SAN ANTONIO — For a third consecutive year, the UTSA men's basketball team will open Conference USA action at home, as the league office released its full 2017-18 conference schedule this week.



The Roadrunners will tip off league play against Rice on Thursday, Dec. 28, at the Convocation Center and stay home to host North Texas two days later.



UTSA will take on five C-USA opponents twice with home and road games against Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Rice, Southern Miss and UTEP during the 18-game conference slate.



The Roadrunners will welcome FIU, Florida Atlantic, Marshall and WKU to the Alamo City, while they are set to travel to Charlotte, Middle Tennessee, Old Dominion and UAB.



The C-USA Championship is slated for March 7-10 at The Star in Frisco, Texas.



UTSA returns nine letterwinners, including three starters, from last season's squad that finished 14-19 overall and 8-10 in league play. Headlining that group is C-USA All-Freshman team selection Bryon Frohnen, who averaged 8.5 points per game and led UTSA with 6.7 rebounds per contest last season, which ranked first among conference freshman and 10th overall.



The non-conference portion of UTSA's schedule will be announced at a later date.

