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It’s the final basketball Friday of 2016, and the basketball gods have blessed us with a day of excellent matchups. All the basketball will make those New Year’s Eve-related chores fly by.
The A-10 and Patriot League both open up conference play with heavy dose of games, and there are several other mid-majors diving into league play or tuning up with a final non-con game.
Stay on top of all the action with the following listings. Game times are ET.
Atlantic 10
St. Bonaventure at Massachusetts, 4 p.m., A10 Network
LaSalle at Dayton, 6 p.m., CBSSN
Rhode Island at St. Louis, 7 p.m., ESPNU
George Washington at St. Joseph’s, 7 p.m., A10 Network/Comcast Sportsnet
Duquesne at Fordham, 7 p.m., A10 Network
VCU at George Mason, 8 p.m., CBSSN
Patriot League
Holy Cross at Boston University, 7 p.m., Campus Insiders Patriot League Network
Colgate at Lafayette, 7 p.m., Campus Insiders Patriot League Network
Bucknell at Navy, 7 p.m., Campus Insiders Patriot League Network
Lehigh at Army, 7 p.m., Campus Insiders Patriot League Network
Loyola (MD) at American 7:30 p.m., Campus Insiders Patriot League Network
Horizon League
Valparaiso at. UIC, 5 p.m., ESPNU
Big Sky
Eastern Washington at Idaho, 10 p.m., Big Sky Network
Non-Conference
Norfolk State at Bowling Green, 2 p.m., BGSU Athletics Live Stream
Allen at South Carolina Upstate, 2 p.m., ESPN3
Fairfield at Penn, 4 p.m., Ivy League Digital Network
Marywood at Binghamton, 4 p.m., ESPN3
Chicago State at Central Michigan, 5:30 p.m., ESPN3
Maine at Buffalo, 7:00 p.m., ESPN3
Albany at Columbia, 7 p.m., Ivy League Digital Network
Howard at Harvard, 7 p.m., Ivy League Digital Network
Coker at Hampton, 7 p.m., Hampton Pirates TV
Ohio Christian at Toledo, 7 p.m., ESPN3
Urbana at Ohio, 7 p.m., ESPN3
Montreat College at North Carolina Central, 7 p.m., NCCU Sports Network
Fisk at Jackson State, 8:30 p.m., JSU Tigers Livestream.com
UTEP at New Mexico State, 9 p.m., ESPN3
Seattle at UC Santa Barbara, 10 p.m., Big West TV
Bethesda at Cal State Fullerton, 10 p.m., Big West TV
Life Pacific at UC Irvine, 10 p.m., Big West TV