LIVINGSTON, Ala. — The Eddie McCarter era at the University of West Alabama will get underway at a familiar place for McCarter – at UAB.  The Tiger basketball squad will take on the Green and Gold Blazers in exhibition action at Bartow Arena on Thursday, Nov. 1.  Tip off is set for 7 p.m.

McCarter, an alum of UAB and served as the Director of Basketball Operations on Mike Davis’s staff a year ago.  The Birmingham, Ala.-native brings 14 years of head coaching experience to the Livingston campus after having coached at the University of Texas at Arlington.  It will be a new look for the Red and White Tigers with 11 new players on the roster this season.  The roster features three players from Birmingham – Chris Malone (Ramsay HS), Glenn Miles (West End) and Brian Murphy (John Carroll Catholic HS).

The UAB contest is the first of two exhibition games for UWA against Division I schools.  The Tigers square off with former GSC foe and rival Troy on Monday, Nov. 5.  UAB is coming off a 15-16 2006-07 record and a eighth-place finish in Conference USA.  Head coach Mike Davis returns seven starters from a year ago.

UWA opens the 2007-08 slate on Saturday, Nov. 17, visiting Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The home opener will be on Nov. 21 against Delta State.