No. 23/20 Alabama Welcomes Clemson to Coleman Coliseum in the ACC/SEC Challenge

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 23/20 Alabama men's basketball team will host Clemson in the first annual ACC/SEC Challenge Tuesday night at Coleman Coliseum.

The Crimson Tide has currently won 19-straight games at Coleman, which ranks as the second-longest home winning streak in Division I, winning by an average of 26.8 points per contest. The Alabama-Clemson matchup features two of the top offenses in the country, as UA has the No. 1 ranked offense according to KenPom, while Clemson is ranked No. 33 in the nation.

In its first six games of the season, Alabama has scored 587 points (97.8 ppg) which ranks No. 1 In the country and the most in program history through the first six games of the season, surpassing the 1956-57 team (583 points).

The Broadcast

Friday's game is set for an 8:30 p.m. CT tipoff and will be aired on ESPN with Jon Sciambi (play-by-play), Jay Williams (analyst) and Angel Gray (sideline) on the call.

The radio broadcast can be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network with Chris Stewart (play-by-play), Bryan Passink (analyst) and Roger Hoover (sideline) on the call, while Tom Stipe (engineer) is turning the dials. The pregame show will begin one hour prior to tipoff.

Notes You Need To Know

Alabama has a 19-game winning streak at home, which ranks as the second-longest streak in the country
During Alabama's winning streak, UA has won by double-digits 15 times and by an average of 26.8 points per contest at home
UA has won 18-straight non-conference games at Coleman Coliseum (last defeat was vs. Western Kentucky on Dec. 19, 2020)
The Crimson Tide owns the No. 1 ranked offense according to KenPom while Clemson is ranked No. 33
The Tide is averaging 97.8 points per game, which ranks No. 1 in the country
Alabama is shooting an SEC-best 54.1 percent from the field and No. 3 in the country
UA has an effective field goal percentage of 55.8, which ranks No. 3 in the country
Mark Sears ranks No. 1 in scoring (20.3 ppg), No. 3 in the SEC in field goal percentage (61.0), and No. 5 in assists (4.2 apg)
Alabama is one of two schools in the SEC (Vanderbilt) that has two players averaging 17 points or more per game (Sears' 20.3 ppg & Aaron Estrada's 17.0 ppg)
Alabama is one of four schools in Division I with both football and men's basketball programs ranked in the Top 25 (Arizona, Oklahoma and Texas)
Senior transfer Grant Nelson was named to the Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List, which annually recognizes the top player in college basketball and the Karl Malone Award Watch List for the top power forward in Division I
Alabama's trio of Aaron Estrada, Nelson and Mark Sears have each scored over 1,000 points throughout their college career, which is tied for the third most in the country (St. John's & TCU with four each)
Alabama head coach Nate Oats is 2-3 against ACC opponents during his tenure at UA

About Clemson

Clemson added four transfers who have played a combined 393 college basketball games over 14 seasons of experience. The transfers have a total of 3,978 points, 1,469 rebounds and 754 assists. Clemson added Joseph Girard III (Syracuse), Jack Clark (NC State), Jake Heidbreder (Air Force) and Bas Leyte (UNCG) through the transfer portal.
Clemson was a preseason pick to finish fifth in the ACC by voting media. The last time the Tigers were picked to finish fifth or higher was prior to the 2008-09 season
Head Coach Brad Brownell, now in his 14th season at Clemson, has led the Tigers to the sixth-most overall wins (125) amongst ACC teams since 2017-18
Per StatsPerform research, Clemson brought back the third-most points per game (2022-23 season) on its roster heading into the 2023-24 campaign
Clemson returns 52.1 points per game and added 48.0 points per game from its transfer portal class
Per StatsPerform research, Clemson, with the return of PJ Hall and the addition of Joseph Girard III, return the top two scorers in ACC play from last season.
Senior PJ Hall garnered Preseason First Team All-ACC honors this week, marking the first Tiger to earn a preseason first team accolade since Aamir Simms prior to the 2020-21 season

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