The University of Delaware men’s basketball team will play 14 home games and kick off the Martin Ingelsby era on Nov. 11 against local opponent Goldey-Beacom, as UD announced the 2016-17 schedule on Thursday, Aug. 18.

UD will play 13 non-conference games before concluding the season with 18 consecutive Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) contests. The Blue Hens’ 14 games at the Bob Carpenter Center will be the most since the 2011-12 campaign.

Ingelsby, the former Notre Dame assistant who was hired as UD’s head coach in May, will make his Bob Carpenter Center debut against the NCAA Division II Goldey-Beacom Lightning on Nov. 11 as part of the Tarkett Sports Classic.

The Blue Hens will then head to Bradley on Nov. 13 before a game at La Salle two nights later. The grueling stretch concludes with games against Miami (Ohio), Northern Kentucky and Austin Peay on Nov. 18-20 at the Tarkett Sports Classic at Miami (Ohio), as the Blue Hens play six games in the first 10 days of the season.

UD will return home on Nov. 27 to take on NCAA Division III foe Bryn Athyn (Pennsylvania), and will remain in Newark to host in-state rival Delaware State on Dec. 2. The Blue Hens and Hornets will be meeting for the eighth consecutive season, and UD has taken four of the previous seven matchups, including last year’s opener in Dover.

Following a nine-day break, UD will face the toughest stretch of its non-conference slate, as the Blue Hens head to defending Ivy League champion Yale on Dec. 11 and to Big East Tournament champion Seton Hall on Dec. 17. UD then will host Marist on Dec. 20 and, following a road game at South Florida two nights later, will wrap up its non-conference schedule at home against Iona on Dec. 28.

For the second consecutive year, UD will open its CAA slate on New Year’s Eve against Hofstra, although this season’s game will take place at the Bob Carpenter Center (BCC). The Blue Hens will remain home to host Charleston on Jan. 2 and, after a road contest at Northeastern on Jan. 5, will be back in Newark to take on the CAA defending champion University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) on Jan. 7.

Two local road games will follow, as UD will head to Towson on Jan. 12 and to Drexel on Jan. 14 before returning home the following week to welcome Northeastern and Towson to the BCC. Following a road game at William and Mary on Jan. 26, the Blue Hens will be back home to host James Madison two days later.

UD will then head to Hofstra on Feb. 2 and UNCW on Feb. 4, and after a home contest against Elon on Feb. 9, will travel south to face James Madison two days later.

UD will host long-time rival Drexel on Feb. 16, with the home finale scheduled for Feb. 18 against William and Mary. The regular season will conclude with a Southern swing, as the Blue Hens will head to Charleston on Feb. 23 and to Elon on Feb. 25.

After three years in Baltimore, the CAA tournament has moved to the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina, and will be played on March 3-6.

All dates and times are subject to change based on future television schedules. The CAA’s full television package will be announced at the league’s basketball media day on Oct. 25.

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