Highlighted by games against regional foes and a total of 14 contests inside Fant-Ewing Coliseum.
July 31st, 2008 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketballHighlighted by games against regional foes and a total of 14 inside Fant-Ewing Coliseum. The 2008-09 ULM mens schedule was released by Warhawk head trainer Orlando Early on Wednesday after lunch.
We have put unruffled a very competitive calendar for the upcoming time, Early said. We have some brilliant from the SEC and Big 12, some of our old Southland Conference coming to Monroe, and of course our games against the Sun Belt Conference. It is a challenging roster, but one that have a duty to provide eagerness for the fans.
ULM the term at home for the original time under Early. In fact, three of the Warhawks opening four contests will be played inside the open confines of Fant-Ewing Coliseum, the earliest time the feat has since the Southland Conference Championship spell of 1996-97.
ULMs period opener against Morehead State will be on Friday, November 14. The Warhawks will then transportable to Southeastern Conference-might Mississippi State on November 17 before returning home for a pair against first Southland Conference rivals McNeese State (November 20) and Stephen F. Austin (November 25).
I judge it is profound for all the programs knotty that we are able to play teams from the Southland Conference, Early said. We have had some historic battles in the past with teams and like McNeese State and Stephen F. Austin can produce delight in our fans. Each year we like to play two or three from the Southland Conference.
ULM will then board on a season-high five-game area away from Monroe, La., commencement with a game at Tennessee Tech (November 29) and with the Sun Belt opener at Louisiana-Lafayette (December 15). Included in the expanse is a game at Auburn (December 6), a regeneration of the dormant series against Louisiana Tech (December 10), and a benefit game at McNeese State (December 13).
The Warhawks open the home allotment of the group at home against New Orleans on December 19 before taking to the road for a game at Colorado before Christmas on December 23.
Three of ULMs four games out of the opening will be in Monroe as foes Tennessee Tech (December 29) and Union College of Kentucky (January 3) round out the non-conference section of the slate inside Fant-Ewing Coliseum.
ULM plays North Texas only once this time of year in Denton on February 19 but will face defending regular term champion South Alabama in both Monroe (on January
and in Mobile, Ala. (on February 21).
Troy (January 17), Florida International (January 24) and Western Kentucky (February 5) also make trips to Fant-Ewing Coliseum from the Sun Belts East Division. The Warhawks play at Florida Atlantic (January 22) and at Middle Tennessee (January 31).
The top three teams including the champion from each the alliances East and West Divisions money up front directly to Hot Springs, Ark., and wait on the rest of the field for the Sun Belt Conference Championship Tournament. The enduring 10 play in the opening round at campus for the factual to fee to the associations battle.
The Sun Belt Conference has sincerely taken a huge step headfirst, Early said. It is current to be another absolute year and you cant tell accepted in who will step up and win the federation because there are so many endowed teams. It is going to be a very exciting year for Sun Belt Conference basketball.
