UB Men's Basketball To Face Fairfield and UConn In Exhibition Contests
ECC Champion Purple Knights Face Fairfield on November 1st and UConn on November 7th
September 28, 2010
Bridgeport, Conn.-The University of Bridgeport men's basketball team will play exhibition games against two Division I programs to open their 2010-2011 season. The Purple Knights will face the Fairfield University Stags in a battle of Fairfield County neighbors at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport on Monday night, November 1st. Game time will be 7:00 p.m.
Six days later on Sunday, November 7th, UB will travel to the
state capital of Hartford to take on the University of Connecticut
Huskies. The UB-UConn game will be played in the XL Center,
and it is scheduled to tip-off at 1:00 p.m.
"We are excited and honored to be playing such excellent competition in the preseason," stated University of Bridgeport head men's basketball coach Mike Ruane. "It's a great way for our program to get ready for the season."
The University of Bridgeport men's basketball team will open its 2010-11 regular season at home on November 13th against Assumption College.