SBC Announces 2016-17 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Conference Schedules

by, Phillip Pongratz

NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference announced the 2016-17 men’s and women’s basketball schedules on Thursday April 28th . The conference will utilize an 18-game conference schedule for each men’s and women’s basketball program.

Men’s basketball games will be played on a Saturday-Monday schedule and women’s basketball games will be played on a Thursday-Saturday schedule during the 2016-17 season. The dates of play will reverse for the 2017-18 season with the men’s basketball games being played on Thursdays and Saturdays and women’s basketball games being played on Saturdays and Mondays.

“This is an exciting time for the Sun Belt Conference as we have created a membership structure that makes perfect sense with six sets of travel partners located in seven states,” Sun Belt Conference commissioner Karl Benson said. “Not only does the 12 team league allow for an 18-game regular season but it will allow for a much more manageable travel schedule for our men’s and women’s student-athletes that will result in less missed class time and much more time back on their respective campuses rather than on airplanes and buses.”

Each team will only travel four times for two-game road trips during the upcoming season. Travel partners will be utilized for two-game road trips throughout the conference schedule to maximize rest, minimize travel times and limit missed class time for men’s and women’s basketball student-athletes. Men’s and women’s basketball programs will each take just one, single-game road trip all season. Those single-game road trips will be for rivalry games.

Tip times for conference games will also be announced by each institution at a later date.

The 2016-17 men’s and women’s basketball season will be the first with Coastal Carolina University as a full member. All 12 men’s and women’s basketball teams will travel to the 2017 Sun Belt Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships as the tournaments return to New Orleans and the Lakefront Arena for a fourth consecutive season.

2016-17 Texas State SBC Men’s Basketball Schedule

Saturday, December 31 – vs. Appalachian State

Monday, January 2 – vs. Coastal Carolina

Saturday, January 7 – vs. UT Arlington

Saturday, January 14 – at South Alabama

Monday, January 16 – at Troy

Saturday, January 21 – vs. UL Lafayette

Monday, January 23 – vs. UL Monroe

Saturday, January 28 – at Coastal Carolina

Monday, January 30 – at Appalachian State

Saturday, February 4 – at UT Arlington

Saturday, February 11 – vs. Little Rock

Monday, February 13 – vs. Arkansas State

Saturday, February 18 – at Georgia Southern

Monday, February 20 – at Georgia State

Saturday, February 25 – vs. Troy

Monday, February 27 – vs. South Alabama

Friday, March 3 – at UL Monroe

Sunday, March 5 – at UL Lafayette

2016-17 Texas State Women’s Basketball Schedule

Thursday, December 29 – vs. Coastal Carolina

Saturday, December 31 – vs. Appalachian State

Saturday, January 7 – vs. UT Arlington

Thursday, January 12 – at Troy

Saturday, January 14 – at South Alabama

Thursday, January 19 – vs. UL Monroe

Saturday, January 21 – vs. UL Lafayette

Thursday, January 26 – at Appalachian State

Saturday, January 28 – at Coastal Carolina

Saturday, February 4 – at UT Arlington

Thursday, February 9 – vs. Arkansas State

Saturday, February 11 – vs. Little Rock

Thursday, February 16 – at Georgia State

Saturday, February 18 – at Georgia Southern

Thursday, February 23 – vs. South Alabama

Saturday, February 25 – vs. Troy

Thursday, March 2 – at UL Lafayette

Saturday, March 4 – at UL Monroe