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Dan Majerle and the Grand Canyon men's basketball program released their 2017-18 schedule on Wednesday for the first fully-eligible Division I season. The Lopes are scheduled to play 28 regular-season contests with 17 at GCU Arena and a pair of neutral-site games.
Grand Canyon opens the season with seven straight contests at GCU Arena including a season-opening exhibition on Nov. 2. The regular season opens up on Nov. 10 against Florida A&M before games with Robert Morris, Little Rock, Norfolk State, San Diego and UC Riverside.
Leaving GCU Arena for the first time, the Lopes will make the short trip to Talking Stick Resort Arena in Downtown Phoenix to play St. John's of the Big East on Dec. 5. The 8:30 p.m. tip time will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU.
The Lopes play the remainder of their home non-conference schedule with four games ranging Dec. 9 to Dec. 21 before hitting the road around the holidays.
GCU makes a return trip to Louisville on Dec. 23 after traveling to play the Cardinals in 2015 and hosting the Cardinals in 2016. The Lopes then host a neutral-site game at Orleans Arena on Dec. 27, the site of the WAC Tournament later in the season. The calendar concludes with a trip to Big Ten foe, Illinois, on Dec. 30.
Conference play begins on the road in Seattle on Jan. 6. The second game of the WAC schedule features a home date with WAC heavyweight, New Mexico State, on Jan. 11. The 16-game conference schedule concludes with a game against reigning WAC Regular Season Champion, CSU Bakersfield, on March 3.
For the first time ever, Grand Canyon is eligible to participate in the postseason, including the WAC Tournament. The tournament will once again be held at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, spanning March 8-10.
To view GCU's schedule in its entirety, click here.