In addition, the Seawolves have opened preseason practice camp as the squad prepares for the upcoming 2010-11 season. Sixth-year head coach Steve Pikiell welcomes back eight returning lettermen and one redshirt freshman and brings in five newcomers to a Seawolves team that has been picked to finish second in America East.
The Seawolves' 13 non-conference games include matchups with two BIG EAST teams, four Northeast Conference teams, three Patriot League squads and two Ivy League games. Combined Stony Brook's non-conference opponents had a 164-183 (.473) record in 2009-10 and had four postseason appearances and two conference championships. The early portion of schedule features a grueling four games in seven days. After opening the season at UConn, the Seawolves will host Division III's Mount Ida in their home opener at Pritchard Gymnasium Nov. 14. Two days later, Stony Brook plays at Monmouth as part of ESPN's College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon and then plays at Fairleigh Dickinson Nov. 18.
After a Nov. 21 home game against Wagner, Stony Brook will play its December contests against defending Patriot League champion Lehigh (Dec. 1), Columbia (Dec. 4), Holy Cross (Dec. 7), Sacred Heart (Dec. 11), Notre Dame (Dec. 19) and Colgate (Dec. 29).
Stony Brook will open conference play Jan. 2 at UMBC and then host Vermont on Jan. 4. After a non-conference tilt at Cornell (Jan. 8) against a Big Red team that advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 last season, the Seawolves play at Binghamton Jan. 10 and then host New Hampshire Jan. 15 and Albany Jan. 17.
Other highlights to the America East schedule include three straight home games from Jan. 29 to Feb. 4, featuring Hartford, UMBC and preseason No. 1 team Boston University.
Also on the conference docket is a Feb. 12 home game against Maine that will be televised on ESPNU and will be played in Stony Brook Arena, site of last season's NIT first round home game against Illinois.
The season wraps up with an ESPN BracketBusters game the weekend of Feb. 18-20, a Feb. 23 road game at Hartford and a Feb. 27 home game against Binghamton. The first three rounds of the America East Championship takes place March 3-6 at Chase Family Arena in West Hartford, Conn.
All dates and times for the schedule are subject to change.
All men’s basketball season ticket packages and the "Get Your Red On" Five Pack are now open to the general public and can be purchased at the Stony Brook University ticket office, by phone at 631-632-WOLF or online at www.goseawolves.org. Individual game tickets will go on sale Monday, Nov. 1.
The athletic ticket office is open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and is located in Stony Brook Arena. Fans can also reach the ticket office by email at SeawolvesTickets@StonyBrook.edu.
