Rock Hill, S.C. – Winthrop men's basketball will open the 2020-21 season in Louisville, Ky. at the Wade Houston Tipoff Classic. The University of Louisville, KFC Yum! Center and Galt House Hotel will serve as a host for the men's basketball event that includes nine participating teams that will play 18 games in a 10-day span Nov. 25 through Dec. 4.

The Eagles will play a total of five games with two of them associated with the Wade Houston Tipoff Classic and three of them will be non-conference matchups. All games will be played at the KFC Yum! Center. Winthrop will face Seton Hall (Nov. 25) and Duquesne (Dec. 1) as part of the Wade Houston Tipoff Classic. The three non-conference matchups will be UNC Greensboro (Nov. 27), Southern Illinois (Nov. 29) and Little Rock (Dec. 4).

The field of nine teams includes seven 20-game winners from a year ago, six teams that won or finished second in their respective conferences, and a group that collectively won two-thirds of their games last season (189-93 record in 2019-20).  The participating teams are Duquesne (21-9 in 2019-20, fifth in Atlantic 10), UNC Greensboro (23-9, third in Southern Conference); Little Rock (21-10, Sun Belt Champions); Louisville (24-7, tied for second in ACC), Prairie View A&M (19-13, SWAC Champions); Seton Hall (21-9, BIG EAST Co-Champion), Southern Illinois (16-16, fifth in Missouri Valley Conference); Western Kentucky (20-10, tied for second in Conference USA); and Winthrop (24-10, Big South Co-Champion).

Four of the five opponents the Eagles face in Louisville had 21 or more wins in the 2019-20 season. This will be the first time the Eagles square off against Duquesne and Little Rock. The Eagles have faced Southern Illinois recently but will take on UNCG for the first time since 2000 and haven't faced Seton Hall since 1990.
 
The dates and opponents for the remainder of the Winthrop schedule will be announced at a later date.
 
2020 Wade Houston Tipoff Classic Men's Basketball Games
All games will be played at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville. Teams will stay at the adjoining Galt House Hotel. Game times and television assignments for the games will be determined later.
 
Wednesday, Nov. 25
Southern Illinois vs. Louisville *
Little Rock vs. UNC Greensboro *
Winthrop vs. Seton Hall *
 
Friday, Nov. 27
Seton Hall vs. Louisville *
Southern Illinois vs. Prairie View A&M *
Winthrop vs. UNC Greensboro
 
Saturday, Nov. 28
Little Rock vs. Western Kentucky
 
Sunday, Nov. 29
Prairie View A&M vs. Louisville
Duquesne vs. UNC Greensboro *
Southern Illinois vs. Winthrop
 
Monday, Nov. 30
Little Rock vs. Prairie View A&M *
 
Tuesday, Dec. 1
Western Kentucky vs. Louisville
Duquesne vs. Winthrop *
 
Wednesday, Dec. 2
UNC Greensboro vs. Prairie View A&M
 
Thursday, Dec. 3
Duquesne vs. Little Rock
Prairie View A&M vs. Western Kentucky
 
Friday, Dec. 4
UNC Greensboro vs. Louisville
Little Rock vs. Winthrop
 
* Wade Houston Tipoff Classic games