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NCAA Announces Start Date For Upcoming Basketball Season

MORAGA, Calif. — On a national level for the upcoming college basketball season, the NCAA announced an official start date today for the 2020-2021 season for both men's and women's programs. Teams can begin playing games on Nov. 25, 2020, which means official practice can begin on Oct. 14.

Following today's announcement, Saint Mary's will begin making adjustments to this year's non-conference and WCC schedules for both programs. The NCAA announced the maximum games you can play is 24 or 25 plus one multiple-team event and the minimum is 13.

The Saint Mary's athletic department will be sending out further information in the coming weeks addressing the season ticket plan for this year and next year, based on different scenarios with county regulations on fans in the building.