Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats has set up yet another gauntlet of a non-conference schedule.

The Crimson Tide released it's non-SEC games for the 2024-25 season on Tuesday, which includes seven opponents that reached the 2024 NCAA Tournament among 13 games. That includes three of last year's No. 1 seeds in the tourney: Houston, Purdue and North Carolina.

Tip-off times and broadcast information are yet to be announced.

Last year, Alabama struggled in December against a very difficult non-conference schedule, but found its stride in the postseason to make the first Final Four appearance in program history.

This year, UA will open the season against UNC-Asheville on Nov. 4 at Coleman Coliseum. The full non-conference schedule is as follows:

Nov. 4 - vs. UNC-Asheville

Nov. 8 - vs. Arkansas State

Nov. 11 - vs. McNeese State

Nov. 15 - at Purdue

Nov. 20 - vs. Illinois (CM. Newton Classic in Birmingham)

Nov. 26 - vs. Houston (Players Era Festival in Las Vegas)

Nov. 27 - vs. Notre Dame or Rutgers (Players Era Festival in Las Vegas)

Nov. 29 - TBD (Players Era Festival in Las Vegas)

Dec. 4 - at North Carolina

Dec. 14 - vs. Creighton

Dec. 18 - at North Dakota

Dec. 22 - vs. Kent State

Dec. 29 - vs. South Dakota State

Tuscaloosa News columnist Chase Goodbread is also the weekly co-host of Crimson Cover TV on WVUA-23. Reach him at cgoodbread@gannett.com. Follow on X.com @chasegoodbread.

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