The Northwest Missouri State University men’s basketball schedule will feature 14 home games during the 2018-19 season.
The 2018-19 season will get underway with the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Classic in St. Joseph, Missouri, where the Bearcats will take on the two combatants that took part in the 2018 NCAA Div. II national title game. Northwest will initiate the season against Northern State on Nov. 3 before taking on Ferris State on Nov. 4.
Northwest will play two more games in St. Joseph the following weekend against Winona State on Nov. 10 and Upper Iowa on Nov. 11.
The Bearcats will open the home season in Bearcat Arena Fri., Nov. 16, against the Truman State Bulldogs. Tip is set for 7 p.m.
Following a non-conference tilt against Illinois-Springfield in Kansas City on Nov. 19, the Bearcats will play their next six games at home – including the entire month of December.
MIAA regular season play will commence at home in Bearcat Arena against Lincoln (Dec. 6) and Lindenwood (Dec. 8).
Northwest will also play home MIAA games against Emporia State (Jan. 10), Washburn (Jan. 12), Pittsburg State (Jan. 31), Missouri Southern (Feb. 2), Central Missouri (Feb. 14), Southwest Baptist (Feb. 16) and Missouri Western (Feb. 26).
The Bearcats will take to the road in MIAA action against Northeastern State (Jan. 3), Central Oklahoma (Jan. 5), Missouri Western (Jan. 19), Nebraska-Kearney (Jan. 24), Fort Hays State (Jan. 26), Lindenwood (Feb. 7), Lincoln (Feb. 9), Central Missouri (Feb. 21), Southwest Baptist (Feb. 23) and Washburn (Feb. 28).
The MIAA Tournament is slated for March 7-10 in Kansas City.
Head coach Ben McCollum and the Bearcats will look to continue their string of five consecutive
MIAA regular season titles and three straight MIAA tournament championships. McCollum is entering his 10th season at the helm of the Bearcat program and has compiled a mark of 203-75 overall and 126-52 in MIAA play. Overall, McCollum has guided Northwest to six MIAA regular season crowns.
Northwest went 27-4 overall and 16-3 in MIAA play in 2017-18. The Bearcats had a streak of 23 straight victories stretch from the 2016-17 season into the 2017-18 campaign. Northwest also set the MIAA record for most consecutive home-court wins at 49 last season.
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— Northwest Athletics —