{"id":821710,"date":"2026-07-24T21:55:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/821710\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T21:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:55:59","slug":"mens-basketball-to-open-year-two-of-nolan-smith-era-at-field-of-68-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/821710\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Basketball to Open Year Two of Nolan Smith Era at Field of 68 Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


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NASHVILLE \u2014 Tennessee State men’s basketball will begin the second season of the Nolan Smith<\/a> era on the national stage, opening its 2026\u201327 campaign at the Field of 68\u00a0Marathon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.<\/p>\n

The Tigers will face former Ohio Valley Conference foe and perennial mid-major power Murray State on Monday, November 2, at the Sanford Sports Complex. Tipoff is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. CT (10:30 a.m. MT).<\/p>\n

Tennessee State enters the season following its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1994. Smith, the reigning OVC Coach of the Year, has retooled his roster with several high-level transfers, including Aaron Bradshaw, Arterio Morris, Daniel Vieira-Tuck and recent signee Ty-Laur Johnson.<\/p>\n

The season opener will renew a series that dates to 1983. Murray State leads the all-time series, 58-17, with the programs last meeting in 2022. The matchup in Sioux Falls will be the 76th meeting between the Tigers and Racers.<\/p>\n

The two programs share deep OVC roots. Murray State established itself as one of the conference’s premier programs before joining the Missouri Valley Conference in 2022.<\/p>\n

The Field of 65 Marathon is an early-season college basketball showcase hosted across two cities: Sioux Falls and Rock Hill, South Carolina. Tennessee State’s matchup with Murray State will be part of the event’s Sioux Falls schedule.<\/p>\n

Tickets are currently on sale at TSUTigers.com<\/a>. Broadcast coverage will be announced as it becomes available.<\/p>\n

For the latest Tennessee State men’s basketball news, visit TSUTigers.com and follow the Tigers on their official social media channels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Story Links NASHVILLE \u2014 Tennessee State men’s basketball will begin the second season of the Nolan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-821710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}