WORCESTER, Mass – Holy Cross head men's basketball coach Dave Paulsen has announced the Crusaders' full schedule for the 2026-27 season, which is set to begin on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at Rhode Island.
 
The schedule features 32 total regular season games with five matchups facing 2026 March Madness participants. 16 contests will be played on Bob Cousy '50 Court in 2026-27.
 
Before the season begins, Holy Cross will head to Burlington, Vt. to face Vermont in an exhibition contest on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 4 p.m.

The Crusaders campaign starts at Atlantic 10 Conference opponent Rhode Island (Nov. 3) they remain on the road to take on a 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament qualifier, Villanova (Nov. 6).
 
Five of the Crusaders next six games are at home including four straight contests in the Hart Center Arena starting with a Veterans Day tilt against Southern Conference Tournament Champion Furman (Nov. 11). The Crusaders then welcome Albany (Nov. 15), Brown (Nov. 18), and Harvard (Nov. 20) to Worcester before heading north to Dartmouth (Nov. 25) to cap off three straight Ivy League games. The Crusaders conclude November at home versus New Hampshire (Nov. 29).
 
December ensues with a pair of road games at Northeastern (Dec. 2) and at Stonehill (Dec. 5). The nonconference home schedule ends with contests against Johnson & Wales (Dec. 8) and Lesley (Dec. 15). Holy Cross gears up for Patriot League play with a trip to the Lone Star State squaring off against SEC foe and 2026 NCAA Tournament At-Large selection Texas A&M (Dec. 17) and fellow At-Large selection TCU (Dec. 19) to end nonconference play.

In Patriot League play, Holy Cross will have a home-and-home series against each of the nine other teams in the conference. The league schedule will be highlighted by a Monday night away game at Lafayette on Feb. 1 and a home contest with 2026 Patriot League Tournament Champion Lehigh (Feb. 13) in the Hart Center Arena.

All games in the 2027 Patriot League Tournament will take place on the campus of the higher-seeded team. The first round will take place on March 2, followed by the quarterfinals on March 4, the semifinal round on March 7 and the championship game on March 10.

2026-27 season ticket deposits for Holy Cross men's basketball will be available on Tuesday, Sept. 15. 
 
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