Menzies Releases Men's Basketball Schedule

Marvin Menzies

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (Sept. 16)-With a WAC Tournament title and NCAA Tournament appearance in 2010, the New Mexico State men’s basketball team returns to the court in 2010-11 with 17 regular season games in the Pan American Center. Currently, the Aggies have two nationally televised games on ESPN2 at San Jose State (Feb. 23) and against Utah State in Las Cruces (March 2). Fourth-year head coach Marvin Menzies said he was pleased with the schedule that includes a trip to Arizona (Nov. 18) and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off in Springfield, Mass., (Nov. 20-21.)

“I’m happy with the level of competition that we will have in the non-conference especially with the marquee games against USC, UMass, Arizona and Saint Mary’s,” Menzies said. “Of course, our rivalry games will give us an additional lift in our RPI against UNM and UTEP.”

Below is the schedule. Date      Day                 Opponent                                            

Nov. 8  Monday            Eastern New Mexico (Exh.)                

Nov. 12 Friday             at Louisiana Lafayette                          

Nov. 15 Monday           Western New Mexico%                      

Nov. 18 Thursday        at Arizona                                            

Nov. 20 Saturday         vs. UMass^                                         

Nov. 21 Sunday           vs. Southern California^                    

Nov. 23 Tuesday          at UTEP                                              

Nov. 30 Tuesday          UTEP                                                

Dec. 4 Saturday            New Mexico                                   

Dec. 11 Saturday          at New Mexico                               

Dec. 13 Monday            Arkansas-Pine Bluff                           

Dec. 16 Thursday         Oklahoma Panhandle State                  

Dec. 18 Saturday          Pacific!                                              

Dec. 21 Tuesday           Louisiana Lafayette                             

Dec. 23 Thursday          Saint Mary’s                                       

Dec. 29 Wednesday      at Idaho*                                      

Dec. 31 Friday               at Boise State*                                   
Jan. 8 Saturday              Fresno State*                                     
Jan. 13 Thursday           Hawai’i*                                             
Jan. 15 Saturday           San Jose State*                                   
Jan. 20 Thursday           at Nevada*                                         
Jan. 22 Saturday           at Utah State*                                     
Jan. 27 Thursday           Boise State*                                       
Jan. 29 Saturday            Idaho*                                               
Feb. 3 Thursday            at Fresno State*                                 
Feb. 7 Monday               Louisiana Tech*                                  
Feb. 12 Saturday           at Louisiana Tech*                              
Feb. 19 Saturday           ESPNU BracketBuster                        
Feb. 23 Wednesday      at San Jose State* (ESPN2)         
Feb. 26 Saturday           at Hawai’i *                                        
March 2 Wednesday      Utah State* (ESPN2)                   
March 5 Saturday           Nevada*                                             
March 9-12                     WAC Tournament

* = WAC games
% = Hall of Fame Tournament (Las Cruces)
^ = Hall of Fame Tournament (Springfield, Mass.)
! = Lou Henson Classic (Las Cruces)



Menzies Releases Men's Basketball Schedule