Eleven lettermen and four starters return for Bob McKillop's Wildcats.
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Davidson Releases 2011-12 Men’s Basketball Schedule
8/4/2011 9:54:00 AM | Men's Basketball
DAVIDSON, N.C. - Games against four opponents that finished last season with top-30 NCAA RPIs, including two in the friendly confines of Belk Arena, highlight the 2011-12 Davidson men's basketball schedule, which was announced today by Bob McKillop.
“Our schedule presents many challenging opportunities for our players and many exciting opportunities for our program and fans,” said McKillop. “There is a mix of legendary programs, teams from some of the top conferences in America and historical Davidson rivalries. Plus, the Southern Conference continues to get better from top to bottom.”
Davidson will play seven opponents that made NCAA?Tournament appearances last season and a total of nine that made it to the postseason. Two top-5 RPI teams and five from the top-60 are on the Wildcats' slate.
Davidson will renew its long series with Duke Nov. 18, in Cameron Indoor Stadium and travels to Kansas City to meet Kansas Dec. 19. The Wildcats also host Richmond Nov. 14, and Vanderbilt Dec. 7 in Belk Arena.
The 'Cats will host Lenoir-Rhyne in an exhibition game Nov. 5, and open the campaign by hosting Guilford Nov. 11. Richmond comes to town for its first meeting against Davidson since 1976 before the 'Cats travel to Durham to take on the Blue Devils after a two-year hiatus from the series, which dates back to the 1908-09 season.
Davidson hosts Presbyterian Nov. 21, and caps the month with a road game at UNC?Wilmington Nov. 26. It will be the first matchup between the Wildcats and Seahawks since 1995. The Wildcats open conference play against Wofford and Furman Dec. 1 and 3, before hosting Vanderbilt.
The Hornets' Nest Trophy game at Charlotte will be Dec. 10, and following the game against Kansas, the Wildcats will travel to UMass Dec. 22. Davidson finishes the calendar year by hosting Penn Dec. 29, and ends the non-conference slate by hosting a BracketBuster game Feb. 18, against an opponent to be named in late January.
The 18-game SoCon slate features two games (home-and-home) against each of the league's Southern Division foes, two games each against North Division opponents Chattanooga and Samford and single contests against Appalachian State (away), Western Carolina (home), Elon (home) and UNCG (away).
The defending North Division champion Catamounts are in Belk Arena Jan. 12, and defending league champion Wofford plays at Davidson Feb. 6. South Division regular-season champion College of Charleston visits Davidson Jan. 19.
The Southern Conference Tournament is back in Asheville, N.C., for the first time since 1995. It will be in the Asheville Civic Center March 2-5.
Davidson returns 11 lettermen and four starters from the 2010-11 team, which finished 18-15 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Invitational presented by Zebra Pen. Seven of the Wildcats' top eight scorers last season were freshmen or sophomores.
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