HOOPS SCOOP: USF 2020 non-conference schedule
TAMPA, Fla. (Jul 9, 2021) – South Florida has yet to officially announce its 2021 nonconference slate but BullsInsider.com has obtained information on nine contests – including previously reported games against Auburn (at Amalie Arena) and Florida (at BB&T Center -- Sunrise, FL) as well as USF’s participation in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic in in Honolulu, Hawai’i.
The Bulls will host at least seven non-conference games in the Yuengling Center. Game times and TV designations for the entire 2021-22 schedule will be announced at a later date.
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USF’s non-conference slate starts with Bethune Cookman University (Nov. 9), followed by Georgia Southern (Nov. 13), North Carolina A&T (Nov. 15), Auburn (Nov. 19), Hampton (Nov. 24), South Carolina State (Dec. 3), Austin Peay (Dec. 14), Florida (Dec. 18), the Diamond Head Classic (Dec. 22, 23 and 25) at the SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawai’i and ends with Mississippi Valley State (Dec. 29).
The Bulls will be joined in the Diamond Head Classic by BYU, tournament host Hawai’i, Liberty, Vanderbilt, Northern Iowa, Stanford and Wyoming. Two teams in the 2021 field were a part of the NCAA postseason last season – BYU and Liberty.
We also expect the Bulls to travel to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts to face Boston College. It would be the return game of the home-and-home series USF and Boston College agreed to in 2019. The Bulls lost to the Eagles in the Yuengling Center on Nov. 10, 2019 despite forcing 28 Boston College turnovers. The game at Boston College was slated for last season but was postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. A Monday Nov. 29 game at Boston College, on the ACC Network, would not surprise us one bit.
The players will get an exam break between the South Carolina State and Austin Peay games.