Highlighted by games against regional foes and a total of 14 inside Fant-Ewing Coliseum. The 2008-09 ULM mens diary was released by Warhawk head coach Orlando Early on Wednesday after lunch.

We have put collected a very competitive rota for the upcoming season, Early said. We have some formidable opponents from the SEC and Big 12, some of our old Southland Conference coming to Monroe, and of course our games against the Sun Belt Conference. It is a challenging program, but one that be duty-bound to provide pleasure for the fans.

ULM the term at home for the fundamental time under Early. In fact, three of the Warhawks earliest four contests will be played inside the kindly confines of Fant-Ewing Coliseum, the key time the feat has happened since the Southland Conference Championship time of year of 1996-97.

ULMs spell opener against Morehead State will be on Friday, November 14. The Warhawks will then collapsible to Southeastern Conference-ability Mississippi State on November 17 before home for a pair against earlier Southland Conference rivals McNeese State (November 20) and Stephen F. Austin (November 25).

I weigh up it is immense for all the programs difficult that we are able to play teams from the Southland Conference, Early said. We have had some historic battles in the past with those and teams like McNeese State and Stephen F. Austin can make interest in our fans. Each year we like to play two or three from the Southland Conference.

ULM will then go aboard on a time-high five-game period away from Monroe, La., launch with a game at Tennessee Tech (November 29) and culminating with the Sun Belt opener at Louisiana-Lafayette (December 15). Included in the spell is a game at Auburn (December 6), a restitution of the dormant series against Louisiana Tech (December 10), and a coming back game at McNeese State (December 13).

The Warhawks open the home lot of the association at home against New Orleans on December 19 before taking to the road for a game at Colorado before Christmas on December 23.

Three of ULMs four games out of the sit-down will be in Monroe as foes Tennessee Tech (December 29) and Union College of Kentucky (January 3) round out the non-conference scrap of the slate inside Fant-Ewing Coliseum.

ULM plays North Texas only once this period in Denton on February 19 but will face regular time of year champion South Alabama in both Monroe (on January and in Mobile, Ala. (on February 21).

Troy (January 17), Florida International (January 24) and Western Kentucky (February 5) also make trips to Fant-Ewing Coliseum from the Sun Belts East Division. The Warhawks play at Florida Atlantic (January 22) and at Middle Tennessee (January 31).

The top three teams including the champion from each the clubs East and West Divisions loan directly to Hot Springs, Ark., and loom the rest of the field for the Sun Belt Conference Championship Tournament. The remaining 10 teams play in the opening round at campus for the fit to fee to the federations challenge.

The Sun Belt Conference has truly taken a huge step brazen, Early said. It is valid to be another eminent year and you cant tell current in who will step up and win the group because there are so many endowed . It is on offer to be a very sensational year for Sun Belt Conference basketball.

Posted on July 31st, 2008 by admin
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