The Ferris State University men's and women's basketball teams are about ready to hit the floor to begin preseason practice inside of Jim Wink Arena.
The men's team, guided by eighth-year head coach Bill Sall, and the women's squad, mentored by 12th-year head coach Tracey Dorow are ready to build on the positives from last fall and try to translate that into good things in the future. Both teams welcome back eight letterwinners to go along with some newcomers who could be called upon to make contributions early in their careers wearing FSU's crimson and gold colors.
Here is how the "preseason" and early season, in terms of competition, will play out for Ferris as compiled by Ferris Athletics Communications:
FOR THE MEN: The men's squad is slated to play a pair of exhibition games starting on Thursday, Oct. 29, with a preseason matchup against Aquinas College at Greenville High School. The exhibition slate also includes a visit to NCAA Division I preseason nationally-ranked Dayton (Ohio) on Tuesday, Nov. 3, before tipping off the regular season with a non-league tilt at Lewis (Ill.) on Sunday, Nov. 15, at Romeoville, Ill. The following night, Nov. 16, the Bulldogs visit Central Michigan for a regular-season contest against the NCAA-I Chippewas in Mount Pleasant.
FOR THE WOMEN: The women's squad will hit the court for the first time with an exhibition game at NCAA Division I Oakland on Sunday, Nov. 1, in Rochester. FSU then officially opens the 2009-10 season by visiting former GLIAC-member Gannon for a non-conference game on Friday, Nov. 20, inside the Hammermill Center in Erie, Pa.The Bulldog men and women will both play a 27-game regular season schedule. The two teams will open their 22-game league schedules at home versus archrival Grand Valley State on Monday, Nov. 30, at Jim Wink Arena.Both teams currently have 13 players on their preseason rosters at this time.
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