SLU sharpshooter Gibson Jimerson and his Billiken teammates will begin their new season on November 6 with a game against Southern Indiana. (Photo: Thomas Grove)

Cedric Williams
Senior Editor

ST. LOUIS, MO — After a long wait and much anticipation, the Saint Louis University men’s basketball team announced its full 2023-24 season schedule on Monday.

The Billikens will play a 31-game slate, with 18 home games at Chaifetz Arena. Saint Louis will also play two exhibition games in October.

The regular season will begin on Monday, November 6, when SLU will host Southern Indiana. SLU’s first three games will be home games, before the Billikens travel to South Carolina to play three games in the Myrtle Beach Invitational.

Saint Louis will play 13 nonconference and 18 Atlantic 10 Conference games. And among the nonconference contests are at least four games against teams that played in the postseason last year.

Utah State (November 28) was a 10-seed in the NCAA Tournament last season. Drake (December 6) won the Missouri Valley Conference and was a 12-seed in last year’s NCAAs. Hofstra (December 9 at Chaifetz Arena) went to the NIT last year and won at Rutgers in the first round. And lastly, North Carolina State (December 20) was an 11-seed in the NCAA Tournament.

The A-10 schedule will begin on January 3 with a home game against Loyola Chicago.

The A-10 Tournament will be played at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 12-17, with the winner earning the league’s automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

Game times, as well as the Billikens’ local television package on Bally Sports Midwest, will be announced at a later date.

2023-24 SLU Billikens Men’s Basketball Schedule