UAA unveils 2016-17 Men's Basketball schedule
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UAA unveils 2016-17 Men's Basketball schedule CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE SCHEDULE.
ANCHORAGE (June 23) - The Alaska Anchorage men's basketball team will take the Alaska Airlines Center court 21 times in 2016-17 as head coach Rusty Osborne unveiled the Seawolves' schedule for the upcoming campaign Thursday.
The season begins with a pair of free exhibition games - the Green & Gold intrasquad on Oct. 21 and vs. the Seawolf Alumni on Oct. 28 - before the regular-season premieres, Nov. 4-5 against Portland Bible.
Four consecutive NCAA West Region opponents follow on the schedule, starting with a trip to Honolulu to face Chaminade and Hawaii Pacific, Nov. 11-12. The 24th annual Seawolf Jamboree returns to the Alaska Airlines Center when BYU-Hawaii and Cal State Los Angeles visit Nov. 18-19, with both visitors also playing neutral-court contests against Alaska Fairbanks.
From Nov. 23-26, the Seawolves will play their annual gauntlet of NCAA Div. I opponents in the GCI Great Alaska Shootout, while the non-conference slate wraps up Dec. 17-18 with home games against Trinity Western.
The 20-game Great Northwest Athletic Conference schedule gets under way early with road games at Central Washington on Dec. 1 and Northwest Nazarene on Dec. 3. UAA's GNAC home openers are set for Dec. 29 against longtime rival Seattle Pacific and Dec. 31 against Saint Martin's.
Other key dates among the 10 league home games include Jan. 10 against Alaska Fairbanks, Jan. 19 against defending GNAC champ and NCAA semifinalist Western Oregon, Feb. 2 against Western Washington, Feb. 11 against longtime rival Montana State Billings, and Feb. 25 for 'senior night' against Central Washington.
The seventh annual GNAC Championships return to the Saint Martin's University campus in Lacey, Wash., Mar. 2-4, while the NCAA Div. II West Regional Championships are set for Mar. 10-13 at a to-be-determined campus host site.
Season tickets go on sale Monday, June 27. Reserve via phone at 907-786-7811 or email cmgerace@uaa.alaska.edu.
Visit GoSeawolves.com for up-to-date schedule information.
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