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Mid-American Conference announces full 2023-24 basketball schedule

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) officially announced the 2023-24 men’s and women’s basketball full conference schedules earlier this morning, Wednesday, Aug. 23. 

Finishing up non-conference play on Saturday, Dec. 30, the men’s team will begin their conference play on Tuesday, Jan. 3, as they will travel to Bowling Green, Ohio, to take on Bowling Green State University (BGSU). This marks the second year in a row that the men’s team will open up the conference schedule against the Falcons. 

The women’s team will finish up their non-conference schedule on Friday, Dec. 29, against Saginaw Valley University, and open up conference play against Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. 

The men’s and women’s teams will host three doubleheaders this year inside the George Gervin GameAbove Center, those coming on Jan. 6, against Kent State University, Jan. 27, against the University at Buffalo, and Feb. 17, against BGSU. 

In a rare occurrence, the men’s and women’s teams will travel to Athens, Ohio, for a road doubleheader with Ohio University on Saturday, Jan. 20. 

The in-state rivalry matchups for the men’s team against Central Michigan University will happen on Tuesday, Jan. 9, and Friday, Mar. 8, with Western Michigan University being on Tuesday, Jan. 23, and Tuesday, Feb. 27.

Both the men’s and women’s teams are officially set to tipoff their 2023-24 seasons on Monday, Nov. 6, as the men’s will travel to Indianapolis, Indiana, for a date against Butler University, with the women’s team staying home in Ypsilanti, Michigan, as they will host the University of Detroit Mercy.  

For the full conference schedules for both the men’s and women’s teams, you can visit EMUEagles.com. 

To stay up-to-date on all EMU basketball this year, you can visit The Echo's sports page.


Blake McQueary

Blake McQueary is the Sports Editor at The Eastern Echo. He is a senior at Eastern Michigan University majoring in sports journalism and minoring in digital media arts. Blake has worked for The Echo since August of 2021, beginning as a sports writer, and then transitioning to Sports Editor a year later. He enjoys sports a lot and sharing the stories of sports entities. His dream is to work at ESPN and become a sports analyst/broadcaster. He also serves as Vice President of the school's Black Media Association.