Women’s Basketball to Visit South Alabama in MAC-SBC Challenge
6/22/2023 11:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
The Chippewas hit the road Nov. 9 for a visit to Mobile, Ala.; CMU to host another SBC member February 10, to be determined in January
CLEVELAND — Central Michigan will visit the University of South Alabama on Thursday, Nov. 9 as part of the Mid-American Conference-Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Challenge, the two leagues announced Thursday morning. The game will be televised on an ESPN platform.
The MAC-SBC Challenge—a scheduling alliance in the sports of women's and men's basketball—will begin during the opening week of the 2023-24 season in November with 12 Mid-American Conference (MAC) women's basketball programs visiting 12 Sun Belt Conference (SBC) teams, while the 12 MAC men's basketball programs will host 12 SBC teams.
The second MAC-SBC Challenge contest for each team will take place on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, with the matchups based on real-time NET rankings and announced in January.
The MAC women and Sun Belt men will host the February matchups. Each MAC and Sun Belt team included in the MAC-SBC Challenge, currently scheduled to take place during the 2023-24 and 2024-25 campaigns, is guaranteed one home and one away game each season.
Scheduling assistance is provided by Ordinal Sports Group. In addition to relevant NET data, geography and frequency of past contests are considered in determining the matchups. Each MAC-SBC Challenge game will be carried on an ESPN platform.
Central Michigan's entire women's basketball schedule will be released later.
MAC-SBC CHALLENGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL MATCHUPS
Wednesday, Nov. 8
Toledo at James Madison
Thursday, Nov. 9
Central Michigan at South Alabama
Northern Illinois at Arkansas State
Friday, Nov. 10
Western Michigan at Georgia State
Saturday, Nov. 11
Ball State at Troy
Eastern Michigan at Georgia Southern
Akron at Southern Miss
Buffalo at Old Dominion
Bowling Green at Texas State
Ohio at App State
Miami at ULM
Sunday, Nov. 12
Kent State at Louisiana
The MAC-SBC Challenge—a scheduling alliance in the sports of women's and men's basketball—will begin during the opening week of the 2023-24 season in November with 12 Mid-American Conference (MAC) women's basketball programs visiting 12 Sun Belt Conference (SBC) teams, while the 12 MAC men's basketball programs will host 12 SBC teams.
The second MAC-SBC Challenge contest for each team will take place on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, with the matchups based on real-time NET rankings and announced in January.
The MAC women and Sun Belt men will host the February matchups. Each MAC and Sun Belt team included in the MAC-SBC Challenge, currently scheduled to take place during the 2023-24 and 2024-25 campaigns, is guaranteed one home and one away game each season.
Scheduling assistance is provided by Ordinal Sports Group. In addition to relevant NET data, geography and frequency of past contests are considered in determining the matchups. Each MAC-SBC Challenge game will be carried on an ESPN platform.
Central Michigan's entire women's basketball schedule will be released later.
MAC-SBC CHALLENGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL MATCHUPS
Wednesday, Nov. 8
Toledo at James Madison
Thursday, Nov. 9
Central Michigan at South Alabama
Northern Illinois at Arkansas State
Friday, Nov. 10
Western Michigan at Georgia State
Saturday, Nov. 11
Ball State at Troy
Eastern Michigan at Georgia Southern
Akron at Southern Miss
Buffalo at Old Dominion
Bowling Green at Texas State
Ohio at App State
Miami at ULM
Sunday, Nov. 12
Kent State at Louisiana
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