Kent State’s 2026-27 MAC-SBC Challenge November Matchups Announced
7/2/2026 1:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball
CLEVELAND – Kent State's initial matchups for the 2026-27 MAC-SBC Challenge were announced on Thursday.
Scheduled for Monday, Nov. 2, the women's basketball team will host Troy at the M.A.C. Center, while the men's basketball team travels to Louisiana Tech.
This is the fourth year of the challenge, which is a scheduling alliance between the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Sun Belt Conference (SBC) in which each of the 12 participating teams from both leagues will play one home game and one away game against a team from the other league.
The second MAC-SBC Challenge contest for each team will take place in February, with the matchups based on real-time NET rankings and announced in January. The MAC men and Sun Belt women will host these matchups.
All MAC-SBC Challenge games will be broadcast on an ESPN platform.
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