2015-16 Schedule

CANYON, Texas – Second year West Texas A&M head basketball coach Tom Brown has announced the 2015-16 schedule for the Buffs that features 16 home contests inside of the First United Bank Center along with 14 road matchups including trips to Fort Lewis and Puerto Rico for tournaments. Game times are still to be determined and the schedule is subject to change.
 
"Scheduling is always tough to do but we feel we have worked hard to put together a great schedule. Our DII non-conference games will be against teams from Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Florida and Puerto Rico. Opening up on the road we play two very important in-region games against New Mexico Highlands and Fort Lewis" said Brown "Just like us, Fort Lewis was on the outside looking in last year when it came to the regional selection and they will have a lot of pieces back from their team. New Mexico Highlands we play twice in the first two weeks (once at Fort Lewis and once at home), Coach Craig Snow has a veteran team with some really nice size."
 
November
The Buffs will hit the road to begin the season on November 13-14 as they take part in the Fort Lewis Skyhawk Regional Challenge with a matchup against Fort Lewis on Friday night followed by a contest with New Mexico Highlands on Saturday. WT will open-up their 16 game home schedule on Thursday, November 19^th as Lubbock Christian comes to Canyon followed by the second matchup with the Cowboys on Saturday the 21^st. The homestand continues as the University of Science & Arts comes to the FUBC on Tuesday, November 24^th followed by the annual Pak-A-Sak Thanksgiving Classic on November 27-28 against Nova Southeastern and Emporia State with Eastern New Mexico also participating in the event.
 
December
A pair of road contests at Oklahoma Panhandle Sate (Dec. 1^st) and Lubbock Christian (Dec. 3^rd) will start off December followed by matchups against Mid-American Christian (Dec. 8^th) and Wayland Baptist (Dec. 12^th) inside of the FUBC. The Buffs will then hit the road as they head to Puerto Rico (Dec. 14-18^th) for three games against teams to be announced at a later date followed by the Lone Star Conference opener against Cameron on New Year's Eve in Canyon.
 
"Our non-conference schedule is tough and will get us ready for the always competitive Lone Star Conference. The LSC was senior dominated last year, we will see a lot of new faces in the conference this next year" added Brown "However, some teams like us do have a solid nucleus of players returning with Eastern New Mexico, Tarleton, Cameron and Texas A&M-Kingsville all having underclassmen playing for them last year. A lot of rosters are still not set for next year as teams are still adding players at this time. As always, it will make for very exciting basketball games night in and night out in the LSC in 2015-16."
 
January
The new year will kick-off on Saturday, January 2^nd as Oklahoma City University comes to Canyon followed by an LSC battle with Midwestern State on Jan. 6^th, the Buffs will travel the next two contests for league action at Cameron (Jan. 10^th) and Angelo State (Jan. 13^th) before Texas A&M-Kingsville comes to the FUBC on Saturday, Jan. 16^th. WT will battle the defending LSC Tournament Champion Lions of Texas A&M-Commerce on the road on Jan. 20^th followed by a three-game homestand to end the month against Tarleton State (Jan. 23^rd), Southwestern Christian (Jan. 26^th) and Eastern New Mexico (Jan. 30^th).
 
February
WT's homestand will continue to start February as they host Angelo State on Wednesday the 3^rd followed by trips to Texas A&M-Kingsville (Feb. 6^th) and Midwestern State (Feb. 10^th). A&M-Commerce comes to Canyon on Feb. 17^th before the Buffs hit the road to end the regular season with matchups at Tarleton State (Feb. 20^th) and Eastern New Mexico (Feb. 27^th). The Texans claimed the Lone Star Conference Championship in 2014-15 while also winning the South Central Regional Title and advancing to the NCAA Division II Final Four.
 
March
The Lone Star Conference Tournament will take place on March 2-5 inside of the Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas. The LSC Men's Basketball Tournament Champion earns the league's automatic qualification to the 2016 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball South Central Regional held March 12-15 at a site to be determined. The winner of the South Central Region will advance to the Elite Eight in Frisco, Texas at Dr. Pepper Arena hosted by the Lone Star Conference on March 23-26.