SoCon announces men’s basketball league schedule

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Southern Conference announced its 2026-27 men’s basketball league schedule presented by Ingles on Tuesday. The SoCon’s 11 men’s basketball teams will all play double-round-robin, 20-game intraleague schedules, totaling 110 league contests over 11 weeks from Tuesday, Dec. 1, to Saturday, Feb. 27.

The first conference game of the season is on Dec. 1, when UNCG visits VMI. The game will be the first SoCon game for UNCG’s new coach Jerod Haase. Haase comes to Greensboro with over 25 years of coaching experience, including stints at UAB and Stanford as the head coach.

The first full schedule of Saturday games takes place on Saturday, Dec. 5, including Tennessee Tech hosting Samford for its first SoCon game. The Golden Eagles are under the tutelage of new head coach Tobin Anderson, who has previously been the head man at Iona and Fairleigh Dickinson. While at Fairleigh Dickinson, he led the Knights to one of the most memorable moments in NCAA Tournament history as the 16^th-seeded FDU defeated No. 1 seed Purdue in the opening round in 2023.

The final squad to open its conference schedule is Chattanooga when the Mocs hosts Mercer on Dec. 19.

One of the early notable games on the slate this season is Furman traveling to ETSU on Dec. 22, marking a rematch of last season’s conference tournament title game. The Paladins won the tournament title a season ago, while ETSU was the regular season champion.

The 2027 Ingles Southern Conference Basketball Championship will take place at Harrah’s Cherokee Center – Asheville in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 5-8.

Full broadcast schedules will be announced later, but all 11 schools’ home games will air on ESPN+ if not selected for national or regional broadcast.

The 106th season of Southern Conference basketball opens with nonconference play on Monday, Nov. 2.

The full composite schedule will be posted when it has been completed on SoConSports.com .

December 1 (Tuesday)

UNCG at VMI

December 5 (Saturday)

The Citadel at Western Carolina

ETSU at VMI

Furman at UNCG

Wofford at Mercer

Samford at Tennessee Tech

December 19 (Saturday)

Tennessee Tech at The Citadel

UNCG at ETSU

Western Carolina at Furman

Mercer at Chattanooga

Wofford at Samford

December 22 (Tuesday)

Furman at ETSU

Mercer at Tennessee Tech

Samford at Chattanooga

Western Carolina at Wofford

December 30 (Wednesday)

The Citadel at UNCG

ETSU at Mercer

Furman at VMI

Chattanooga at Western Carolina

Tennessee Tech at Wofford

January 2 (Saturday)

Chattanooga at The Citadel

ETSU at Samford

Tennessee Tech at Furman

Wofford at UNCG

VMI at Western Carolina

January 6 (Wednesday)

Wofford at The Citadel            

Samford at Furman

Western Carolina at Mercer

January 7 (Thursday)

UNCG at Chattanooga

VMI at Tennessee Tech

January 9 (Saturday)

The Citadel at Samford

Western Carolina at ETSU

Mercer at Wofford

UNCG at Tennessee Tech

VMI at Chattanooga

January 13 (Wednesday)

Furman at The Citadel

Tennessee Tech at ETSU

Samford at Mercer

Western Carolina at UNCG

Wofford at VMI

January 16 (Saturday)

The Citadel at VMI

ETSU at UNCG

Mercer at Furman

Samford at Western Carolina

Chattanooga at Wofford

January 18 (Monday)

ETSU at The Citadel 

Wofford at Furman

Mercer at Western Carolina

VMI at Samford

Tennessee Tech at Chattanooga

January 20 (Wednesday)

VMI at Mercer

January 21 (Thursday)

The Citadel at Wofford

Chattanooga at ETSU

UNCG at Samford

Western Carolina at Tennessee Tech

January 23 (Saturday)

Samford at The Citadel

ETSU at Wofford

Furman at Tennessee Tech

UNCG at Mercer

Western Carolina at Chattanooga

January 27 (Wednesday)

The Citadel at Furman

Mercer at ETSU

Wofford at Western Carolina

January 28 (Thursday)

Tennessee Tech at UNCG

Chattanooga at VMI

January 30 (Saturday)

The Citadel at Mercer

ETSU at Furman

Chattanooga at UNCG

Samford at Wofford

Tennessee Tech at VMI

February 3 (Wednesday)

UNCG at The Citadel

ETSU at Chattanooga

Furman at Samford

Tennessee Tech at Western Carolina

VMI at Wofford

February 6 (Saturday)

The Citadel at Tennessee Tech

VMI at ETSU

Furman at Mercer

Western Carolina at Samford

Wofford at Chattanooga

February 10 (Wednesday)

Western Carolina at The Citadel

ETSU at Tennessee Tech

Chattanooga at Furman

February 11 (Thursday)

Mercer at VMI

Samford at UNCG

February 13 (Saturday)

The Citadel at Chattanooga

Wofford at ETSU

Furman at Western Carolina

Mercer at UNCG

Samford at VMI

February 18 (Thursday)

ETSU at Western Carolina

VMI at Furman

Tennessee Tech at Mercer

UNCG at Wofford

Chattanooga at Samford 

February 20 (Saturday)

VMI at The Citadel

Furman at Wofford

Chattanooga at Mercer

UNCG at Western Carolina

Tennessee Tech at Samford

February 24 (Wednesday)

The Citadel at ETSU

Furman at Chattanooga

Mercer at Samford

VMI at UNCG

Wofford at Tennessee Tech

February 27 (Saturday)

Mercer at The Citadel

Samford at ETSU

UNCG at Furman

Chattanooga at Tennessee Tech

Western Carolina at VMI