Alabama Men’s Basketball Continues Preparation for its Foreign Trip to Spain, France
8/1/2022 10:01:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The Crimson Tide will play three games over a 10-day stretch from Aug. 5-14
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
- For all the latest information on the team, follow AlabamaMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. General athletic news can be found @UA_Athletics on Twitter and Instagram and Alabama Athletics on Facebook.
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