INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI basketball program announced its 2023-2024 schedule on Tuesday (Aug. 22), highlighted by four home non-conference games and a full slate of Horizon League contests. Head coach
Matt Crenshaw's team brings back a strong core from last year's squad and is primed for a breakout campaign in 2023-2024.
The Jaguars will be one of the first teams to take the floor in all of Division I this season as they host Spalding University at 11:00 a.m. on Nov. 6, the opening day of college basketball season. That will be the program's annual NCAA Readers Become Leaders Day at the Coliseum with more than 5,000 elementary school students from Central Indiana expected in attendance.
Other non-conference home games include matchups with Cleary University (Nov. 25), Lindenwood (Dec. 16) and Defiance College (Dec. 21). The road slate opens with a trip to former league foe Valparaiso (Nov. 10) and a second game against an in-state opponent when the Jags trek to Indiana State (Nov. 14).
IUPUI will play Elon, Winthrop and Holy Cross at the Winthrop Invitational on Nov. 17-19 in Rock Hill, S.C. Horizon League play will open at Wright State on Nov. 29 before the Jaguars return home to host reigning champion Northern Kentucky on Dec. 2. The Jags will then embark on back-to-back road games at Eastern Illinois (Dec. 7) and Minnesota (Dec. 12) before capping the non-conference schedule with the home games with Lindenwood and Defiance.
The Horizon League slate is highlighted by the Jaguars hosting Cleveland State at the Coliseum on New Year's Eve and a game against Green Bay on Jan. 10 that will double as a corporate luncheon for community partners. IUPUI will celebrate Senior Day against Purdue Fort Wayne on Saturday, Feb. 10 and cap the home season against Milwaukee on Feb. 28.
The Horizon League Tournament will begin on campus sites on Mar. 5 and Mar. 7 with the semifinals and finals being played at Indiana Farmers Coliseum on Mar. 11 and Mar. 12.
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