8/23/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Bracket Busters to be played at home as part of 16 games at Kimbel Arena
CONWAY, SC - The Coastal Carolina University men's basketball team has released its 2006-07 schedule today, Aug. 23, as announced by head coach Buzz Peterson. The Chanticleers will host 16 games at Kimbel Arena, including their first-ever appearance in the Bracket Busters event on Feb. 17. The 16 regular season home contests are the most for CCU since moving up to Division I in 1985-86 and since 1982-83, when the Chanticleers hosted 17 regular season home games.
"It is exciting for our team to be a part of Bracket Busters," CCU head coach Buzz Peterson said. "This gives us a great chance to showcase the talent of the Big South and Coastal against some of the best mid-major programs in the country. It is also great to get a home game for it, as I think it is a tribute to the quality and spirit of our home crowds. This will be a great opportunity for our young program."
The Chants will start their second season under Peterson on the road Nov. 11 at Xavier, a NCAA Tournament squad from 2006. After a road game at Campbell Nov. 16, Coastal returns home for its next three games, hosting Wright State, Nov. 19, Asbury, Nov. 22 and Southern Virginia Nov. 29. Following that, CCU goes back on the road for a pair of challenging contests in four days, playing at Jacksonville, Dec. 10, and then traveling to Orangeburg to take on South Carolina State, Dec. 13. Then CCU will play four of its final five non-conference games at home, starting with Brevard, Dec. 16 and College of Charleston at Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Dec. 18. The Chanticleers then play their final non-conference road game Dec. 21, heading to Tallahassee, Fla. to take on the Florida State Seminoles before the holiday break. Coastal returns to the court to play St. Andrews, Dec. 29, and then takes a brief New Year's break before hosting McNeese State, Jan. 2.
Coastal opens up Big South Conference play at home with instate-rival Charleston Southern, Jan. 6, but the next three, and five of the next seven, conference games all occur on the road, starting with UNC Asheville, Jan. 8. A home game with Savannah State, Jan. 10 brings CCU back to Conway briefly before going to Radford, Jan. 13 and VMI, Jan. 15.
The closing stretch of the season favors the Chanticleers, as CCU plays five of its final seven regular season games at home, including four home league games. The final stretch of regular season contests features three games at home, starting with the Bracket Busters contest at Kimbel Arena, Feb. 17. Coastal then closes league play by hosting UNC Asheville, Feb. 22, and defending league champion Winthrop, Feb. 24. Last season, the Chants were the only team to defeat the Eagles, winning two of three in 2006-07.
All the league games are important again this year, as the top four seeds will host the opening rounds of the Advance Auto Parts Big South Conference Championship, Feb. 27, with higher seeds hosting the remaining rounds Mar. 1 and 3.
"This is another step forward for our young program," Peterson said the 2006-07 slate. "We have some high quality non-conference road opponents that include Xavier, Florida State, Jacksonville and South Carolina State. Add in the home games with Wright State, College of Charleston and McNeese State and this schedule will test our team early on and prepare us for the battles of Big South play. While it is tough to go on the road early in the schedule, I am excited that we are going to get to play a majority of our league games with the students back in school. Last year, all our fans made Kimbel Arena a great place to play (CCU went 14-1 at home), and we look forward to that advantage again this season."
The Chanticleers return three starters and eight letterwinners from last year's team that posted the first winning season in 13 years with a 20-10 mark, including 12-4 and a tie for second in Big South regular season play. CCU also advanced to its first Big South Championship game since 1992-93 last season.
2006-07 Coastal Carolina Men's Basketball Schedule
Day Date Opponent Time
Sat. Nov. 11 at Xavier TBA
Thu. Nov. 16 at Campbell TBA
Sun. Nov. 19 Wright State 2 p.m.
Wed. Nov. 22 Asbury College 7 p.m.
Wed. Nov. 29 Southern Virginia 7 p.m.
Sun. Dec. 10 at Jacksonville TBA
Wed. Dec. 13 at South Carolina State TBA
Sat. Dec. 16 Brevard 2 p.m.
Mon. Dec. 18 College of Charleston (Convention Center) TBA
Thu. Dec. 21 at Florida State TBA
Fri. Dec. 29 St. Andrews 7 p.m.
Tue. Jan. 2 McNeese State 7 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 6 Charleston Southern* 2 p.m.
Mon. Jan. 8 at UNC Asheville* TBA
Wed. Jan. 10 Savannah State 7 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 13 at Radford* TBA
Mon. Jan. 15 at VMI* TBA
Sat. Jan. 20 Liberty* 2 p.m.
Mon. Jan. 22 High Point* (DH) 7:30 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 27 at Winthrop* TBA
Mon. Jan. 29 at Charleston Southern* TBA
Thu. Feb. 1 at Savannah State TBA
Sat. Feb. 3 VMI* 2 p.m.
Mon. Feb. 5 Radford* 7 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 10 at High Point* 7 p.m.
Mon. Feb. 12 at Liberty* TBA
Sat. Feb. 17 ESPN Bracket Busters TBA
Thu. Feb. 22 UNC Asheville* 7 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 24 Winthrop* (DH) 4:30 p.m.
Tue. Feb. 27 Advance Auto Parts Big South Conference Quarterfinals $ 7 p.m.
Thu. Mar. 1 Advance Auto Parts Big South Conference Semifinals $ TBA
Sat. Mar. 3 Advance Auto Parts Big South Conference Championship $ TBA
* Big South Conference Game
$ Home sites of higher seed
All home games in Bold.
All times are site times.
