ANNAPOLIS, Md. –– The Navy men's and women's basketball teams announced their respective 2021-22 season schedules today.  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.

Fans can purchase season tickets for just men's games, only women's games or for every home basketball game, all of which guarantees purchasers their reserved seat for the full season (except the men's Veterans Classic) including the Jan. 22 Army-Navy doubleheader.

Season ticket packages, which include access to parking on The Yard on game day, are priced as follows:
** Combined Men's and Women's (does not include Veterans Classic) –– $200 / ticket for adults, $150 / ticket for youth and senior citizens
** Men's Games Only (does not include Veterans Classic) –– $100 / ticket for adults, $75 / ticket for youth and senior citizens
** Women's Games Only –– $100 / ticket for adults, $75 / ticket for youth and senior citizens
 
Tickets for the Veterans Classic remain on sale through the Navy Ticket Office by clicking HERE.  Lower level reserved seats are $40 / ticket and upper level general admission seats are $25 / ticket.

This year's Veterans Classic features Utah State vs. Richmond and Virginia Tech vs. Navy.  The Aggies competed in the last two NCAA Tournaments that were contested, the Spiders reached the second round of the 2021 NIT and, with a 24-7 record, were poised to reach the 2020 NCAA Tournament before it was canceled, and the Hokies played in their fourth-straight NCAA Tournament last spring.
 
Single game tickets for the remainder of the Navy basketball season will go on sale at a later date.

Three women's basketball games this season –– Vermont (Nov. 20) and the two Navy Classic games (Nov. 27-28) –– will be free for everyone to attend.  Season ticket holders will still be able to sit in their reserved seats for those games.  They also can also receive one extra ticket to a Patriot League contest (excluding Army) later in the season for every season ticket they have (for example, a season ticket holder with four seats can receive four extra tickets).  These additional tickets can be claimed by contacting the Navy Ticket Office at 1-800-US4-NAVY or tickets@usna.edu.

Women's Schedule
Coming off an abridged 2020-21 campaign that saw the women's team and first-year head coach Tim Taylor go 5-7 with a 5-3 mark in limited Patriot League action, the Mids have their eyes locked on Opening Day 2021-22 with a home tilt versus Georgetown on Nov. 9.  That game versus the Hoyas is the first of 10 non-conference games, of which seven of those matchups will be hosted in Alumni Hall.  Feature home contests during that opening stretch including a four-game homestand surrounding the week of Thanksgiving with the 2021 Navy Classic as the capping event on Nov. 27 and 28.  The field for the two-day tournament consists of Bowling Green, which reached the third round of the 2021 WNIT, Liberty, which placed second in the Atlantic Sun last year and local rival George Mason.

A pair of road games at Maryland Eastern Shore on Dec. 5 and Rider on Dec. 12 round out the non-conference schedule for Navy before the Mids open Patriot League play Dec. 29 at home against Holy Cross.  Following that league opener, Navy will be on the road for three of the next four games, including trips to Boston U. on Jan. 2 and Colgate on Jan. 12.  Patriot League action hits a rivalry note for Navy twice in-season as the Mids play host to the Army Black Knights on Jan. 22 in Annapolis before heading north to West Point on Feb. 12 for the second half of the home-and-home series.  The Patriot League regular season is scheduled to conclude for Navy on March 2 versus Lehigh.
 
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 5, first round; March 7, quarterfinals; March 10, semifinals; and March 13, final.

Men's Schedule
The Navy men's team, which won the Patriot League's South Division and earned the No. 1 seed in the league tournament in 2021, begins its 115th season by facing teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference in each of its first three games.  The Mids open the year at Virginia on Nov. 9, return home to face Virginia Tech on Nov. 12 during the Veterans Classic and close the stretch Nov. 15 at Louisville.  The Mids dropped a hard-fought 65-56 decision to the Cavaliers two years ago, last played the Hokies 13 years ago and last hosted a game in the series on Jan. 23, 1960, and will be playing the Cardinals for the second time and first since the 1972-73 season.

Additional non-league games of note are at 2021 Northeast Conference Tournament-champion Mount St. Mary's (Nov. 27.) and George Mason (Dec. 7) and home games against William & Mary (Dec. 1) and Towson (Dec. 22).
 
Navy's Patriot League season begins on New Year's Day at Holy Cross, with the first home game against a league foe being Jan. 4 against Boston U.  Navy plays six of its nine league home games during the month of January, a span that includes a Jan. 22 game against Army in Alumni Hall.

This year's Army-Navy Star Game will be played Feb. 12 in West Point, N.Y.

The Mids close the regular season Feb. 23 at home against Loyola and Feb. 26 at Colgate.
 
The dates for the Patriot League Tournament are March 1, first round; March 3, quarterfinals; March 6, semifinals; and March 9, final.  Each game during the tournament will be played at the home of the higher-seeded team in the game.

Television schedules for the Navy basketball season will be announced at a later date.

2021-22 Navy Combined Home Basketball Schedule
Nov. 9 – Women vs. Georgetown
Nov. 12 – Men's Veterans Classic (Utah State vs. Richmond, Virginia Tech vs. Navy)
Nov. 16 – Women vs. William & Mary
Nov. 20 – Women vs. Vermont
Nov. 23 – Women vs. Fairfield
Nov. 24 – Men vs. Washington (Md.)
Nov. 27 – Women's Navy Classic (Bowling Green, George Mason, Liberty, Navy)
Nov. 28 – Women's Navy Classic (Bowling Green, George Mason, Liberty, Navy)
Dec. 1 – Men vs. William & Mary
Dec. 2 – Women vs. Morgan State
Dec. 22 – Men vs. Towson
Dec. 29 – Women vs. Holy Cross
Jan. 4 – Men vs. Boston U.
Jan. 7 – Men vs. Bucknell
Jan. 8 – Women vs. Lafayette
Jan. 13 – Men vs. Colgate
Jan. 15 – Women vs. Boston U.
Jan. 19 – Men vs. Lehigh
Jan. 22 – Doubleheader vs. Army
Jan. 26 – Women vs. Bucknell
Jan. 29 – Men vs. American
Feb. 5 – Women vs. Loyola
Feb. 7 – Men vs. Lafayette
Feb. 16 – Women vs. American
Feb. 19 – Men vs. Holy Cross (has the potential to be moved to Feb. 20)
Feb. 23 – Men vs. Loyola
Feb. 26 – Women vs. Colgate
March 2 – Women vs. Lehigh