TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama women”s basketball team will have a 2011-12 schedule that features 14 games against teams that advanced to the postseason last season.
In addition to its Southeastern Conference lineup, the Crimson Tide will take on teams from 11 conferences.
“The coaching staff and the team are really looking forward to getting this season started,” Alabama coach Wendell Hudson said. “We made a little run in the Postseason WNIT last season that we are looking to build on this year, and feel we have prepared a schedule that will allow us to do so.”
Alabama will hold an exhibition game Nov. 6 against Auburn Montgomery. It will then tip off the regular season Nov. 12 against Nicholls State before traveling to Central Arkansas on Nov. 15. Alabama will play a pair of home contests against Northwestern State (Nov. 18) and Georgia Southern (Nov. 21) prior to its trip to the Virgin Islands Paradise Jam, where it will face Old Dominion, Seton Hall, and Louisiana Tech on Nov. 24-26.
Alabama will take on Southeastern Louisiana (Dec. 2) and Kansas (Dec. 4) at home before a road stretch that includes stops at North Texas (Dec. 7), North Carolina State (Dec. 11), and Alabama State (Dec. 17). The Crimson Tide”s final game prior to breaking for the holidays will be the Dec. 19 home game against Presbyterian.
Alabama returns to action Dec. 30 for a home game against Air Force.
Alabama will ring in 2012 in Columbia, S.C., on Jan. 1 against South Carolina. It will return home to play host Auburn on Jan. 5. The Crimson Tide will take on LSU on Jan. 8 in Baton Rouge, La., before hosting Mississippi State and Mississippi on Jan. 12 and Jan. 15, respectively.
Alabama will travel to Gainesville, Fla., for a showdown with the Gators on Jan. 19. Tennessee will travel to Tuscaloosa on Jan. 26, before Alabama closes the month on Jan. 29 at Kentucky.
Alabama will play Feb. 2 at Arkansas. It will feature home games against Georgia (Feb. 5), LSU (Feb. 12), Kentucky (Feb. 16), and South Carolina (Feb. 19) and road contests at Mississippi (Feb. 9), Auburn (Feb. 23), and Vanderbilt (Feb. 26).
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