2008 Woodie Awards
Men and women's basketball teams release schedule
David Cordill
Issue date: 9/15/08 Section: Sports
The UMKC's men's and women's basketball teams released their 2008-09 schedules Sept. 11.
A quick glance at the opposition on either slate shows both squads will face early challenges.
The Kangaroo men's team tips off the season Nov. 14, with their lone appearance at Swinney Recreation Center (SRC) in 2008, hosting the University of North Dakota.
The first road trip for the Roos will be Nov. 16 to Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan., where they will take the court against the 2007-08 NCAA National Champion Kansas Jayhawks.
The Kangaroos will then try to make it two in a row Nov. 19 over the Wichita State University (WSU) Shockers in Wichita, Kan. Last year's 59-56 win at Municipal Auditorium was UMKC's first over this Missouri Valley Conference team since 1996.
The Sunshine State will host the next tournament venues for the Roos. The men are scheduled to play Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla. Then the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic will keep the Roos busy from Nov. 24 to 26, with three games in Fort Meyers, Fla.
But before heading home, Head Coach Matt Brown and the Kangaroos will linger within the state to play one more game - a Nov. 30 matchup with Billy Donovan and the University of Florida Gators in Orlando. Brown and Donovan have a history together; previously the UMKC coach served as an administrative assistant for the two-time NCAA Championship coach at the University of Marshall and at Florida.
A pair of conference games will await the Roos when they return to Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City. On Dec. 4, UMKC will hit the hardwoods against Oakland University and on Dec. 6 against Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW).
UMKC journeys to the state of Illinois for its next two games, a Dec. 13 get together with Loyola Chicago and a Dec. 15 appointment with Northwestern University.
Afterward, they will head way westward Dec. 18 to do battle with Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Wash., before coming back Dec. 22 to Kansas City to face the University of Texas San Antonio, and, on Dec. 28, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
A quick glance at the opposition on either slate shows both squads will face early challenges.
The Kangaroo men's team tips off the season Nov. 14, with their lone appearance at Swinney Recreation Center (SRC) in 2008, hosting the University of North Dakota.
The first road trip for the Roos will be Nov. 16 to Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan., where they will take the court against the 2007-08 NCAA National Champion Kansas Jayhawks.
The Kangaroos will then try to make it two in a row Nov. 19 over the Wichita State University (WSU) Shockers in Wichita, Kan. Last year's 59-56 win at Municipal Auditorium was UMKC's first over this Missouri Valley Conference team since 1996.
The Sunshine State will host the next tournament venues for the Roos. The men are scheduled to play Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla. Then the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic will keep the Roos busy from Nov. 24 to 26, with three games in Fort Meyers, Fla.
But before heading home, Head Coach Matt Brown and the Kangaroos will linger within the state to play one more game - a Nov. 30 matchup with Billy Donovan and the University of Florida Gators in Orlando. Brown and Donovan have a history together; previously the UMKC coach served as an administrative assistant for the two-time NCAA Championship coach at the University of Marshall and at Florida.
A pair of conference games will await the Roos when they return to Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City. On Dec. 4, UMKC will hit the hardwoods against Oakland University and on Dec. 6 against Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW).
UMKC journeys to the state of Illinois for its next two games, a Dec. 13 get together with Loyola Chicago and a Dec. 15 appointment with Northwestern University.
Afterward, they will head way westward Dec. 18 to do battle with Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Wash., before coming back Dec. 22 to Kansas City to face the University of Texas San Antonio, and, on Dec. 28, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
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