STEVENS POINT, Wis. – UW-Stevens Point head men's basketball coach Kent Dernbach has completed his team's schedule for the 2023-24 season. The slate features 13 home games and will include a preseason match-up with the Wisconsin Badgers.
 
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The 2023-24 campaign will kick off with the annual Purple-Gold Game on Oct. 26. Tip-off time is yet to be determined as the night will feature a twin bill with UWSP's women's team also playing a Purple-Gold contest. More details will be posted on athletics.uwsp.edu when available.
 
UWSP will then travel to Madison for an exhibition against the Wisconsin Badgers as part of the Garding Against Cancer initiative. Tip-off at the Kohl Center on Nov. 1 is slated for 7:00 p.m.
 
The Pointers will begin the regular season at home against Lawrence on Nov. 11 beginning at 7:00 p.m. A trip to Minnesota to face St. Olaf on Nov. 15 interludes before UWSP returns home to face Edgewood on Nov. 18 for a 3:00 p.m. tip.
 
A four-game road trip follows as the Pointers travel to Wisconsin Lutheran (Nov. 21), to Illinois to play Augustana (Nov. 26), north to take on UW-Superior (Dec. 2) and finally to Indiana for a showdown against Trine (Dec. 9).
 
The calendar year wraps up with the longest homestand of the season. North Central (Minn.) begins the homestand on Dec. 12 and Calvin visits on Dec. 18, both 7:00 p.m. starts. UWSP will also host two games as part of the annual Sentry Classic. The Pointers play MSOE on Dec. 28 at 7:00 p.m. and take on Illinois Wesleyan on Dec. 30 at 3:00 p.m. to conclude the homestand.
 
League play begins in January with UWSP playing the first two on the road at UW-Stout (Jan. 3) and UW-La Crosse (Jan. 6). UWSP's first home conference game is Jan. 10 versus UW-Whitewater. A week later, the Pointers host UW-River Falls (Jan. 17), the first of consecutive home games with UW-Oshkosh coming to town on Jan. 20.
 
The Pointers play back-to-back home games against UW-Stout (Jan. 31) and UW-La Crosse (Feb. 3). Consecutive home games to close out the home portion of the slate sees UW-Platteville (Feb. 10) and UW-Eau Claire (Feb. 14) visit. The game against the Pioneers will be Alumni Day and UWSP will host a 20-year reunion of the 2003-24 national championship team that day.
 
All-WIAC selection and UWSP's leading scorer a season ago, Jake Buchanan (Kimberly, Wis./Kimberly), returns in 2023-24. Nine of the top-10 scorers on the team from last season will be back in 2023-24.