Spartans Release 2011-2012 Schedule

UNCG Athletics released the 2011-2012 men's basketball schedule today. You can read the article here. Some of the games, such as return games at Florida State, at Miami and a home game with VCU were known. There were the familiar names of Duke, East Carolina and NC A&T on there as well. But there were some very interesting teams. UNCG will play at Tennessee and at Georgetown as part of the Maui Invitational. While the Spartans don't actually get to make the trip over to Hawaii (they are 1 of the 4 "mainland" teams), they will get to play in a mini bracket at MTSU against the host team and either Towson or Belmont.

All-in-all I'm quite happy to see this schedule. While it does have some difficulty, there are actually some winnable contests for the Spartans. These type games have been sorely lacking the past few years. With a team that returns all but 1 player, I think this schedule will allow for some upward movement by UNCG.

11/3 Greensboro College (Exh.)#
11/11 @ Tennessee
11/14 @ Georgetown
11/17 UNC Pembroke
11/19 @ Middle Tennessee St
11/20 Towson/Belmont*
11/28 NC A&T
12/1 @ App St
12/3 @ Western Carolina
12/5 Elon
12/11 @ Florida State
12/16 East Carolina
12/19 @ Duke
12/22 VCU
12/30 @ Richmond
1/2 @ Miami
1/5 Davidson
1/12 College of Charleston
1/14 @ Citadel
1/19 Chattanooga
1/21 Samford
1/26 App St
1/28 Western Carolina
2/2 Citadel
2/4 @ Furman
2/9 @ Samford
2/11 @ Chattanooga
2/15 College of Charleston
2/18 @ Georgia Southern
2/21 Wofford
2/25 @ Elon
3/2 - 3/6 SoCon Tournament^

# Fleming Gym
* Middle Tennessee State
^ Asheville, NC