South Alabama ‘08-‘09 basketball schedule released

Jags Schedule The South Alabama Jaguars officially released its 2008-2009 basketball schedule.

by Chris Frye

Published: Sat, June 28, 2008 - 5:12 pm CST Last Updated: Sat, June 28, 2008 - 5:55 pm CST

Three SEC teams headline the schedule... with a possible match-up with Rick Pitino in late November. South opens the season at home vs Alcorn State on November 14th.
Then the Jags travel to Ole Miss on November 18th.
The day before Thankgiving, Arkansas comes to town with former Jags head coach, John Pelphrey coming back to Mobile. On that same week... South will host the USA Basketball Classic with Tulane, UC-Davis and Maine. They'll also travel to Southern Miss on December 2nd and at Mississippi State on December 13th. USA opens the Sun Belt season on December 18th vs conference rival...Western Kentucky. And the SBC tourney is March 8-10 in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

2008-09 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

NOVEMBER
Nov. 10 (Mon.) WEST FLORIDA (exh.) Mitchell Center 7:05 p.m.
Nov. 14 (Fri.) ALCORN STATE Mitchell Center 7:05 p.m.
Nov. 18 (Tues.) at Ole Miss Oxford, Miss. 7 p.m.
Nov. 22-23 (Sat.-Sun.) Billy Minardi Classic Louisville, Ky.
Nov. 22 (Sat.) vs. Florida A&M TBA
Nov. 23 (Sun.) vs. Morehead State or Louisville TBA
Nov. 26 (Wed.) ARKANSAS Mitchell Center TBA
Nov. 28-29 (Fri.-Sat.) USA BASKETBALL CLASSIC Mitchell Center
Nov. 28 (Fri.) Tulane vs. UC-Davis Mitchell Center TBA
Nov. 28 (Fri.) USA vs. MAINE Mitchell Center TBA
Nov. 29 (Sat.) Consolation Game Mitchell Center TBA
Nov. 29 (Sat.) Championship Game Mitchell Center TBA

DECEMBER
Dec. 2 (Tues.) at Southern Miss Hattiesburg, Miss. 7 p.m.
Dec. 7 (Sun.) HOUSTON BAPTIST Mitchell Center 2:05 p.m.
Dec. 13 (Sat.) at Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. TBA
Dec. 18 (Thurs.) WESTERN KENTUCKY* Mitchell Center 7:05 p.m.
Dec. 20 (Sat.) at Florida International* Miami, Fla. 6 p.m.
Dec. 28 (Sun.) SPRING HILL Mitchell Center 2:05 p.m.

JANUARY
Jan. 1 (Thurs.) at Florida Atlantic* Boca Raton, Fla. 6 p.m.
Jan. 3 (Sat.) MIDDLE TENNESSEE* Mitchell Center 7:05 p.m.
Jan. 8 (Thurs.) at Louisiana-Monroe* Monroe, La. 7 p.m.
Jan. 15 (Thurs.) TROY* Mitchell Center 7:05 p.m.
Jan. 17 (Sat.) at Arkansas State* Jonesboro, Ark. 7 p.m.
Jan. 22 (Thurs.) UALR* Mitchell Center 7:05 p.m.
Jan. 24 (Sat.) at Louisiana-Lafayette* Lafayette, La. 7 p.m.
Jan. 29 (Thurs.) at Denver* Denver, Colo. 8 p.m.
Jan. 31 (Sat.) NEW ORLEANS* Mitchell Center 7:05 p.m.

FEBRUARY
Feb. 5 (Thurs.) NORTH TEXAS* Mitchell Center 7:05 p.m.
Feb. 7 (Sat.) at Western Kentucky* Bowling Green, Ky. 7 p.m.
Feb. 12 (Thurs.) FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL* Mitchell Center 7:05 p.m.
Feb. 15 (Sun.) FLORIDA ATLANTIC* Mitchell Center TBA
Feb. 19 (Thurs.) at Middle Tennessee* Murfreesboro, Tenn. 7 p.m.
Feb. 21 (Sat.) LOUISIANA-MONROE* Mitchell Center 7:05 p.m.
Feb. 28 (Sat.) at Troy* Troy, Ala. 7 p.m.

MARCH
March 4 (Wed.) Sun Belt Tournament First Round Campus Sites TBA
March 8-10 (Sun.-Tues.) 2009 Sun Belt Conference Tournament TBA
(Hot Springs, Ark.)
All Times Central
* Sun Belt Game

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