FRISCO, Texas – The Southland Conference has released its 2023-24 men’s and women’s basketball conference schedule, announced by the conference on Tuesday morning.

It will be a new format for league games this season as the men's conference schedule will take place on Saturday and Monday while women's contests will be played on Thursday and Saturday. Similar to last season, the final regular season games will take place on Wednesday, March 6 for both the men and women.

The league will kick things off on Tuesday, October 10 with the Southland Conference Basketball Media Days, scheduled to take place in the Lake Charles area, with all 20 coaches between the men's and women's side present. 
 
The league’s regular-season slate opens on Thursday, January 4 for the women and Saturday, January 6 for the men. 
 
Reigning men's regular season and two-time tournament champion Texas A&M-Corpus Christi under new head coach Jim Shaw will open their title defense on the 6th on the road against new-look UIW under first-year head coach Shane Heirman.

Last year's epic championship game will see a rematch at two separate points in the regular season. A&M-Corpus Christi will travel to Northwestern State on January 27 with the Demons making the return trip to the Islanders on February 19.

Many new faces will dawn the sidelines in the Southland this season as five head coaches enter their first season, including Shaw and Heriman. First-year head coach Will Wade opens his campaign on the road against A&M-Commerce, while Nicholls front-man Tevon Saddler opens at HCU. Head coach Rick Cabrera of Northwestern State hits the road in his first conference contest against Lamar. 
 
Meanwhile, reigning women's regular season and tournament champion Southeastern under Ayla Guzzardo will start their season on the road as they take on rival Nicholls under first-year head coach Justin Payne on January 4. The co-champion of the regular season Texas A&M-Corpus Christi will open up against HCU at home on the 4th.

Last season's championship game rematch will take place on January 27 as Lamar will welcome in Southeastern with the return game in Hammond scheduled for February 15.

Three new coaches enter the league on the women's side for 2023-24. A pair of first-year coaches square off in their opener as Trelanne Powell of New Orleans welcomes in Valerie King of A&M-Commerce.
 
All conference games will be featured on ESPN+ throughout the season. It will all lead to eight teams from both the men's and women's side as they will square off at the 2024 Southland Conference Basketball Tournament at the Legacy Center in Lake Charles, La. from March 10-14.


 

Men's Basketball Schedule	AMCC	UIW	HCU	LAM	McN	NICH	UNO	SLU	NWST	COMM
Saturday, Jan. 6	at UIW	AMCC	NICH	NSU	at COM	at HCU	SLU	at UNO	at LAM	MCN
Monday, Jan. 8	HCU	at LAM	at AMCC	UIW	at NSU	SLU	COM	at NICH	MCN	at UNO
Saturday, Jan. 13	at UNO	at NSU	at COM	at NICH	SLU	LAM	AMCC	at MCN	UIW	HCU
Monday, Jan. 15	at SLU	at COM	at NSU	at MCN	LAM	UNO	at NICH	AMCC	HCU	UIW
Saturday, Jan. 20	NICH	MCN	LAM	at HCU	at UIW	at AMCC	NSU	COM	at UNO	at SLU
Monday, Jan. 22	MCN	NICH	UNO	COM	at AMCC	at UIW	at HCU	NSU	at SLU	at LAM
Saturday, Jan. 27	at NSU	HCU	at UIW	SLU	UNO	at COM	at MCN	at LAM	AMCC	NICH
Monday, Jan. 29	at COM		SLU	UNO	NSU		at LAM	at HCU	at MCN	AMCC
Saturday, Feb. 3	LAM	at UNO	at NICH	at AMCC	at SLU	HCU	UIW	MCN	COM	at NSU
Monday, Feb. 5		at SLU	at UNO		COM	NSU	HCU	UIW	at NICH	at MCN
Saturday, Feb. 10	at MCN	at HCU	UIW	NICH	AMCC	at LAM	at COM	at NSU	SLU	UNO
Monday, Feb. 12	at NICH	LAM	MCN	at UIW	at HCU	AMCC	at NSU	at COM	UNO	SLU
Saturday, Feb. 17	COM	NSU	at SLU	at UNO	at NICH	MCN	LAM	HCU	at UIW	at AMCC
Monday, Feb. 19	NSU	COM		at SLU		at UNO	NICH	LAM	at AMCC	at UIW
Saturday, Feb. 24	at LAM	at MCN	NSU	AMCC	UIW	COM	at SLU	UNO	at HCU	at NICH
Monday, Feb. 26	at HCU	at NICH	AMCC	MCN	at LAM	UIW
Saturday, Mar. 2	SLU	UNO	COM	at NSU	NICH	at MCN	at UIW	at AMCC	LAM	at HCU
Monday, Mar. 4	UNO	SLU	at MCN	at COM	HCU	at NSU	at AMCC	at UIW	NICH	LAM
Wednesday, Mar. 6	UIW	at AMCC	at LAM	HCU	at UNO	at SLU	MCN	NICH	at COM	NSU

 

Women's Basketball Schedule	AMCC	UIW	HCU	LU	McN	NICH	UNO	SLU	NWST	COMM
Thursday, Jan. 4	HCU	at LAM	at AMCC	UIW	at NSU	SLU	COM	at NICH	MCN	at UNO
Saturday, Jan. 6	at UIW	AMCC	NICH	NSU	at COM	at HCU	SLU	at UNO	at LAM	MCN
Thursday, Jan. 11	at SLU	at COM	at NSU	at MCN	LAM	UNO	at NICH	AMCC	HCU	UIW
Saturday, Jan. 13	at UNO	at NSU	at COM	at NICH	SLU	LAM	AMCC	at MCN	UIW	HCU
Thursday, Jan. 18	MCN	NICH	UNO	COM	at AMCC	at UIW	at HCU	NSU	at SLU	at LAM
Saturday, Jan. 20	NICH	MCN	LAM	at HCU	at UIW	at AMCC	NSU	COM	at UNO	at SLU
Thursday, Jan. 25	at COM	HCU	SLU	UNO	NSU	at COM	at LAM	at HCU	at MCN	AMCC
Saturday, Jan. 27	at NSU		at UIW	SLU	UNO		at MCN	at LAM	AMCC	NICH
Thursday, Feb. 1	LAM	at SLU	at UNO	at AMCC	COM	NSU	HCU	UIW	at NICH	at MCN
Saturday, Feb. 3		at UNO	at NICH		at SLU	HCU	UIW	MCN	COM	at NSU
Thursday, Feb. 8	at NICH	LAM	MCN	at UIW	at HCU	AMCC	at NSU	at COM	UNO	SLU
Saturday, Feb. 10	at MCN	at HCU	UIW	NICH	AMCC	at LAM	at COM	at NSU	SLU	UNO
Thursday, Feb. 15	NSU	COM	at SLU	at SLU	at NICH	at UNO	NICH	LAM	at AMCC	at UIW
Saturday, Feb. 17	COM	NSU		at UNO		MCN	LAM	HCU	at UIW	at AMCC
Thursday, Feb. 22	at HCU	at NICH	AMCC	MCN	at LAM	UIW	at SLU	UNO	at HCU	at NICH
Saturday, Feb. 24	at LAM	at MCN	NSU	AMCC	UIW	COM
Thursday, Feb. 29	UNO	SLU	at MCN	at COM	HCU	at NSU	at AMCC	at UIW	NICH	LAM
Saturday, Mar. 2	SLU	UNO	COM	at NSU	NICH	at MCN	at UIW	at AMCC	LAM	at HCU
Wednesday, Mar. 6	UIW	at AMCC	at LAM	HCU	at UNO	at SLU	MCN	NICH	at COM	NSU