Alabama basketball to open at Old Spice Classic

The Alabama men’s basketball team will give new coach (and former VCU skipper) Anthony Grant a good tip-off, the Old Spice Classic. The pre-conference play tournament is bringing in a number of big-name teams, including Florida State, Marquette, Iona, Baylor, Michigan, Creighton and Xavier.

The Crimson Tide will play Baylor in the first game, and the winner of that one will face the winner of Florida State/Iona. Orlando will no doubt be a place of great college basketball, with the winner of that game going into a match-up with the victor of Marquette/Xavier and Michigan/Creighton.

Looks like Grant will have his hands full.