American Conference Announces East Carolina's 2026-27 Men's Basketball Schedule
September 30, 2026 | Men's Basketball
IRVING, Texas – Trips to Memphis and Charlotte bookend the East Carolina Men's Basketball team's 18-game American Conference slate as the league announced the full conference schedules for all 13 of its teams on Wednesday morning.
Following a nine-day break from its last non-conference game, East Carolina gets conference play started with a two-game road trip at Memphis (Dec. 30) and at UAB (Jan. 2) before coming home to Minges to host Tulane (Jan. 7) and UTSA (Jan. 10).
The Pirates will then set sail on another two-game road swing, visiting Tulsa (Jan. 14) and Wichita State (Jan. 17), followed by a three-game homestand against UAB (Jan. 23), Florida Atlantic (Jan. 28) and Charlotte (Jan. 31).
ECU returns to the court in February with road games at Rice (Feb. 4) and at Temple (Feb. 7) and back-to-back home games against South Florida (Feb. 10) and Rice (Feb. 17).
The final stretch of conference play for the Pirates consists of back-to-back road games against Tulane (Feb. 21) and UTSA (Feb. 24), a two-game homestand against Temple (Feb. 27) and North Texas (Mar. 2) and a trip to Charlotte (Mar. 7) for the regular season finale.
The 2027 American Conference Men's Basketball Championship will be held in Tampa, Fla. at the Yuengling Center from March 10-14.
Game times and TV designations will be announced at a later date.
2026-27 East Carolina American Conference Schedule
Dec. 30: at Memphis
Jan. 2: at UAB
Jan. 7: Tulane
Jan. 10: UTSA
Jan. 14: at Tulsa
Jan. 17: at Wichita State
Jan. 23: UAB
Jan. 28: Florida Atlantic
Jan. 31: Charlotte
Feb. 4: at Rice
Feb. 7: at Temple
Feb. 10: South Florida
Feb. 17: Rice
Feb. 21: at Tulane
Feb. 24: at UTSA
Feb. 27: Temple
Mar. 2: North Texas
Mar. 7: at Charlotte
-home games in bold
Following a nine-day break from its last non-conference game, East Carolina gets conference play started with a two-game road trip at Memphis (Dec. 30) and at UAB (Jan. 2) before coming home to Minges to host Tulane (Jan. 7) and UTSA (Jan. 10).
The Pirates will then set sail on another two-game road swing, visiting Tulsa (Jan. 14) and Wichita State (Jan. 17), followed by a three-game homestand against UAB (Jan. 23), Florida Atlantic (Jan. 28) and Charlotte (Jan. 31).
ECU returns to the court in February with road games at Rice (Feb. 4) and at Temple (Feb. 7) and back-to-back home games against South Florida (Feb. 10) and Rice (Feb. 17).
The final stretch of conference play for the Pirates consists of back-to-back road games against Tulane (Feb. 21) and UTSA (Feb. 24), a two-game homestand against Temple (Feb. 27) and North Texas (Mar. 2) and a trip to Charlotte (Mar. 7) for the regular season finale.
The 2027 American Conference Men's Basketball Championship will be held in Tampa, Fla. at the Yuengling Center from March 10-14.
Game times and TV designations will be announced at a later date.
2026-27 East Carolina American Conference Schedule
Dec. 30: at Memphis
Jan. 2: at UAB
Jan. 7: Tulane
Jan. 10: UTSA
Jan. 14: at Tulsa
Jan. 17: at Wichita State
Jan. 23: UAB
Jan. 28: Florida Atlantic
Jan. 31: Charlotte
Feb. 4: at Rice
Feb. 7: at Temple
Feb. 10: South Florida
Feb. 17: Rice
Feb. 21: at Tulane
Feb. 24: at UTSA
Feb. 27: Temple
Mar. 2: North Texas
Mar. 7: at Charlotte
-home games in bold
Tuesday, March 03
Thursday, February 26
Tuesday, February 17
Thursday, February 12
