the small Alabama town of Heflin, the local students from Cleburne County High School toilet paper a few homes.

But last month, they upped their game, toilet papering just about every business in town, too.

“It’s just fun,” one teen told CBS News.

“And then you don’t get caught and it’s like, this is fantastic,” said another.

It was fantastic until they made the mistake of hitting the headquarters of the Heflin Police Department.

“It was up on the roof, the spare cars we had in the parking lot … We had to do something,” Heflin Police Chief Ross McGlaughn said.

So after the “attack” on his station last month, McGlaughn took to social media to send a message to the perpetrators.

“We think that rolling the police department was a little uncalled for, but as we enter into Halloween season, we dont want to hear any crying when we load up like we are going to serve a search warrant and go full out tactical ninja style old school rolling at your place next month,” McGlaughn wrote. “We know who you are and while you just put the play station controller down for a week, we are children of the 80s and 90s who perfected this craft years ago.”

The Heflin Police Department then got to work on an operation that was supported by officers from multiple jurisdictions, all armed to the teeth with toilet paper.

It was an unusual approach to policing, to say the least. But McGlaughn did get permission from the parents in advance. And he said he has his reasons for encouraging the kids like this.

“As long as they’re doing this, they’re not getting into trouble doing something else,” McGlaughn said. “I haven’t seen any types of drugs or alcohol involved. You know, I think they’re spending all their money on toilet paper.”

The kids have definitely taken to the prank war.

“I just think it’s good clean fun for everyone, and it’s been great for our whole town, the police department and everybody,” one student said.

Heflin’s toilet paper war has so tickled the town that businesses are now offering support by putting out free toilet paper. And the kids are taking care of the ensuing mess in their own unique way, by selling insurance.

“They call it the Toilet Paper Rapid Response Team,” McGlaughn said. “So if you buy their insurance and your yard gets rolled, the youth group will come clean it up for you … So you can buy protection.”

But it’s worth it, McGlaughn said, because this has been fun for everyone, including him.

“I’m just rallying everybody,” McGlaughn said as he prepared to toilet paper another home. “That way we can hit the next house. It looks beautiful from down there.”