MOBILE, Ala. – The Sun Belt and Mid-American Conferences announced the second-round matchups for the MAC-SBC Challenge Saturday night, and the South Alabama men's basketball team will travel to take on the University of Akron on Saturday, Feb 8 at 1 p.m. CT.
This season marks the second year of the MAC-SBC Challenge, a scheduling alliance in men's and women's basketball. Each MAC and Sun Belt team included in the MAC-SBC Challenge is guaranteed one home and one away game each season. In men's basketball, the first round of matchups took place at the Sun Belt schools' home site in early November, and now the MAC will host the second set on Saturday, Feb.