Men's Basketball to open 2016-17 season Nov. 15 at NCAA Tournament Elite 8 foe Alma (Mich.)

By Tim Glon

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ADA — The Ohio Northern men's basketball team will tip-off its 2016-17 season on Nov. 15 at 7:30 pm at Alma (Mich.) under new head coach Rich Bensman.

The challenging schedule will feature seven non-conference games and the usual 18-game double round-robin Ohio Athletic Conference slate.

After opening with Alma, who reached the Elite 8 of the NCAA III Tournament a year ago, the Polar Bears will host NCAA Tournament qualifier Denison on Nov. 19.

ONU will also host area-rival Defiance on Nov. 22 and Wisconsin-Whitewater on Nov. 26 in its non-conference schedule.

Bensman's group will also play at the Transylvania (Ky.) Tournament on Dec. 20-21 and at Trine (Ind.) on New Year's Eve.

The Polar Bears will host Capital in their OAC opener on Dec. 3.

Northern will wrap up its regular season with a home game against Marietta on Feb. 18.

The OAC Tournament will start with quarterfinal games on Feb. 21 with the semifinals on Feb. 23 and the finals on Feb. 25.