A 15-game home schedule, including contests against Indiana,
Butler and a home game in the 2006 ESPN Bracket Buster,
highlight the 2005-06 Ball
State men’s basketball schedule. All game times will be
determined at a later date.
The Cardinals open the season with an exhibition contest
against Saginaw Valley State -- coached by former BSU men’s
basketball letterwinner Jamie Matthews -- before hosting Oakland
City in the regular-season opener Nov. 19. Five of Ball State’s
six games in the month of December are against state schools
with Butler, Anderson and Indiana all visiting Muncie.
The 18-game Mid-American Conference schedule begins Jan. 4
against Akron in Worthen Arena, followed by consecutive road
trips to Ohio and Kent State. The MAC Tournament begins March
6.
Due to contractual deadlines which were not met and not
finding mutually agreed upon teams, the CoSIDA Classic which
Ball State had agreed to host in November has been cancelled.
Ball State welcomes the return of five letterwinners and
three starters to the 2005-06 squad. Junior guard Peyton
Stovall, who averaged a team-best 16.7 points per game a year
ago, is the top returning scorer in the MAC this season. He
will be joined by seniors Anthony Kent and Tom Howland, while
juniors Skip Mills and Darren Yates round out the returning
Cardinals who saw game action last season.
Junior Charles Bass and redshirt freshmen Landon Adler and
Anthony Newell also return for the Cardinals, while five
newcomers will make their Ball State debut for sixth-year head
coach Tim Buckley in 2005-06.
Date Opponent
Nov. 12 (Sat.) SAGINAW VALLEY STATE (Exh.)
Nov. 19 (Sat.) OAKLAND CITY
Nov. 26 (Sat.) at Wright State
Dec. 3 (Sat.) BUTLER
Dec. 7 (Wed.) at IUPUI
Dec. 10 (Sat.) at Indiana State
Dec. 17 (Sat.) ANDERSON
Dec. 20 (Tues.) at Drexel
Dec. 31 (Sat.) INDIANA
Jan. 4 (Wed.) AKRON *
Jan. 8 (Sun.) at Ohio *
Jan. 11 (Wed.) at Kent State *
Jan. 14 (Sat.) MIAMI *
Jan. 18 (Wed.) at Buffalo *
Jan. 21 (Sat.) BOWLING GREEN *
Jan. 24 (Tues.) CENTRAL MICHIGAN *
Jan. 26 (Thurs.) at Western Michigan *
Jan. 29 (Sun.) TOLEDO *
Feb. 1 (Wed.) at Northern Illinois *
Feb. 4 (Sat.) EASTERN MICHIGAN *
Feb. 7 (Tues.) BUFFALO *
Feb. 12 (Sun.) at Miami *
Feb. 15 (Wed.) at Central Michigan *
Feb. 18 (Sat.) ESPN BRACKET BUSTER TBA
Feb. 22 (Wed.) WESTERN MICHIGAN *
Feb. 26 (Sun.) at Toledo *
March 1 (Wed.) NORTHERN ILLINOIS *
March 4 (Sat.) at Eastern Michigan *
March 6 (Mon.) MAC Tournament First Round
March 9 (Thurs.) MAC Tournament Quarterfinals
March 10 (Fri.) MAC Tournament Semifinals
March 11 (Sat.) MAC Tournament Championship
* Denotes Mid-American Conference Opponent
~ Game times to be announced
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