FRISCO – Texas A&M University-Commerce in conjunction with the Southland Conference has announced the 2023-24 men's basketball conference schedule on Tuesday.
 
Heading into coach Jaret von Rosenberg's seventh season, A&M-Commerce placed fifth in the Southland last season. This season is the Lions' second in NCAA Division I and the Southland.
 
In a new conference format, the women's basketball teams will play on Thursdays and Saturdays, while the men's basketball teams will play on Mondays and Saturdays during conference play.
 
The Lions begin conference play at home against McNeese on January 6 as the two teams meet for the first time since last season's SLC Tournament. A&M-Commerce closes out the first week at New Orleans on January 8.
 
Houston Christian and UIW come to Commerce on January 13 and January 15, respectively, before heading to Southeastern on January 22 and Lamar on January 22.
 
A&M-Commerce closes out January at home, hosting the last two conference champions. Nicholls comes to town on January 27 and defending conference champion A&M-Corpus Christi is in town on January 29.
 
The Lions close out the first go-around of SLC play at Northwestern State on February 3 and head to McNeese on February 5. New Orleans and Southeastern make the trip to Commerce on February 10 and February 12, respectively.
 
For the final road trip of the regular season, the Lions head on the road for four straight games. Heading to A&M-Corpus Christi (February 17), UIW (February 19), Nicholls (February 24), and Houston Christian (March 2).
 
The regular season closes out at home against Lamar on March 4 and Northwestern State on March 6.
 
The Southland Conference Tournament is once again at the Legacy Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana, hosted by McNeese, and it runs from March 10 through March 13.
 
The full schedule for the 2023-24 schedule will be released in the coming months.
 
2023-24 A&M-COMMERCE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

Date	Opponent	Location
JAN. 6	MCNEESE	COMMERCE
Jan. 8	at New Orleans	New Orleans
JAN. 13	HOUSTON CHRISTIAN	COMMERCE
JAN. 15	UIW	COMMERCE
Jan. 20	at Southeastern	Hammond, La.
Jan. 22	at Lamar	Beaumont
JAN. 27	NICHOLLS	COMMERCE
JAN. 29	A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI	COMMERCE
Feb. 3	at Northwestern State	Natchitoches, La.
Feb. 5	at McNeese	Lake Charles, La.
FEB. 10	NEW ORLEANS	COMMERCE
FEB. 12	SOUTHEASTERN	COMMERCE
Feb. 17	at A&M-Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi
Feb. 19	at UIW	San Antonio
Feb. 24	at Nicholls	Thibodaux, La.
March 2	at Houston Christian	Houston
MARCH 4	LAMAR	COMMERCE
MARCH 6	NORTHWESTERN STATE	COMMERCE
March 10-13	Southland Conference Tournament	Lake Charles, La.