CHADRON, Neb. – Chadron State Athletics is officially announcing its 2026-27 men's basketball schedule. The Eagles will play at home 12 times in the upcoming season, which will be Chris Francis's third in charge of Eagle men's basketball.
The Eagles begin the year with a road game against Northern State in Aberdeen, South Dakota on Monday, November 9. Then, CSC will head to Shawnee, Oklahoma for a classic on November 13-14, where they will face West Texas A&M and Texas A&M-International.
Chadron State's home opener will be Wednesday, November 18 in a rivalry matchup against Nebraska-Kearney. That will also serve as CSC's third annual "Kids Game," with tip-off at noon. For that game only, no tickets will be taken and the Eagles will be joined by local schoolchildren to provide a boisterous Chicoine Center atmosphere.
The rest of CSC's nonconference schedule features matchups with Sioux Falls and Augustana on November 20-21, both in Sioux Falls, a home game shortly before Christmas against Bethel College (Kansas, NAIA) on Monday, December 14 and a neutral-site game against Bethany College (Kansas, NAIA) on Friday, December 18 to be played at South Dakota Mines.
RMAC play opens at home on Thursday, December 3 vs. Colorado Mesa at 5 p.m., followed by Western Colorado on Saturday, December 5 at 1 p.m.
Other home RMAC dates include December 12 (vs. South Dakota Mines), January 14 (vs. Regis), January 16 (vs. MSU Denver), February 2 (vs. Black Hills State), February 11 (vs. CSU Pueblo), February 13 (vs. UCCS), February 25 (vs. New Mexico Highlands) and February 27 (vs. Fort Lewis).
All RMAC conference games will be doubleheaders, with women's basketball playing first and men's basketball playing second. For RMAC doubleheaders at the Chicoine Center, all weeknight games (Tuesday/Thursday) will start at 5 p.m. for the women and 7 p.m. for the men. All weekend games (Saturday) will tip off at 1 p.m. for the women and 3 p.m. for the men.
Single-game tickets are now on sale at chadroneagles.com/tickets. Cost per game is $15 for reserved seating, $10 for general admission and $5 for a child, senior or military member, not including online ticketing platform fees.
In addition, Chadron State's new "Court Sport" passes remain on sale. The Court Sport pass will provide admission to every home Chadron State volleyball, men's and women's basketball and men's and women's wrestling event in the Chicoine Center with one ticket at one price. Court Sport season pass holders will have access to a reserved seating section at each event.
The pass costs for $178 dollars for adults or $98 for a child, senior or military member. Court sport passes can be purchased here or by visiting chadroneagles.com/tickets.
Single-sport Chadron State basketball season tickets will go on sale later this week.
