The Lone Star Conference announced its revised 2020-21 men’s and women’s basketball schedules following approval from the league’s Executive Committee.
Recently, Eastern New Mexico and Western New Mexico both opted out of the 2020-21 basketball schedules due to the state of New Mexico’s health guidelines related to COVID-19.
The updated schedule has regular season games beginning on Friday, Dec. 11 with crossover contests, while divisional play starts in January 2021 after the NCAA Division II Winter Break.
This year, 15 men’s and 15 women’s teams will compete in three divisions (North, South and West) consisting of five institutions each. Each team is scheduled to play 20 conference games with divisional and crossover competition throughout the year. During weeks in which a team plays a divisional opponent, each institution will have one contest at home and one on the road. When a team faces an opponent from outside its division, both crossover games will be played at the same site on back-to-back days.
The modified “bubble” schedule format enhances student-athlete safety with regard to COVID-19 and reduces the amount of contact amongst teams by playing the same opponent twice during the week.
The conference tournament will consist of the top eight men’s and women’s teams with first-round games on-campus on Tuesday, March 2 followed by the four winning teams advancing to the final site at the highest remaining seed on Friday, March 5 and Saturday, March 6.
The 2020-21 schedules are available below.