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Here's when the 2023-24 men's college basketball season starts – NBC Connecticut
The start of the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season is just days away.
Dan Hurley and No. 6 UConn will be looking to become the first repeat NCAA championships since Florida in 2006-07. But the Huskies will have several challengers aiming to deny them a second straight title.
The Kansas Jayhawks enter the season as the No. 1 team in the nation after adding former Michigan big man Hunter Dickinson via the transfer portal. The No. 2 Duke Blue Devils and No. 16 Kentucky Wildcats boast the top two freshman classes, each adding multiple five-star recruits, while the No. 21 USC Trojans landed top-ranked prospect Isaiah Collier along with fellow five-star guard Bronny James.
Then there’s the No. 3 Purdue Boilermakers, who are once again led by big man Zach Edey back as they try to bounce back from a historic loss to No. 16 Farleigh Dickinson in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Of course, as last season showed, title contenders can come from outside the preseason top 25. Three of the four teams that reached the 2023 Final Four began the season unranked, including UConn.
With no shortage of storylines to watch, here’s what to know about when the new college basketball season gets underway.
The 2023-24 season begins with a huge slate of games on Monday, Nov. 6.
Almost every ranked team will be in action on the opening night of the season:
You can check out the full schedule here.
Michigan State and Marquette round out the top five of the preseason AP poll, sitting ahead of UConn and behind Kansas, Duke and Purdue.
Meanwhile, Florida Atlantic (No. 10), Miami (No. 13) and San Diego State (No. 17) are all inside the top 20 on the heels of Final Four runs.
Here’s a full look at the preseason top 25:
Other teams that received votes: Wisconsin, Colorado, UCLA, St. John’s, Maryland, Virginia, Auburn, TCU, Mississippi State, Kansas State, Xavier, Memphis, Missouri, Boise State, Indiana, Florida, College of Charleston, New Mexico, Drake.
Selection Sunday is set for March 17, with the March Madness action beginning on March 19.
State Farm Stadium, home of the NFL‘s Arizona Cardinals, in Glendale is the site of this year’s men’s Final Four. The Final Four will take place on April 6 followed by the national championship on April 8.
