The American announces 2021-22 home and away opponents for men’s basketball
TAMPA (July 29, 2021) – The American Athletic Conference announced on Thursday the home and away opponents for the 2021-22 men's basketball conference slate. Head coach Brian Gregory's USF Bulls will play nine of their 18 AAC games at home in the Yuengling Center which will once again operate at 100 percent capacity.
Teams will play eight of their conference opponents twice (home and away) and two opponents just once each.
The Bulls will play only a home tilt against Memphis and only a road game versus Wichita State.
Game dates, tip times, and broadcast information will be announced at a later date.
Fans are encouraged to visit USFBullsTix.com or Ticketmaster or call 1-800-GoBulls to purchase their season tickets. Season tickets will be available for purchase by the general public on Aug. 1.
2021-22 Conference Home & Away Opponents: UCF, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston, SMU, Temple, Tulane & Tulsa
2021-22 Conference Home Only: Memphis
2021-22 Conference Away Only: Wichita State
Portions of the 2021-22 non-conference schedule have already been announced and include a matchup with Florida in the Orange Bowl Classic (Dec. 18), and three games at the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu (Dec. 22, 23, 25). The Bulls open play at the Diamond Head Classic against BYU.
USF returns All-AAC Freshman Team guard Caleb Murphy (G, 6-4, 185), Jamir Chaplin (G, 6-5, 196), Russel Tchewa (C, 7-0, 260) and Mark Calleja (G, 6-2, 185) from last year's squad. Murphy is the Bulls' top returning scorer posting 8.3 points and 2.8 assists per game last season.
They are joined by new additions Corey Walker Jr. (F, 6-8, 219), Jalyn McCreary (F, 6-8, 215), Trey Moss (G, 6-3, 175), Sam Hines Jr. (F, 6-6, 200), Javon Greene (G, 6-4, 190), Jake Boggs (F, 6-8, 190), Serrel Smith Jr. (G, 6-4, 175) and Bayron Matos (F, 6-9, 245) and DJ Patrick (F, 6-6, 200).
Coach Gregory also recently announced the additions of Louis Rowe (assistant coach), Jason Slay (assistant coach) and David Land (strength and conditioning coach) to the men's basketball staff.
About USF Men's Basketball
The USF men's basketball team is led by head coach Brian Gregory, who enters his fifth season in 2021-22. Gregory was introduced as the 10th head coach in program history in March of 2017 after previously leading programs at Georgia Tech (2011-16) and Dayton (2003-11). Gregory spent nearly a decade as an assistant coach under Michigan State's Hall of Fame head coach Tom Izzo and helped the Spartans win the 2000 NCAA National Championship. Gregory owns over 300 career head coaching wins and six postseason appearances, including the 2010 NIT Championship with Dayton. In his second season at the helm of the Bulls, Gregory led the team to the best win turnaround in the NCAA, the most single-season wins in school history and the 2019 College Basketball Invitational championship.
USF has retired three numbers in its 48-year history: Chucky Atkins (12), Charlie Bradley (30) and Radenko Dobras (31). The Bulls have earned three NCAA tournament bids, appeared in the NIT eight times and won the 2019 College Basketball Invitational.
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