Since Nate Oats arrived in Tuscaloosa almost five years ago, Alabama fans have become accustomed to a few things with the Hoops program: commitment to defense, fast perimeter-oriented basketball, and some of the most routinely brutal out-of-conference schedules in the country.
Alabama Basketball’s OOC was finalized yesterday, and yes, there are some toughies on there. But in toto it is a gentler path than what we are accustomed to seeing, and that is because the schedule lacks a great deal of those midmajor behemoths that the Tide has been accustomed to playing.
Here is the completed schedule, and I’ve included some relevant data below those opponents.