2006-07 Men's Basketball Schedule Released
September 06, 2006 | Men's Basketball
Sept. 6, 2006
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GREENVILLE, N.C. --- East Carolina will host defending Conference USA champion Memphis for a second consecutive season as part of its 29-game regular season schedule, which includes road dates at a pair of Atlantic Coast Conference rivals, announced University athletic officials on Wednesday.
"This will be a very competitive schedule for our young and inexperienced team," said Pirate head coach Ricky Stokes. "We face a very challenging non-conference slate with four opponents that reached the post-season a year ago, including two ACC teams."
The Pirates' non-conference schedule includes road games against 2006 NCAA Tournament participants UNC Wilmington (Dec. 5) and NC State (Dec. 28), and a home date against Big South champion Winthrop (Dec. 21) in its final game before the Christmas break.
The Pirates will usher in the new year at Wake Forest (Jan. 2) for a second consecutive season, while making their first trip to Richmond (Nov. 14) since 2001 when both teams were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). Other non-conference road games include trips to UNC Greensboro (Nov. 18) and Liberty (Dec. 2).
Along with its non-conference home game against Winthrop, ECU will host former Conference USA rival USF (Dec. 9) in one of eight Saturday games inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.
ECU's non-conference home slate also includes games against Limestone, North Carolina Central and Chowan.
Conference USA returns to a 16-game conference format this season, which will create a home-and-home series for the Pirates with mirror opponents Marshall, Rice, Tulane, Southern Miss and UCF.
"Conference USA will be very competitive once again this season. It is our hope that our non-conference schedule prepares us for the rigors of conference play."
The Pirates will open league play on the road at Tulsa on Jan. 10 before returning home for three consecutive conference home games. ECU will welcome Rice (Jan. 13) and Tulane (Jan. 17) to Minges Coliseum before entertaining Memphis (Jan. 20).
In addition to visits from its mirror rivals UCF (Feb. 7) and Southern Miss (Feb. 14), UAB (Jan. 27) will visit Greenville for the first time in two years, while UTEP (Feb. 24) makes its first trip cross country here to close out the Pirates' home schedule.
Conference USA road games for the Pirates also include visits to Houston and SMU. ECU will close out the regular season with games at Tulane (Feb. 28) and UCF (March 3) before heading to Memphis for the league's post-season tournament.
ECU opens the 2006-07 regular season against Morgan State, its first of two games against the Bears, Nov. 11 at Minges Coliseum.
2006-07 East Carolina Men's Basketball Schedule
NOVEMBER - 11 vs. Morgan State; 14 at Richmond; 18 at UNC Greensboro; 21 vs. Limestone; 25 vs. North Carolina Central.
DECEMBER - 2 at Liberty; 5 at UNC Wilmington; 9 vs. USF; 18 at Morgan State; 21 vs. Winthrop; 28 vs. NC State.
JANUARY - 2 at Wake Forest; 6 vs. Chowan; 10 at Tulsa; 13 vs. Rice; 17 vs. Tulane; 20 vs. Memphis; 24 at Southern Miss; 27 vs. UAB; 31 at Marshall.
FEBRUARY - 3 at Rice; 7 vs. UCF; 10 at Houston; 14 vs. Southern Miss; 17 at SMU; 21 vs. Marshall; 24 vs. UTEP; 28 at Tulane.
MARCH - 3 at UCF; 7-10 at Conference USA Tournament (Memphis, Tenn.).
