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RedHawks to face James Madison in SBC Challenge  CLEVELAND, Ohio – It will be RedHawks vs Dukes Nov. 2 when Head Coach Travis Steele's Miami RedHawks basketball team visits James Madison in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The contest is Part 1 of this year's MAC versus Sun Belt challenge. MAC teams will be visiting Sun Belt schools for the early November encounter. Sun Belt teams will travel to MAC schools later in the regular season, with matchups to be determined. Miami defeated Old Dominion 87-72 in Oxford to open the historic 2025-26 season. The second SBC contest saw MU defeat Marshall 90-74 in Huntington, West Virginia. James Madison is . . . . . . coming off an 18-15 (9-9 SBC) season. It will be the third time that the two programs have faced off.
The RedHawks are coming off of a historic year that included an undefeated regular season (31-0) and set a program record with 32 wins (tying the MAC record for most wins in a single season), breaking the previous mark of 25 set a year earlier. The Red and White secured the MAC Regular Season Championship outright for the program's first MAC title since 2005, became the first MAC team to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament since 1999 and defeated SMU in the First Four for the program's first NCAA Tournament win since 1999. The RedHawks return 10 players from last season's roster, including third-team All-MAC performer Luke Skaljac, Almar Atlason and Evan Ipsaro, who is returning from an injury. Comments are closed.
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Editor-Publisher Mike SmithMike grew up in Mid-American Conference football and basketball territory and returned there after military service. He has been covering MAC football and men's basketball for much of the last several decades. 
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