Oaklands Wolves D1 vs Barking Abbey Senior Men

Oaklands Wolves D1 take on Barking Abbey at the Oaklands College Sports Zone on Saturday 19 December, with tip-off at 7:00 PM. It's a National Basketball League Division 1 clash, and for the Wolves, it's the final home game of the 2026 calendar, played out in front of the home crowd in St Albans.

To get the full picture of who the Wolves are, you have to look at the college they come from. They're the basketball teams of Oaklands College, and the St Albans campus is where the squads are based, combining education with elite sports coaching across several academies. The college itself dates back to 1921 and now runs more than 300 vocational and academic courses across three Hertfordshire campuses, serving over 7,000 students.

While this particular game features the men's D1 side, the Wolves run a women's programme too. They compete in the SLBW, a setup launched in 2017 that's become a real hub for player development. The list of alumni moving on from there reads like a who's who of the next step: Tia Freeman, Kyla Nelson, Paige Robinson, Aliz Varga and Louise Rouse have all gone on to US college basketball, European leagues and the GB national team. The men's side plays in the National Basketball League, and this game closes out the year for the D1 squad.

If you're heading along, the game is at the Oaklands College Sports Zone, on the South Drive campus in St Albans (AL4 0JA). Tip-off is at 7:00 PM on Saturday 19 December, and tickets start from £0.00.