Alabama Men’s Basketball Continues Preparation for its Foreign Trip to Spain, France

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men's basketball team has reached the midway point of its 10 NCAA-sanctioned team practices before departing for its Foreign Tour trip on Friday, Aug. 5.

Over the weekend, the Crimson Tide opened a practice to fans who were entertained by an intrasquad scrimmage during the two-hour morning session. The team has five practices remaining before departing Tuscaloosa for Atlanta on Friday evening.

Alabama will fly that night into Barcelona, arriving the morning of Saturday, Aug. 6 to begin its three-game, 10-day excursion that will take the team to Barcelona, Spain, and Paris, France.

The Foreign Tour

The Crimson Tide will play a total of three games during its time in Europe, competing once in Barcelona and twice in Paris
Alabama will be facing some stellar competition overseas in its three contests
The Tide's lone game in Barcelona will come against the Spain Select Team on Aug. 8 (7 p.m. local time)
In Paris, the Tide will play games on consecutive days, squaring off first against the Lithuania Men's B National Team on Aug. 11 (7:30 local time) followed by the Chinese Men's National Team on Aug. 12 (7:30 p.m. local time)

Trip Details

The Foreign Tour begins with a flight to Barcelona on Friday, Aug. 5 and arriving the morning of Aug. 6 at approximately 9 a.m. local time
The team will spend several days and play once in Spain before flying to Paris on Aug. 9 where UA will remain until travelling back to the United States
The team will depart Paris for the U.S. on Aug. 14, arriving in Tuscaloosa that same evening

For The Fans

There will be no live television or radio broadcasts of the Tide's three contests
Fans can follow the live in-game action (score updates, photos, videos and interviews) on the official team Twitter account @AlabamaMBB
There will be a blog site on RollTide.com that is updated daily which contains photos, videos and more to allow the fans to see what the team is doing each day on the trip
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