SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Ten Southern Conference men's basketball teams will take the floor November 12 to start the 2010-11 college basketball season.  The league's complete composite schedule is now available at www.soconsports.com and will conclude with the 2011 Southern Conference Tournament in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Southern Conference teams are scheduled to make at least nine appearances on national television during the season, including the 2011 Southern Conference men's tournament final, which is slated for a 9:00 p.m. tip on ESPN2 March 7.  Additional appearances may be televised as part of the 2011 ESPN BracketBusters and other exempt tournaments throughout the season.  Five SoCon men's teams (Appalachian State, College of Charleston, Davidson, Western Carolina and Wofford) are scheduled to participate in the annual event slated for February 19-20 on ESPN2 and ESPNU.  League teams will make an additional 28 appearances on regional television including Fox Sports South, SportSouth and Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast.

League teams are slated to participate in a number of prestigious exempt tournaments, including the 2K Sports Classic (College of Charleston), Puerto Rico Tip-Off (Davidson), Las Vegas Classic (The Citadel), South Padre Island Invitational (Georgia Southern) and Charleston Classic (Wofford).

Wednesday, December 1st marks the start of conference play as Elon visits Furman.  The league's other ten schools open conference play the next night (December 2) as 2010 league champion Wofford hosts UNC Greensboro while last year's North Division champion, Appalachian State visits Chattanooga.  Davidson visits College of Charleston and The Citadel hosts Georgia Southern in South Division matchups, while Samford welcomes Western Carolina.

All 23 men's and women's teams will take part in the annual SoCon tournament, the longest-running conference tournament in the nation.  McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tenn., will serve as March 3-7.