2020-21 Schedule
CANYON, Texas – The Lone Star Conference announced the 20-game league slate on Monday morning. West Texas A&M will play 20 conference games in the 2020-21 campaign, not including the LSC Tournament, which will be held March 2-6.
Capacity at the First United Bank Center will be limited due to CoVID-19. Information on tickets for the 2020-21 season will be released tomorrow afternoon.
This year, 15 men's and 15 women's teams will compete in three divisions consisting of five institutions each after Eastern New Mexico and Western New Mexico both opted out due to the state of New Mexico's health guidelines related to COVID-19.
Each team is scheduled to play 20 conference games with divisional and crossover competition throughout the year. During weeks in which a team plays a divisional opponent, each institution will have one contest at home and one on the road. When a team faces an opponent from outside its division, both crossover games will be played at the same site on back-to-back days.
The modified "bubble" schedule format enhances student-athlete safety with regard to COVID-19 and reduces the amount of contact amongst teams by playing the same opponent twice during the week.
WT opens the 2020-21 season at home on Dec. 11 and 12 with a Top 25 matchup against No. 18 St. Edward's. It will be their first meeting in Canyon since the 2019 NCAA Division II South Central Regional Final where WT won 89-70 behind 29 points and 11 rebounds from Ryan Quaid. The following week, Dec. 18 and 19, they travel to UAFS for the first time in program history.
After the Christmas Break, the Buffs will host DBU for a pair of games on Jan. 7-9 before opening divisional play on Jan. 14 or 15 against UT Permian Basin in Odessa with the Falcons making the return trip on Jan. 16. A pair of home games against Texas A&M-Kingsville on Jan. 21-23 is followed by a trip to South Texas to face Texas A&M International twice on Jan. 28-30.
WT returns home to the First United Bank Center to host Angelo State on Feb. 4 or 5 before making the trip to San Angelo on Feb. 6. Midwestern State comes to Canyon in another home-and-home on Feb. 11 or 12 with WT making the trip to Wichita Falls on Feb. 13.
They finish the regular season with three of their final four games on the road beginning with two games against Cameron on Feb. 18-20. They make the short trip to Lubbock Christian on Feb. 25 or 26 before closing out the regular season against the Chaps on Feb. 27.
The conference tournament will consist of the top eight men's and women's teams with first-round games on-campus on Tuesday, March 2 followed by the four winning teams advancing to the final site at the highest remaining seed on Friday, March 5 and Saturday, March 6.
