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