The Alabama men’s basketball program’s second game in a home-and-home series with Rhode Island has reportedly been pushed back one year. The reason for that is not yet known.

According to CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein, first-year Rhode Island head coach David Cox said the Crimson Tide’s return game of the home-and-home series with the Rams has been pushed back to the 2019-20 season at Rhode Island’s home arena, the Ryan Center.

Alabama hosted Rhode Island at Coleman Coliseum this past season on Dec. 6, 2017, and won that game by a score of 68-64, despite 24 turnovers and an injury to guard Collin Sexton.

The Rams finished the season with a 26-8 overall record. Like Alabama, they won their first game in the NCAA Tournament -- an 83-78 overtime victory over Oklahoma -- but saw their year end in the Round of 32 by way of an 87-62 loss to No. 2-seed Duke.

The Crimson Tide’s 2018-19 schedule is far from finished, but it now has one less game on it. Alabama will host the Arizona Wildcats and travel to face the UCF Knights in the second years of other home-and-home series. The dates for these games are unknown.

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