BOSTON -- The America East announced the full conference schedule for the upcoming 2026-27 men's basketball season on Tuesday morning.

Bryant will open the 16-game slate at home, hosting Maine on January 2.

Quick Facts

• Bryant will open league play at home for the third time in five seasons as a member of the America East. The Bulldogs opened at home in 2022-23 (Binghamton - W, 82-78) and 2024-25 (Maine - W, 81-55).
• The Bulldogs will play three of their first five league games on the road. It includes trips to UAlbany, UMass Lowell and Vermont.
• Bryant will host defending league champion UMBC on January 14.
• Bryant is the lone team in the league without a Thursday-Saturday home series. 

Bryant opens America East play with Maine for the third-straight season. The Bulldogs have won both of the previous openers and each of the last seven meetings overall with the Black Bears.

The Black and Gold then head to UMass Lowell (Jan. 7) and UAlbany (Jan. 9) before welcoming defending league champion UMBC to the Chace on Jan. 14. Last season, the Black and Gold handed the Retrievers one of their two league losses with a 79-74 overtime victory. 

Bryant travels to Vermont on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to take on the Catamounts and then welcomes NJIT to the Chace on Jan. 21. The Bulldogs close out January at New Hampshire (Jan. 28) and home vs Binghamton (Jan. 30). 

February opens with a tough weekend that includes a Thursday night trip to UMBC (Feb. 4) and a Saturday clash with Vermont (Feb. 6) at the Chace Athletic Center. Bryant will host UAlbany on Feb. 11 before a road trip that takes them to two of the league's furthest destinations in Maine (Feb. 17) and Binghamton (Feb. 20). The visit to Maine will be one of two games that are played on Wednesday that week.

A visit from UMass Lowell on Feb. 25 is followed by a trip to NJIT on Feb. 27. Bryant closes the regular season at home against New Hampshire on March 2.