{"id":827156,"date":"2026-07-27T15:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/827156\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T15:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:11:15","slug":"siu-mens-basketball-announces-nonconference-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/827156\/","title":{"rendered":"SIU Men\u2019s Basketball Announces Nonconference Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

CARBONDALE, Ill. \u2013 SIU men’s basketball head coach Scott Nagy<\/a> has announced the Salukis’ 2026-27 nonconference schedule, a slate that features five regular-season home games at Banterra Center, three games in the Paradise Jam in St. Thomas, and a road trip to a Power Four opponent to close out the nonconference season.<\/p>\n

The schedule begins with a pair of exhibition contests at Banterra Center. The Salukis will host Lindenwood on Oct. 19 before welcoming Tennessee Tech on Oct. 25.<\/p>\n

SIU opens the regular season at home against Maryville on Nov. 2 before traveling to Kansas City for a matchup with UMKC on Nov. 6.<\/p>\n

The Salukis return to Carbondale on Nov. 12 to host Richmond before heading to Charlotte, N.C., for a neutral-site contest against a yet-to-be-announced opponent\u00a0on Nov. 17.<\/p>\n

SIU will then travel to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for the Paradise Jam from Nov. 20-23. Opponents and game times for the tournament will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n

Following the Thanksgiving break, the Salukis return home to face Portland State on Nov. 28 and Washington State on Dec. 3 before renewing a regional matchup with Southeast Missouri State on Dec. 9 at Banterra Center.<\/p>\n

The final two nonconference road games will take SIU to Little Rock, Ark., to face UALR on Dec. 12 before a Dec. 29 meeting with Arizona State in Tempe, Ariz.<\/p>\n

The Missouri Valley Conference schedule, game times and television information will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n

2026-27 SIU Men’s Basketball Nonconference Schedule

\nExhibition Games
\n \n<\/p>\n


\n\tOct. 19 \u2013 Lindenwood (Home)
\n\tOct. 25 \u2013 Tennessee Tech (Home) <\/p>\n

Regular Season<\/p>\n


\n\tNov. 2 \u2013 Maryville (Home)
\n\tNov. 6 \u2013 at UMKC
\n\tNov. 12 \u2013 Richmond (Home)
\n\tNov. 17 \u2013 vs. TBA (Neutral Site – Charlotte, North Carolina)
\n\tNov. 20-23 \u2013 Paradise Jam MTE (St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands)
\n\tNov. 28 \u2013 Portland State (Home)
\n\tDec. 3 \u2013 Washington State (Home)
\n\tDec. 9 \u2013 Southeast Missouri State (Home)
\n\tDec. 12 \u2013 at UALR
\n\tDec. 29 \u2013 at Arizona State <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CARBONDALE, Ill. \u2013 SIU men’s basketball head coach Scott Nagy has announced the Salukis’ 2026-27 nonconference schedule, a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-827156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827156","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=827156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}