ARLINGTON – The UT Arlington men's basketball team's 2023-24 Western Athletic Conference schedule was officially released by league officials on Wednesday morning.
The expanded 20-game conference docket will feature UTA playing the 10 other WAC schools twice during the regular season, once each at home and on the road:
Nov. 29: Abilene Christian
Dec. 2: @ Grand Canyon
Jan. 4: @ Tarleton
Jan. 6: @ Stephen F. Austin
Jan. 11: Utah Valley
Jan. 13: Seattle U
Jan. 18: UT Rio Grande Valley
Jan. 20: @ Abilene Christian
Jan. 27: Grand Canyon
Feb. 1: @ Southern Utah
Feb. 3: @ Utah Tech
Feb. 8: @ California Baptist
Feb. 10: Stephen F. Austin
Feb. 15: Tarleton
Feb. 17: @ UT Rio Grande Valley
Feb. 22: Southern Utah
Feb. 24: Utah Tech
Feb. 29: @ Seattle U
Mar. 2: @ Utah Valley
Mar. 7: California Baptist
Among the schedule highlights:
- A late November/early December start with a pair of games to help make scheduling the remaining 18 conference games after the new calendar year easier.
- Eight (8) total games against opponents which played in the postseason last year: Grand Canyon (NCAA), Utah Valley (NIT), Southern Utah (CBI) and Tarleton (CBI).
- Defending WAC Tournament Champion Grand Canyon will visit the College Park Center for the first time in series history on Saturday, Jan. 27.
- Reigning WAC Regular Season Champion and NIT semifinalist Utah Valley will be UTA's first home opponent after the calendar turns to 2024 on Thursday, Jan. 11.
- UTA is the only WAC member that will not play a game on Saturday, Mar. 9, in advance of the WAC Tournament in Las Vegas the following week.
- This will be the seventh time in program history the Mavericks will play 20 league games: 2000-03 in the Southland Conference; 2014-16 and 2019-20 in the Sun Belt Conference.
Season-ticket deposits are being accepted for head coach
KT Turner's first year at the helm of the program. With a one-time deposit of only $50 per seat, fans can lock in their season ticket(s) at the state-of-the-art College Park Center as UTA ushers in its second-consecutive season and third overall in the revamped and highly competitive WAC.
- The deposit guarantees all renewing season-ticket holders the same seat(s) as the 2022-23 season, and/or will put them in line for a potential upgrade or change in location, if desired.
- For all new season-ticket purchasers, the deposit gives priority toward all remaining seat allocations.
- Provides the opportunity for potential interactive experiences with Turner and his staff through the Maverick Club.
Click here to make your deposit today. All deposit payment(s) will be applied to the final season-ticket total later this summer once prices are finalized. To make a payment over the phone or in person, please contact the UTA Box Office during normal business hours at 817-272-9595 or
boxoffice@uta.edu.
Turner – who was announced as the 10th full-time head coach in program history in March following assistant stops at Kentucky, Oklahoma, Texas and SMU – has infused UTA's roster with a slew of Division-I transfers.
Combined with returners
Shemar Wilson,
Brandyn Talbot,
Aaron Cash and
Shaysten Cornish, Turner already has 11 players on the 2023-24 roster who have previous D-I playing experience. Those 11 have combined to score 3,201 D-I points; as a team last year, UTA began the season with only 1,215 D-I points across six players.
Wilson and Cash were two of UTA's top-four scorers last season, while Talbot was 3rd on the team in 3-pointers made. UTA finished the year ranked 18th nationally in offensive rebounds per game at 12.7, and Wilson was 9th in the country with 3.6 offensive boards per contest.
UTA's 2023-24 non-conference schedule is still being finalized, and those matchups will be announced in the coming weeks and months, in addition to details and dates for the 2024 WAC Tournament.
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