Alabama Basketball Schedule and Quick Analysis

With the release today of the entire SEC Basketball schedule, it gave a nice hint as to what to expect from Anthony Grant's first team at The Capstone.

At first glance, the schedule has a nice feel of out of conference teams, with two Big XII and one Big Ten team assured for the schedule, and the probability of at least one more major basketball conference team in the Old Spice Classic.

The SEC schedule plays out decently, but five the last eight games of the season are on the road.

The toughest stretch from first glance looks to be the two weeks from the end of January into February where Alabama will play three out of four on the road.

The Crimson Tide will travel to Auburn, Ole Miss and Kentucky in this stretch with the only home "relief" being a game against Florida. The last three games of the stretch are played in a six-day span, but Alabama will only have one game over the next eleven days after that.

Hopefully Coach Grant and his staff will have the full schedule set soon.

Below is an organized schedule of the Crimson Tide's 2009-10 games that are known to this point.

Old Spice Classic in Orlando, FL
Thur. Nov. 26th vs. Baylor 6:30 ET/ 5:30 CT ESPN 2
Fri. Nov. 27th Florida State/Iona
Sun. Nov. 29th TBA
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Wed. Dec. 2nd North Florida 8/7
Sat. Dec. 12th Purdue 4/3 ESPN2
Sat. Dec. 19th Kansas State in Moblie, AL
Dec./Jan. @ Georgia Tech*

SEC Schedule

Sat. Jan. 9th @ LSU 5/4 FSN
Wed. Jan. 13th Vanderbilt 9/8 CSS
Sat. Jan. 16th @ Arkansas 1:30 / 12:30 SEC Network
Tues. Jan. 19th Tennessee 7/6 ESPN
Sat. Jan. 23rd Mississippi State 12 noon/11 CBS
Wed. Jan. 27th LSU 8/7 SEC Network
Sat. Jan. 30th @ Auburn 4/3 SEC Network

Thur. Feb. 4th Florida 7/6 ESPNU
Sat. Feb. 6th @ Ole Miss 6/5 FSN
Tues. Feb. 9th @ Kentucky 9/8 ESPNU
Sat. Feb. 13th Arkansas 4/3 SEC Network
Sat. Feb. 20th @ Georgia 4/3 SEC Network
Wed. Feb. 24th @ Mississippi State 9/8 CSS
Sat. Feb. 27th Ole Miss 2/1 ESPN2 and ESPN360.com

Wed. Mar. 3rd @ South Carolina 7/6 ESPNU
Sat. Mar. 6th Auburn 1:30 / 12:30 SEC Network

Thur.-Sun. Mar. 11th-14th SEC Tournament in Nashville, TN SEC Network, ABC

*-Anticipated match-up as a return game for last year's visit to Coleman by Georgia Tech.