Dana Caldwell

dana.caldwell@naplesnews.com; 239-213-6029

FORT MYERS -- The FGCU men's basketball schedule finally is complete.

The Eagles have filled out the last non-Division foe and will host Florida Tech, a Division II Sunshine State Conference member, at 1 p.m. on Dec. 31.

Also, a tip time for the at Baylor game has been established. FGCU will play in Waco, Texas, at 8 p.m. in a game that will be televised live on the Big 12 Network.

All but three tip-off times have been established.

FGCU opens the season against Florida in Jacksonville's Veterans Memorial Arena on Nov. 11. Due to waiting for a television network to pick it up, that tip has not yet been set.

Ditto for the game at Michigan State on Nov. 20.

And FGCU and Louisiana Tech are still trying to come up with with a time for the game in Ruston on Dec. 20.

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FGCU returns four starters from last season's team that won the Atlantic Sun tournament title, beat Fairleigh Dickinson by a First-Four, Play-in record 31 points in Dayton, Ohio, then lost to eventual national runnerup North Carolina, 83-67, in an NCAA first-round tourney game in Raleigh after trailing by a point at the half.

The Eagles got an early start to this season -- coach Joe Dooley's fourth -- with three exhibition wins against professional collections in the Bahamas early last month. They also got 10 real-deal practices before heading to Nassau.

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Expected to be a heavy favorite in the conference race, FGCU tips off ASUN play at Stetson on Jan. 7.

The Eagles beat the surprising Hatters, 80-78 in overtime, at home in the ASUN tournament title game last season.

2016-17 Florida Gulf Coast University Men's Basketball Schedule

Nov. 11 Florida, Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, TBD

Nov. 16 UT Arlington, 7 p.m.

Nov. 18 At Baylor, Waco, Texas, 8 p.m.

Nov. 20 At Michigan State, East Lansing, TBD

Nov. 23 Binghamton, 7 p.m.

Nov. 25 Long Beach State, 8 p.m.

Dec. 4 At Georgia Southern, Statesboro, 3 p.m.

Dec. 9 Siena, 8 p.m.

Dec. 11 Florida International, 8:15 p.m.

Dec. 13 Georgia Southern, 7 p.m.

Dec. 17 At La Salle, Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

Dec. 20 At Louisiana Tech, Ruston, TBD

Dec. 22 Florida National, 7 p.m.

Dec. 28 At Florida Atlantic, Boca Raton, 7 p.m.

Dec. 31 Florida Tech, 1 p.m.

Jan. 7 At *Stetson, DeLand, 4 p.m.

Jan. 12 At *Kennesaw (Ga.) State, 7 p.m.

Jan. 14 At *Lipscomb, Nashville, 5 p.m.

Jan. 19 *USC Upstate, 7 p.m.

Jan. 21 *New Jersey Institute of Technology, 7 p.m.

Jan. 25 At *North Florida, Jacksonville, 7 p.m.

Jan. 28 *Jacksonville, 7 p.m.

Jan. 30 *North Florida, 7 p.m.

Feb. 4 At *Jacksonville, 7 p.m.

Feb. 9 *Lipscomb, 7 p.m.

Feb. 11 *Kennesaw State, 7 p.m.

Feb. 16 At *New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, 7 p.m.

Feb. 18 At *USC Upstate, Spartanburg, S.C., 2 p.m.

Feb. 23 *Stetson, 7 p.m.

Feb. 27-March 5 Atlantic Sun Tournament on Floors of Higher Seeds (TBD)

*-Atlantic Sun foe