Women’s Basketball to host Coastal Carolina for MAC-SBC Challenge
6/27/2024 1:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Chippewas will open the regular season in McGuirk Arena Nov. 4
CLEVELAND — Central Michigan Women's Basketball will host Coastal Carolina on Monday, Nov. 4 as part of the Mid-American Conference-Sun Belt Conference Challenge, the two leagues announced Thursday. The game will be televised on an ESPN platform.
In its second year of existence, The MAC-SBC Challenge—a scheduling alliance in the sports of men's and women's basketball—will begin during the opening week of the 2024-25 season in November as 12 Mid-American Conference (MAC) women's basketball programs host 12 Sun Belt Conference (SBC) teams, while the 12 MAC men's basketball programs will travel to 12 SBC teams.
The second MAC-SBC Challenge contest for each team will take place on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, with the matchups based on real-time NET rankings and announced in January. The MAC women's teams will travel for the February matchups. Each MAC and Sun Belt team included in the MAC-SBC Challenge 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 broadcast on an ESPN platform.
Central Michigan's entire 2024-25 women's basketball schedule will be released later.
2024-25 MAC-SBC Challenge Women's Basketball Matchups
Coastal Carolina at Central Michigan
Georgia State at Akron
Old Dominion at Ball State
Southern Miss at Bowling Green
Troy at Buffalo
Texas State at Eastern Michigan
James Madison at Kent State
Appalachian State at Miami
Louisiana at Northern Illinois
Georgia Southern at Ohio
Marshall at Toledo
Arkansas State at Western Michigan
In its second year of existence, The MAC-SBC Challenge—a scheduling alliance in the sports of men's and women's basketball—will begin during the opening week of the 2024-25 season in November as 12 Mid-American Conference (MAC) women's basketball programs host 12 Sun Belt Conference (SBC) teams, while the 12 MAC men's basketball programs will travel to 12 SBC teams.
The second MAC-SBC Challenge contest for each team will take place on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, with the matchups based on real-time NET rankings and announced in January. The MAC women's teams will travel for the February matchups. Each MAC and Sun Belt team included in the MAC-SBC Challenge 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 broadcast on an ESPN platform.
Central Michigan's entire 2024-25 women's basketball schedule will be released later.
2024-25 MAC-SBC Challenge Women's Basketball Matchups
Coastal Carolina at Central Michigan
Georgia State at Akron
Old Dominion at Ball State
Southern Miss at Bowling Green
Troy at Buffalo
Texas State at Eastern Michigan
James Madison at Kent State
Appalachian State at Miami
Louisiana at Northern Illinois
Georgia Southern at Ohio
Marshall at Toledo
Arkansas State at Western Michigan
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