UNCW men’s basketball conference schedule set

WILMINGTON, NC (UNCWSports.com) – The UNCW men’s basketball team will open and close conference play with defending Colonial Athletic Association champion College of Charleston in 2018-19, league officials announced Thursday.

The Seahawks, six-time CAA champions, are scheduled to face the Cougars in their conference debut on Saturday, Dec. 29, at Trask Coliseum and tackle the usual 18-game CAA slate before concluding with a Saturday, March 2, 2019, clash at TD Arena in Charleston.

UNCW then returns to the Holy City the following week for the CAA Tournament at the North Charleston Coliseum on Mar. 9-12.

Overall, UNCW will play one conference game in December, nine in January, seven in February and one in March in 2018-19. After battling the Cougars at home in the conference debut on Dec. 29, 2018, the Seahawks have five home conference games in January and three in February.

The 2018-19 season will be the first of a five-year rotating conference schedule that pairs each school with a travel partner. With the exception of the opening weekend, the teams will compete in a Thursday/Saturday format that features back-to-back games at home or on the road. During the two weeks in which a team faces its travel partner, both squads will have a bye on Thursday night before playing on Saturday.

In 2017-18, the CAA was ranked 12th among the nation’s 32 Division I conferences in the final NCAA RPI and three teams were among the top-100. The CAA race was extremely competitive, with every team recording at least six conference victories for the first time in league history.

2018-19 UNCW CAA Men’s Basketball Schedule