ANNAPOLIS, Md. –– The Navy men's and women's basketball teams announced their respective 2019-20 season schedules today.  To coincide with the release, season tickets for the campaigns are now on sale through the Navy Ticket Office by calling 1-800-US4-NAVY, clicking the TICKETS tab in the masthead of NavySports.com or clicking HERE.
 
Complete Men's Schedule – HTML / PDF
Complete Women's Schedule – HTML / PDF
 
Fans can purchase either a men's only season ticket, a women's only season ticket or a combined men's and women's season ticket, all of which guarantees purchasers their reserved seat for the full season including the Jan. 25 Army-Navy doubleheader.  Additionally, there are men's games only and combined season ticket plans available that guarantees fans a reserved seat for the Nov. 8 Veterans Classic men's basketball doubleheader. 
 
The year's Veterans Classic field features Auburn vs. Davidson and Navy vs. East Carolina.  Auburn advanced to the 2019 Final Four, Davidson has played in either the NCAA Tournament or the NIT seven times in the last eight seasons, and the Navy-East Carolina game will be the first in the series since the teams were fellow members of the Colonial Athletic Association during the 1990-91 season.
 
Season ticket packages, all of which include a vehicle pass to drive onto the USNA on game days, are priced as follows:
** Combined Men's and Women's with Veterans Classic –– $225/ticket for adults, $165/ticket for youth and senior citizens
** Combined Men's and Women's without Veterans Classic –– $200/ticket for adults, $140/ticket for youth and senior citizens
** Men's Games Only with Veterans Classic –– $125/ticket for adults, $95/ticket for youth and senior citizens
** Men's Games Only without Veterans Classic –– $100/ticket for adults, $70/ticket for youth and senior citizens
** Women's Games Only –– $100/ticket for adults, $70/ticket for youth and senior citizens
 
Floor seats for Navy basketball games, which requires Blue-N*-Gold Club membership at either the Admiral or Vice Admiral levels, are $300/ticket with the Veterans Classic and $275/ticket without the Veterans Classic.
 
Tickets for just the Veterans Classic remain on sale through the Navy Ticket Office.  Lower level reserved seats are $25/ticket and upper level general admission seats are $15/ticket.
 
Single game tickets for the remainder of the Navy basketball season will go on sale in mid-September.
 
The Navy men's team, which tied for fifth place in the 2019 Patriot League regular season and advanced to the semifinal round of the league tournament for the second time in three years, begins its 113th season with a Nov. 5 game at George Mason.  The Mids then open their Alumni Hall slate with the Nov. 8 Veterans Classic.  That will be the first of seven home games for Navy during both the non-league season and the remainder of the 2019 calendar year. 
 
Navy's non-league schedule is highlighted by a Dec. 29 game at 2019 NCAA Champion Virginia.  The game will mark the second time in Navy history in which the Mids will face a defending national champion (Kentucky, 1958).  The Cavaliers, who cut down the nets after posting a 35-3 record, are one of four opponents on the Navy schedule that won at least 20 games last year.  The remaining three teams are Liberty (Nov. 19, Lynchburg, Va.), 29-7; Lipscomb (Nov. 22, Annapolis), 29-8; and Brown (Nov. 30, Providence, R.I.), 20-12.
 
The Mids will open their 29th Patriot League campaign with a Jan. 2 game at home against Lehigh.  This year's Army-Navy Star Game will be played Feb. 22 in West Point, N.Y.
 
Each round of the Patriot League Tournament will once again be contested at the home of the higher-seeded team playing in each individual game.  The tournament will be held March 3, first round; March 5, quarterfinals; March 8, semifinals; and March 11, final.
 
The Navy women's team also kicks off its 2019-20 campaign on Nov. 5 when the Midshipmen play host to Stevenson in a 6 p.m. matchup.  Following that home opener, Navy will be away from the friendly confines of Alumni Hall with weekend road trips to Clemson and North Carolina (Nov. 9 and Nov. 11) and Vermont and Maine (Nov. 22 and Nov. 24).  The Mids will play four of their final six non-conference games at home with Annapolis tilts slated against Air Force (Nov. 27), Kennesaw State-Navy Classic (Nov. 30), La Salle / UMBC-Navy Classic (Dec. 1) and George Mason (Dec. 19). 
 
Patriot League play for Navy opens Jan. 2 at Lehigh before the Mids come home for back-to-back games versus Holy Cross (Jan. 4) and Bucknell (Jan. 8).  In total, the Mids will play five home league contests during the month of January with dates against Lehigh (Jan. 15), Boston University (Jan. 22) and Army (Jan. 25) dotting the schedule.  That Army-Navy contest is part of a home basketball doubleheader at Alumni Hall.  The 2020 Army-Navy Women's Basketball Star will be on the line Feb. 22 at West Point.
 
Following an 18-game Patriot League regular season schedule, the Mids will turn their focus to postseason play with the 2020 Patriot League Tournament. The four-round tournament begins on March 7 with first round games before moving onto quarterfinal action on March 9. The semifinals and finals will be contested on March 12 and 15, respectively.  All games will be hosted by the higher seeded team.
 
Television schedules for the Navy basketball season will be announced at a later date.
 
2019-20 Navy Combined Home Basketball Schedule
Nov. 5 – Women – Stevenson
Nov. 8 – Men – Veterans Classic (Auburn vs. Davidson / East Carolina vs. Navy)
Nov. 10 – Men – Washington College
Nov. 22 – Men – Lipscomb
Nov. 26 – Men – Cornell
Nov. 27 – Women – Air Force
Nov. 30 – Women – Navy Classic (La Salle vs. UMBC / Kennesaw State vs. Navy)
Dec. 1 – Women – Navy Classic (Kennesaw State vs. La Salle or UMBC / La Salle or UMBC vs. Navy)
Dec. 7 – Men – Marist
Dec. 19 – Women – George Mason
Dec. 20 – Men – Mount St. Mary's
Jan. 2 – Men – Lehigh
Jan. 4 – Women – Holy Cross
Jan. 8 – Women – Bucknell
Jan. 15 – Women – Lehigh
Jan. 11 – Men – Colgate
Jan. 18 – Men – Lafayette
Jan. 22 – Women – Boston U.
Jan. 25 – Men and Women Doubleheader – Army West Point
Jan. 29 – Men – Holy Cross
Feb. 1 – Women – Loyola
Feb. 5 – Men – American
Feb. 8 – Women – Colgate
Feb. 12 – Men – Bucknell
Feb. 15 – Men – Boston U.
Feb. 19 – Women – American
Feb. 29 – Women – Lafayette
Feb. 26 – Men – Loyola