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MSU 2006-07 Men's Basketball Schedule Announced
8/23/2006 5:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The announcement of the 2006-2007 Murray State Men's Basketball schedule means an exciting time is just around the corner.
The 06-07 season will feature a number of compelling story lines.
For example, the Racers are under the direction of Billy Kennedy, the Racers new head coach has assembled an outstanding group of newcomers to team with returning players. One of those returning players is senior Shawn Witherspoon, poised to become the 33rd student-athlete to join the Murray State 1000-Point Club.
The Racers will try to win their home opener for the 17th straight year. MSU hasn't lost a home opener in eight seasons of games in the Regional Special Events Center and haven't lost such a game since 1989.
Murray State will also raise their 20th Ohio Valley Conference championship banner in the RSEC for their 2005-06 regular season title.
Racer fans will also participate in honoring the Murray State Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2007.
"We're excited to get the season going," Kennedy said. "The games will get here before you know it and we've got a lot of work to do to prepare for it."
The Racers will open the season with an exhibition contest Nov. 4 when they play York University at the RSEC. The Lions hail from Toronto, Canada and are returning the game the Racers played there last fall.
This season, MSU will face three teams that were part of the NCAA Tournament field last March; San Diego State, Southern Illinois and Tennessee.
The Racers open the season at the Shamrock Invitational in the San Francisco area Nov. 10-12. The event hosted by St. Mary's University has a different twist from the Racers first visit there in 2004. This time, MSU will play three games in a round-robin format.On Nov. 10, the Racers play San Diego State, a team that played last spring in the NCAA Tournament. MSU's second opponent on Nov. 11 has yet to be determined. Nov 12, the Racers will play the host team.
MSU's home opener is Nov. 16 against Belhaven College. The Racers will try to extending their home winning streak to 12 straight games.
The Racers take to the road for a showdown with region rival SIU on Sunday Nov. 19. The Salukis have appeared in the last five NCAA Tournaments.
The Racers will begin defense of their 2005-06 OVC title when they open league play at home against Eastern Illinois Nov. 25.
The Racers have tough non-conference games at Illinois-Chicago Nov. 28 and at Tennessee Dec. 1. The Vols were also a NCAA participant.
MSU is once again part of the ESPN BracketBusters series in February and will play a road game that will be announced in January.
The Racers will try and add a 14th O' Reilly OVC Tournament title to their history when the event begins at the top four seeds home court on Feb. 27, with the semifinals and championship game held in Nashville on March 2-3 at the Gaylord Entertainment Center.
Game times will be announced at a later date.
Looking ahead, the Racers 2007-08 schedule will include the renewal of the series with Western Kentucky and a home game with Southern Illinois. MSU will also host a BracketBusters return game and regular season BrackerBusters game.
Here is the Racers entire 2006-07 schedule.
November 4 Sat
November 10-12 Fri-Sun Shamrock Invitational Away TBA
November 16 Thu Belhaven Home TBA
November 19 Sun @
November 25 Sat Eastern
November 28 Tue @Illinois-Chicago Away TBA
December 1 Fri @
December 4 Mon
December 7 Thu @
December 9 Sat @Morehead State Away TBA
December 19 Tue
December 21 Thu Samford Home TBA
January 2 Tue @
January 4 Thu @
January 6 Sat
January 11 Thu @Austin Peay Away TBA
January 20 Sat Tennessee-Martin Home TBA
January 25 Thu @Tennessee Tech Away TBA
January 27 Sat @SE
January 29 Mon @Samford Away TBA
February 1 Thu
February 3 Sat @Jacksonville State Away TBA
February 8 Thu
February 10 Sat
February 14 Wed
February 17 Sat @Bracket Buster Away TBA
February 22 Thu Tennessee-Tech Home TBA
February 24 Sat UT-Martin Away TBA
February 27 Tue #OVC Tournament TBA TBA
March 2-3 Fri-Sat @OVC Tournament Away TBA
^ Shamrock Invitational,
# OVC quarterfinal hosted by top four seeds from regular season standings
@ OVC semifinals and championship played in
