Start basketball season with the UAB National Alumni Society’s Tip-Off Party on Oct. 25

The NAS will host the 2016-2017 UAB Tip-Off Party from 5:30-7 p.m. at Cahaba Brewing Co. The party is free for current NAS members and $5 for nonmembers.

tip off partyTip off the 2016 University of Alabama at Birmingham Men’s and Women’s Basketball season with the National Alumni Society on Tuesday, Oct. 25.

The NAS will host the 2016-2017 UAB Tip-Off Party from 5:30-7 p.m. at Cahaba Brewing Co. Therapy South presents this year’s Tip-Off Party.

The party is free for current NAS members and $5 for nonmembers. Registration for membership is available online.

At the Tip-Off Party, enjoy Cahaba Brewing’s craft beer and barbecue from Dreamland Bar-B-Que. Free T-shirts will be given to the first 200 guests at the door on the night of the event.

Alumni and fans will be able to hear from first-year UAB Men’s Basketball Coach Rob Ehsan and Women’s Basketball Coach Randy Norton during the program. Current UAB players will also be in attendance.

The Men’s team will tip the season off with an exhibition against Lindenwood at Bartow Arena on Thursday, Nov. 3, before getting the regular season started Nov. 11 at home against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The Women’s team will play exhibition games against Tuskegee on Nov. 3 and Lane College on Nov. 7 in Bartow Arena before beginning their season on the road in Chicago on Nov. 11.

  • October 25