The High Point University men's basketball team's 2010-11 schedule includes opponents from the ACC, SEC, Colonial Athletic Association and Southern Conference in addition to its typical Big South slate. The non-conference opponents include Old Dominion, Wake Forest and Wofford, which all played in the NCAA Tournament in 2010.

"I think we've done a good job this year upgrading the schedule and making it extremely competitive," said HPU head coach Scott Cherry. "Our non-conference opponents include three NCAA Tournament teams and we're playing an SEC team, an ACC team, two from the Southern Conference and one from the CAA. We have a young team this year and I want to prepare them for the Big South Conference race."

Fans will get their first glimpse of the new-look Panthers on Nov. 6 when High Point hosts Bridgewater College for an exhibition game at the Millis Center. The regular season opens on Nov. 13 against Ferrum College before the Panthers travel to Old Dominion for a Nov. 15 matchup in Norfolk, Va.

Other non-conference road games include the Citadel on Nov. 23, Tennessee Tech on Dec. 8, Wofford on Dec. 18, the University of Georgia on Dec. 21 and Wake Forest on Jan. 5. Several of those teams will travel to the Millis Center in 2011-12, including Wake Forest on Dec. 7, 2011.

High Point's Big South Conference schedule begins with a pair of games at the Millis Center against Gardner-Webb and UNC Asheville in the first weekend of December. The bulk of the league schedule will be played after New Year's. It picks up with a New Year's Eve contest at Charleston Southern and a Jan. 2 game at Coastal Carolina as part of a seven-game road stretch. HPU plays at Wake Forest on Jan. 5 and at Radford on Jan. 8. The Panthers then play seven of their next nine games at the Millis Center starting with Liberty and VMI on Jan. 13 and 15, respectively.

High Point also hosts non-conference games against Gwynedd Mercy (Nov. 19), Hampton (Nov. 28) and NC Central (Feb. 7) and will host an ESPNU BracketBusters game on Feb. 19 or 20.

The Advance Auto Parts Big South Tournament will be held in the first week of March, with four quarterfinals on Tuesday, March 1 at each game's higher seed. The semifinals will be held Thursday, March 3 at the home of the highest remaining seed and the championship game will be held on Saturday, March 5 at the higher seed.

High Point University returns nine players from last season and added seven newcomers for the upcoming year. The team posted a six-win improvement in Cherry's first season in 2009-10, going 15-15 overall and 10-8 in the Big South.

2010-11 HPU Men's Basketball Schedule