The basketball team is set to tip-off their season Saturday when they play their first game action of the season with an exhibition game against the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Building off of a 22 win season last year, here is what The Cougar sports staff expects from basketball in 2016-2017.
Senior staff writer J.D. Smith
Coming off a 22-10 season where they reached the first round of the National Invitational Tournament, the men’s basketball team looks poised for its first berth in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2010.