| MUNCIE,
Ind. - The
Ball State men's basketball team will travel from coast-to-coast
this season as the team's official 2006-07 schedule was
announced Friday by first-year BSU head coach Ronny Thompson. |
| The Cardinals'
30-game schedule is highlighted by trips to Las Vegas to play
Kansas and Western Kentucky, a trip to Washington, D.C. to meet
Georgetown, and a match-up with Oklahoma State on a neutral
court in San Diego, California. |
| "This is a touch, competitive
schedule," Thompson says. "From day one, our team is
going to be challenged with every game. I think the schedule is
relevant to us widening our recruiting base. In building this
program, I want to use scheduling to put our name on a national
scene in different recruiting areas around the country." |
| The Georgetown
contest will feature Thompson returning to his alma mater to
play against his brother John Thompson III and the program his
father, John Thompson, Built to national prominence. Ronny
Thompson played at Georgetown from 1989-1992 and was an
assistant coach for the school from 1999-2003. |
| A 14-game home
schedule opens November 11 at Worthen Arena against Northern
Colorado, before two straight games in Muncie against Prairie
View A&M November 19 and UT-Chattanooga November 21 in
the first games as part of the Las Vegas Holiday Invitational.
Other non-conference home games include Indiana State,
Valparaiso, and Temple. |
| A new 16-game
Mid-American Conference schedule begins January 6 vs. Toledo in
Muncie. The 2007 First Energy MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
opens March 7 with all teams playing at Cleveland's Quicken
Loans Arena. |
|
2006-07
Ball State Men's Basketball Schedule |
