NATCHITOCHES – The Northwestern State men's basketball team now knows the majority of its 2026-27 schedule.
 
The Demons and the other 11 Southland Conference men's basketball teams learned their conference schedules Thursday morning as the league enters its second consecutive season of true round-robin competition.
 
Northwestern will split its 22 Southland games evenly between Prather Coliseum and road trips.
 
The Demons will host games against McNeese (Dec. 19), Southeastern Louisiana (Dec. 21), LSU-New Orleans (Jan. 2), UIW (Jan. 16), Houston Christian (Jan. 18), Nicholls (Jan. 23), East Texas A&M (Jan. 30), Stephen F. Austin (Feb. 1), Lamar (Feb. 8), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Feb. 27) and UTRGV (March 1).
 
Northwestern hits the road for Southland matchups against Lamar (Dec. 5), Stephen F. Austin (Dec. 29), Nicholls (Jan. 4), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Jan. 9), UTRGV (Jan. 11), LSU-New Orleans (Jan. 26), East Texas A&M (Feb. 6), Southeastern Louisiana (Feb. 13), McNeese (Feb. 15), Houston Christian (Feb. 20) and UIW (Feb. 22).
 
The Southland Conference Tournament is set for March 7-10 in Lake Charles at the Legacy Center on the McNeese campus.
 
Ticket information for all games will be released at a later date.