UNC Asheville: Big South Releases Women’s and Men’s Basketball Schedules

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2020-21 UNC Asheville Women’s Basketball Schedule

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Big South Conference released its 2020-21 women’s basketball composite league schedule earlier this afternoon. For the second consecutive campaign, the Bulldogs will compete in a 20-game double round-robin schedule. Unlike last season, however, all games will be back-to-back contests against the same opponent at the same location on consecutive days to limit the amount of travel.

UNC Asheville will tip-off its Big South schedule on December 19-20 with a road trip to High Point. In addition to those two contests, the Bulldogs will also travel to Presbyterian (Jan. 4-5), Charleston Southern (Jan. 15-16), Radford (Jan. 22-23), and Campbell (Feb. 12-13). Asheville will welcome in Longwood (Dec. 30-31), Hampton (Jan. 9-10), USC Upstate (Feb. 5-6), Winthrop (Feb. 19-20), and Gardner-Webb (Feb. 26-27) to Kimmel Arena for two-game sets during the unique 2020-21 women’s basketball season.

The 2021 Hercules Tires Big South Women’s Basketball Championship will be a home-site/earned seed format.  The current schedule features first round games at the No. 6, 7 and 8 seeds on Tuesday, March 9.  The quarterfinals and semifinals will be played at the No. 1 seed on Thursday-Friday, March 11-12, while the highest remaining seed will host the championship game on Sunday, March 14.

The regular-season and conference tournament schedules are subject to change.

A reminder that fans will initially not be permitted at home basketball games through December 31, 2020.  A decision about permitting fans beginning in 2021 will be announced at a later date as state and local guidelines regarding COVID-19 are released.

2020-21 UNC Asheville Men’s Basketball Schedule

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Big South Conference announced its 2020-21 men’s basketball composite league schedule on Wednesday afternoon. For the first time, the Bulldogs will compete against their conference foes in a 20-game double round-robin schedule format. All games will be back-to-back contests against the same opponent at the same location on consecutive days in an effort to limit the amount of travel.

Asheville will kick off conference play by hosting High Point at Kimmel Arena on December 11 and 12. The Bulldogs will also host Presbyterian (Jan. 4-5), Charleston Southern (Jan. 14-15), Radford (Jan. 24-25), and Campbell (Feb. 11-12). The road conference schedule for the Bulldogs include trips to Longwood (Dec. 30-31), Hampton (Jan. 9-10), Gardner-Webb (Jan. 19-20), USC Upstate (Feb. 4-5), and Winthrop (Feb. 18-19).

The 2021 Hercules Tires Big South Men’s Basketball Championship will be a home-site/earned seed format that returned in 2017.  The current schedule features first round games at the No. 6, 7 and 8 seeds on Tuesday, March 2.  The quarterfinals and semifinals will be played at the No. 1 seed on Thursday-Friday, March 4-5, while the highest remaining seed will host the championship game on Sunday, March 7.

The regular-season and conference tournament schedules are subject to change.

A reminder that fans will initially not be permitted at home basketball games through December 31, 2020.  A decision about permitting fans beginning in 2021 will be announced at a later date as state and local guidelines regarding COVID-19 are released.

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