Alex Hausladen had his schedule finished by Memorial Day. There was still some paperwork left to be signed — there always is. But all 13 of Texas State’s non-conference games had been agreed to with the season due to start on Nov. 10.
But on Sept. 16, the NCAA Division I Council approved to push the start of the 2020-21 season back 15 days. The reasoning was that Nov. 25 would be a day in which a large majority of schools would have concluded their fall semesters or moved their courses online, reducing the risk of exposure of COVID-19 between basketball players and the student body population.
In addition, the maximum number of regular season games a team was allowed to play was reduced. Men’s teams could play in a total of 25 regular season games plus a two-game multi-team event (MTE), or 24 games plus a three-game MTE. Women’s teams could play 23 games plus a four-game MTE, or 25 games with no MTE.
