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2021-22 EIU Men's Basketball Schedule

Eastern Illinois head coach Marty Simmons has announced the Panthers men's basketball schedule for the upcoming season as the Panthers will have four home non-conference games mixed in with the Ohio Valley Conference slate at First Mid Court at Lantz Arena.
 
The Panthers will open the Simmons era with back-to-back road games as EIU plays at Northwestern on Tuesday, Nov. 9 followed by a Nov. 12 contest at Saint Louis.  The home opener for EIU is on Monday, Nov. 15 against Central Michigan.
 
EIU's additional non-conference home dates are against Rockford University on Nov. 18, Evansville on Nov. 28 and North Park College on Dec. 4. 
 
The road schedule includes two games at the Eastern Kentucky MTE Tournament just prior to the Thanksgiving break with games against host EKU on Nov. 22 and Albany on Nov. 24.
 
EIU opens the month of December on the road with a Dec. 1 game at Northern Illinois.  The Panthers are also on the road with trips to Missouri (Dec. 7), Butler (Dec. 11) and Ball State (Dec. 21).  EIU may add one more non-conference road contest in late December.
 
Ohio Valley Conference play this season will consist of a home-and-home match-up with all of the teams in the league.  EIU opens OVC action on Dec. 29 at Morehead State before hosting Belmont in the home conference opener on New Year's Day (Jan. 1).
 
EIU's other home OVC dates include Murray State (Jan. 6), SIUE (Jan. 13), Southeast Missouri (Jan. 22), Tennessee State (Jan. 29), Tennessee Tech (Feb. 10), UT Martin (Feb. 12), Morehead State (Feb. 24) and Austin Peay (Feb. 26).
 
The OVC Tournament will return to the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind., from March 2-5.