Sept. 11, 2006
2006-07 Men's Basketball Schedule in PDF Format
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Chicago, Ill. - The UIC men's basketball team released its 2006-07 schedule on Monday afternoon with seven contests versus NCAA Tournament teams from last season, including in-state showdowns with Illinois and Bradley, highlighting a rigorous 31-game regular-season slate for the Flames, who have posted five straight winning campaigns.
Head coach Jimmy Collins will tackle the difficult schedule with four returning starters, led by reigning Horizon League Newcomer of the Year Othyus Jeffers (Chicago, Ill./Hubbard/LA Southwest CC), who is the team's top returnee in scoring (11.6 ppg), rebounding (7.6 rpg) and assists (3.0 apg).
All in all, the Flames will play 12 regular-season home games this season with the team also playing an additional exhibition tilt at the Pavilion on November 7 versus Lewis.
The contest with the Flyers is a prelude to what will be an Illinois intensive schedule for UIC, which will take on six in-state opponents, including Illinois, Bradley, Northern Illinois, Illinois State and Chicago State, before a pair of league games with Loyola.
Season tickets, including a limited number of VIP floor seats at the Pavilion, are on sale now. Fans can call 312-413-UIC1 for more information. Season ticket packages include a lower level seat for the Dec. 9 game versus Illinois at the United Center.
The Flames open the year at home on Saturday, November 11 at 1 p.m. versus St. Edward's, a Division II school out of Texas, before embarking on a five-game road trip.
UIC's first stop is 2006 NCAA Tournament participant Davidson, a team the Flames bested 76-67 last season at the Pavilion. UIC then begins play in the inaugural Chicago Challenge Invitational with road tilts at Bradley (Nov. 19) and Miami (OH) (Nov. 21), before heading to the new Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill., for the conclusion of the event with games on Nov. 24-25.
The Flames return home on Nov. 28 for another contest versus an NCAA Tournament team in Murray State, a return game from last year's Bracketbusters showdown won by the Racers, 72-68. UIC opens Horizon League play at home on Dec. 2 versus Youngstown State.
The Flames get back into non-conference action the following week with a pair of in-state games. UIC travels to meet Northern Illinois on Dec. 5 and then heads two miles west of campus to the United Center on Dec. 9 to take on Illinois at the United Center.
UIC is back in the Pavilion on Dec. 16 to take on Akron. The contest with the Zips starts a grueling stretch of four games in seven days with trips to Mississippi (Dec. 19) and Penn (Dec. 21) slated for mid-week before the Flames welcome Illinois State to the Pavilion on Saturday, Dec. 23.
UIC concludes the calendar year with a league trip to Cleveland State (Dec. 27) and a non-conference tilt at Chicago State (Dec. 30).
The Flames' quest for the Horizon League regular-season title begins in earnest in January with Butler (Jan. 10), Loyola (Jan. 13), Detroit (Jan. 20) and Cleveland State (Jan. 27) all venturing into the Pavilion.
UIC welcomes Wright State on February 7 prior to the Flames' longest home-stand of the year, a three-game stretch which sandwiches tilts with UW-Green Bay (Feb. 14) and UW-Milwaukee (Feb. 21) around the annual Bracketbusters event on Feb. 17. UIC concludes the regular season on Saturday, February 24 with a trip to Rogers Park to meet Loyola.
The Horizon League Tournament kicks off on Feb. 27 with campus sites hosting first-round games. The tournament runs through March 6.
