Report: Alabama Basketball Set to Play Purdue in Toronto in 2023

The Crimson Tide and Boilermakers will meet in Canada in the nonconference portion of the 2023-24 season.

Austin Hannon | May 3, 2023

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Two of the top seeds in the 2023 NCAA Tournament will meet next season across the border.

The Alabama Crimson Tide and Purdue Boilermakers were both No. 1 seeds in the Big Dance. Now, the two programs will play in 2023-24.

.@AlabamaMBB non-con schedule highlights@BoilerBall in Toronto (Dec. 9)@ArizonaMBB in Phoenix (Dec. 20)
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— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) May 3, 2023

The Crimson Tide and Boilermakers have scheduled a nonconference matchup for Dec. 9 in Toronto.

It will be a homecoming of sorts for both Alabama's Charles Bediako and Purdue's Zach Edey. Bediako is originally from Brampton, Ontario while Edey is a native of Toronto.

The Boilermakers lost their opening round game to No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson in the Round of 64. The Crimson Tide made it to the Sweet 16 — where it eventually lost to national runner-up San Diego State.

Alabama already has a couple of high-profile games on its 2023-24 schedule. The Crimson Tide is playing Arizona in Phoenix on Dec. 20 — and a true road game at Creighton has yet to be scheduled.

Alabama will have a lot of work to do in the offseason — losing its top scorer Brandon Miller as well as three of head coach Nate Oats' assistants.

Austin Hannon joined the BamaCentral team in December 2022. He graduated from The University of Alabama with a degree in sports media and brings a ton of journalism experience. Hannon is the former sports editor of The Crimson White, the University's school newspaper. Hannon's coverage focuses primarily on Alabama football, men's basketball and baseball. Contact: cahannon01@gmail.com

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