Troy University Athletics
2017-18 Sun Belt Conference Basketball Schedules Released
6/29/2017 10:01:00 AM | Basketball (M), Basketball (W)
2017-18 Men's Schedule | 2017-18 Women's Schedule
TROY, Alabama – The Sun Belt Conference announced the 2017-18 men's and women's basketball schedules on Thursday. The conference will utilize an 18-game conference schedule for each men's and women's basketball program.
Men's and women's basketball games will be played on a Thursday-Saturday schedule as doubleheaders during the 2017-18 season. Travel partners will be utilized as men's and women's teams will play identical opponents during doubleheaders. The opening weekend of conference play will follow a Friday-Sunday schedule as league games start on Friday, December 29, and continue on Sunday, December 31.
Troy's Sun Belt schedule begins at home on Dec. 29 with a men's and women's game against Georgia Southern.
"Moving the schedule to Thursday-Saturday doubleheaders is the right decision for the benefit of our men's and women's basketball teams," Sun Belt Conference commissioner Karl Benson said. "This is the second consecutive year our basketball student-athletes, coaches and fans will see the benefits of our 12-team membership structure with six sets of travel partners located in seven states. A 12-team league allows for a manageable travel schedule for our men's and women's basketball student-athletes that results in less missed class time and much more time on campus rather than on airplanes and buses."
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 teams will only travel four times for two-game road trips and will each take just one, single-game road trip all season. Those single-game road trips will be for rivalry games.
The Trojans will play seven teams twice and four teams only once. In 2017-18, Troy will not travel to Arkansas State and Little Rock and will not host UT Arlington and Texas State. For the third time in the last four seasons, Troy will close the regular season on the road with a trip to Georgia Southern on March 3.
Tip times for conference games will be announced at a later date.
The 2017-18 men's and women's basketball season will be the second in which an 18-game schedule with 12 teams will be utilized. All 12 men's and women's basketball teams will travel to the 2018 Sun Belt Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships, March 6-11, in New Orleans at Lakefront Arena. It will be the fifth consecutive tournament held in New Orleans.
Troy Men's and Women's Basketball Schedule
TROY, Alabama – The Sun Belt Conference announced the 2017-18 men's and women's basketball schedules on Thursday. The conference will utilize an 18-game conference schedule for each men's and women's basketball program.
Men's and women's basketball games will be played on a Thursday-Saturday schedule as doubleheaders during the 2017-18 season. Travel partners will be utilized as men's and women's teams will play identical opponents during doubleheaders. The opening weekend of conference play will follow a Friday-Sunday schedule as league games start on Friday, December 29, and continue on Sunday, December 31.
Troy's Sun Belt schedule begins at home on Dec. 29 with a men's and women's game against Georgia Southern.
"Moving the schedule to Thursday-Saturday doubleheaders is the right decision for the benefit of our men's and women's basketball teams," Sun Belt Conference commissioner Karl Benson said. "This is the second consecutive year our basketball student-athletes, coaches and fans will see the benefits of our 12-team membership structure with six sets of travel partners located in seven states. A 12-team league allows for a manageable travel schedule for our men's and women's basketball student-athletes that results in less missed class time and much more time on campus rather than on airplanes and buses."
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 teams will only travel four times for two-game road trips and will each take just one, single-game road trip all season. Those single-game road trips will be for rivalry games.
The Trojans will play seven teams twice and four teams only once. In 2017-18, Troy will not travel to Arkansas State and Little Rock and will not host UT Arlington and Texas State. For the third time in the last four seasons, Troy will close the regular season on the road with a trip to Georgia Southern on March 3.
Tip times for conference games will be announced at a later date.
The 2017-18 men's and women's basketball season will be the second in which an 18-game schedule with 12 teams will be utilized. All 12 men's and women's basketball teams will travel to the 2018 Sun Belt Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships, March 6-11, in New Orleans at Lakefront Arena. It will be the fifth consecutive tournament held in New Orleans.
Troy Men's and Women's Basketball Schedule
Friday, December 29 Georgia Southern
Sunday, December 31 Georgia State
Thursday, January 4 at UT Arlington
Saturday, January 6 at Texas State
Saturday, January 13 at South Alabama
Thursday, January 18 Appalachian State
Saturday, January 20 Coastal Carolina
Thursday, January 25 at ULM
Saturday, January 27 at UL Lafayette
Saturday, February 3 South Alabama
Thursday, February 8 Arkansas State
Saturday, February 10 Little Rock
Thursday, February 15 at Coastal Carolina
Saturday, February 17 at Appalachian State
Thursday, February 22 UL Lafayette
Saturday, February 24 ULM
Thursday, March 1 at Georgia State
Saturday, March 3 at Georgia Southern
Sunday, December 31 Georgia State
Thursday, January 4 at UT Arlington
Saturday, January 6 at Texas State
Saturday, January 13 at South Alabama
Thursday, January 18 Appalachian State
Saturday, January 20 Coastal Carolina
Thursday, January 25 at ULM
Saturday, January 27 at UL Lafayette
Saturday, February 3 South Alabama
Thursday, February 8 Arkansas State
Saturday, February 10 Little Rock
Thursday, February 15 at Coastal Carolina
Saturday, February 17 at Appalachian State
Thursday, February 22 UL Lafayette
Saturday, February 24 ULM
Thursday, March 1 at Georgia State
Saturday, March 3 at Georgia Southern
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