Glendale, Ariz.- Arizona Christian Men's Basketball, the defending regular season GSAC champs who enter the season ranked No. 4 in the NAIA, is excited to announce their 2022-23 schedule. After traveling across the country in recent years, the Firestorm are only scheduled to leave the state of Arizona during the regular season for road conference games in California.
ACU will tip-off the season when they host Lewis-Clark State on October 28. Nine of their first 15 contests will be played on their home court in the ACU Events Center.
On November 4 and 5, Arizona Christian will host the annual ACU Fultz Classic and face No. 9 College of Idaho and Oklahoma City. The Yotes will be one of six teams ranked in the NAIA preseason polls to challenge the Firestorm in the regular season.
First road games of the year will come when Arizona Christian opens their GSAC schedule at Westmont and The Master's.
The Friday after Thanksgiving, the ACU men squaring off against No. 14 Montana Tech will begin a string of five straight home contests. Four of those five games will be against ranked foes or teams receiving votes.
Beginning with three games in the Cactus Classic, including playing No. 11 Olivet Nazarene, the Firestorm will be on the road for six straight games. A New Year's Eve matinee at Embry-Riddle (AZ) will be the final tune-up before returning to all GSAC action in the new year- starting at Life Pacific and Vanguard.
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If you cannot catch the Firestorm in person, all home games will be available live on Arizona Christian's streaming partner Hudl/Blueframe at https://www.gsacsportsnetwork.com/azchristian/. Kevin Derryberry is scheduled to return as the voice of ACU men's hoops.
Roll Storm!