LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Little Rock men's and women's basketball programs have announced an update to their 2021 Sun Belt Conference schedules, following an announcement by the league office.
The conference has announced an 18-game, division-only schedule beginning January 1. To limit exposure due to COVID concerns, teams will play the same opponent twice in a weekend, playing games on Friday and Saturday. The change limits the amount of interactions on a given weekend regarding both travel and competition as well as providing sufficient time to test student-athletes and team personnel.
2020-21 BASKETBALL SCHEDULES: MEN | WOMEN
The 2021 Sun Belt slate will once again follow the mirror scheduling format, with the exception of six doubleheaders for the Trojans in league play. Those six series will be Jan. 29-30 against ULM at the Jack Stephens Center, Feb. 10 at Arkansas State in Jonesboro, Feb. 13 against Arkansas State at the Jack Stephens Center and Feb. 19-20 at ULM in Monroe, Louisiana.
Weeknight conference games will remain at 6:30 p.m. with Saturday games moved back to 4 p.m. to allow more recovery time for student-athletes from the Friday night games. The exceptions to those will be the Jan. 1 men's game against UT Arlington (4 p.m.) and the doubleheader times against ULM and Arkansas State.
2021 SUN BELT CONFERENCE SCHEDULES
| DATE |
MEN |
WOMEN |
| Friday, Jan. 1 |
UT Arlington |
at UT Arlington |
| Saturday, Jan. 2 |
UT Arlington |
at UT Arlington |
| Friday, Jan. 8 |
at Louisiana |
Louisiana |
| Saturday, Jan. 9 |
at Louisiana |
Louisiana |
| Friday, Jan. 15 |
Texas State |
at Texas State |
| Saturday, Jan. 16 |
Texas State |
at Texas State |
| Friday, Jan. 22 |
at UT Arlington |
UT Arlington |
| Saturday, Jan. 23 |
at UT Arlington |
UT Arlington |
| Friday, Jan. 29 |
ULM |
ULM |
| Saturday, Jan. 30 |
ULM |
ULM |
| Friday, Feb. 5 |
at Texas State |
Texas State |
| Saturday, Feb. 6 |
at Texas State |
Texas State |
| Wednesday Feb. 10 |
at Arkansas State |
at Arkansas State |
| Saturday, Feb. 13 |
Arkansas State |
Arkansas State |
| Friday, Feb. 19 |
at ULM |
at ULM |
| Saturday, Feb. 20 |
at ULM |
at ULM |
| Friday, Feb. 26 |
Louisiana |
at Louisiana |
| Saturday, Feb. 27 |
Louisiana |
at Louisiana |
Little Rock is finalizing its non-conference schedule for both the men and women as well and will announce the complete schedules in the coming weeks. Season tickets are on sale by contacting the Trojan ticket office at (501) 565-8257.
Due to the limited number of seats available in the Jack Stephens Center this season, purchasing season tickets is the only guaranteed way to ensure seats at every Trojan home game as Little Rock competes for another Sun Belt Conference title.
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