No. 18 Alabama is back at home on Nov. 13 for its fourth game of the 2026-27 season, welcoming Seton Hall in a matchup between two teams that are both 3-0.
The Crimson Tide already know this series is part of a home-and-home arrangement set up during the offseason, with next year’s meeting scheduled for Newark, New Jersey. For now, Alabama gets the Pirates in Tuscaloosa after opening the year with three straight wins.
Seton Hall arrives with some momentum of its own. The Pirates went 21-12 last season and finished 10-10 in the Big East, good for fourth in the league. Shaheen Holloway was unanimously named Big East Coach of the Year after guiding Seton Hall from a 7-25 mark in 2024-25, including a 2-18 record in conference play.
The two programs have crossed paths only twice before, in 2001 and 2010, and each side has taken one win. The most recent meeting came on Nov. 19, 2010, when Seton Hall beat Alabama 83-78 in the U.S.
Virgin Islands. Trevor Releford and Senario Hillman combined for 38 points for the Tide, while Tony Mitchell added 13.
Alabama also got 20 of its 38 rebounds from Mitchell and Chris Hines, but a five-point halftime lead slipped away as the Pirates outscored UA by 10 in the second half. Jeremy Hazell paced Seton Hall with 27 points, and three other starters also finished in double figures.
Alabama’s last outing was a runaway 109-68 win over Oakland at home on Nov. 9.
London Jemison matched a career high with 20 points and did it in perfect shooting form, going 7 of 7 from the field. Six of those makes came from three-point range, part of an eye-popping night in which Alabama shot 24 of 46 from deep and attempted just 16 shots from two-point range.
The Tide also tied a school record with 30 assists. Aden Holloway returned from suspension in that game and scored 12 points while hitting 4 of 8 from beyond the arc.
Seton Hall’s most recent game was a 68-62 win over Charlotte in Philadelphia. Roddie Anderson led the way with 17 points, while Devin Williams added 16 off the bench and Mihailo Petrovic finished with 12.
Williams also blocked two shots, and Petrovic stuffed the stat sheet with team highs in assists, with six, and steals, with three. That was enough to hold off Charlotte guard Keyshuan Tillery, who posted 20 points, four rebounds and four assists.
For those tuning in, the game will be carried on the Crimson Tide Sports Network, with Chris Stewart on play-by-play, Bryan Passink as analyst and Roger Hoover on the sideline. The pregame show begins one hour before tipoff.
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