Alabama basketball will be in for a long day on Tuesday, with Charles Bediako’s hearing on a temporary injunction to allow him to keep playing set for that morning in Tuscaloosa Circuit Court. However, the nighttime game against Missouri is moving up, making the day just a little shorter.
The Crimson Tide was originally scheduled to face the Tigers at 8 p.m. CT that day. However, UA announced Sunday that the matchup has been moved up one hour and is now scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m.
The SEC Network is still listed as having the broadcast for the game.
Alabama will be coming in looking to get back on track, after it lost Saturday at home to Tennessee. Meanwhile, Missouri won a thriller at home against Oklahoma, with buzzer-beaters to send the game into overtime, and later to win.
The Crimson Tide’s loss was Bedikao’s only guaranteed game with the team. The center, who sued the NCAA on Tuesday in an effort to regain eligibility despite signing a two-way NBA contract and spending the past three years in the G-League, was on the court due to a temporary restraining order.
“Right now, I’m just focused on the team,” Bediako said Saturday when asked about the upcoming hearing. “Obviously, I’m just gonna dissect what happened today and just continue to do film and right now my main focus is this next game, just getting better with the team.”
The judge in the case, Jim Roberts, is listed as a UA donor on the Crimson Tide Foundation’s website. If he grants Bediako a temporary injunction against the NCAA, it would likely keep the former pro player on the court for the rest of the 2025-26 season.
Bediako scored 13 points and grabbed three rebounds against the Volunteers. Alabama fell to 3-3 in SEC play with the defeat.
Missouri enters the game at 4-3 in the SEC, 14-6 overall.
