Detroit
Mercy
Men's
Basketball
Schedule
Now All
Set
DETROIT
- A trip
to
Wisconsin
will
begin
the year
for the
University
of
Detroit
Mercy
men's
basketball
team
with the
full
Horizon
League
schedule
being
officially
released
on
Wednesday.
The
Titans
will
start
league
play on
the road
at Green
Bay on
Dec. 28
and at
Milwaukee
on Dec.
30.
A
four-game
homestand
is after
that
with
Wright
State
(Jan.
5),
defending
HL
champion
NKU
(Jan.
7),
Cleveland
State
(Jan.
10) and
Youngstown
State
(Jan.
12). The
opening
game in
that
span
against
Wright
State is
part of
the
Horizon
League's
ESPN
package
and will
be
televised
on
either
ESPNU or
ESPN2.
A road
game at
IUPUI
follows
on Jan.
16 and
then it
will be
rivalry
time as
the
Titans
host
Metro
Series-rival
Oakland
on Jan.
20.
January
will end
with
games at
Wright
State on
Jan. 26
and at
NKU on
Jan. 28.
The
Titans
will
have
four
road and
four
away
games in
February
as the
red,
white
and blue
welcome
IUPUI on
Feb. 2
and UIC
on Feb.
4. A
four-game
road
trip is
after
that as
Detroit
Mercy
visits
Oakland
on Feb.
9 in a
game
that
will be
televised
on
ESPN2.
The road
swing
will end
with
games at
Cleveland
State
(Feb.
14),
Youngstown
State
(Feb.
16) and
at UIC
(Feb.
19)
before
the
final
regular-season
homestand
has
Milwaukee
(Feb.
22) and
Green
Bay
(Feb.
24) in
town.
The
Horizon
League
Championship
returns
to
downtown
Detroit
as the
brand
new,
state of
the art
Little
Caesars
Arena
will be
the site
for
Motor
City
Madness
from
March
2-6.
Between
non-conference
and
conference
games,
Detroit
Mercy
will
have 15
home
contests
at
historic
Calihan
Hall,
which
turns 65
years
old this
season.
Add in
an
exhibition
game
with
Wayne
State
and a
neutral
contest
at LCA
against
Michigan
and the
Titans
will
play 17
games in
the
Motor
City
before
the
postseason
is here.
Back in
July,
the
Titans
announced
their
non-conference
schedule
which
included
seven
home
regular
season
contests,
four
games in
the 2K
Classic
and
match-ups
against
Michigan
and
UCLA.
Season
tickets
for the
men's
basketball
team are
on sale
now by
contacting
Director
of
Ticket
Operations
& Sales
Justin
Hairston
at
313-993-1700
ext.
7301.
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