The Robert Morris men's basketball program -- coming off its first trip to the NCAA tournament since 1992 -- will play a schedule dotted with big-name non-conference opponents in the upcoming season.

In addition to the requisite 17 Northeast Conference games, coach Mike Rice's Colonials will play at Syracuse and Penn State in early-season games and also play at Pitt and Duquesne.

No date has been set for the Pitt game so far, but it will most likely be played in January or February.

Also, the Colonials will play host to Mid-American Conference opponents Ohio and Kent State.

The full tentative schedule is listed below:

Robert Morris University

2009-10 Men's Basketball Schedule

Date Opponent Site Time

NOVEMBER

6 (Fri.) SHIPPENSBURG (Ex.) Moon Township, Pa. 7:00 p.m.

12 (Thurs.) @ Syracuse # Syracuse, N.Y. TBA

16 (Mon.) @ Penn State State College, Pa. TBA

20 (Fri.) vs. Alcorn State # Albany, N.Y. TBA

21 (Sat.) vs. Detroit Mercy # Albany, N.Y. TBA

22 (Sun.) @ Albany # Albany, N.Y. TBA

DECEMBER

1 (Tues.) OHIO Moon Township, Pa. 7:00 p.m.

3 (Thurs.) MOUNT ST. MARY'S * Moon Township, Pa. 7:00 p.m.

5 (Sat.) WAGNER * Moon Township, Pa. 7:00 p.m.

12 (Sat.) @ Duquesne Pittsburgh, Pa. TBA

15 (Tues.) @ Cleveland State Cleveland, Ohio TBA

19 (Sat.) APPALACHIAN STATE Moon Township, Pa. 7:00 p.m.

22 (Sun.) KENT STATE Moon Township, Pa. TBA

30 (Wed.) @ Youngstown State Youngstown, Ohio TBA

JANUARY

4 (Mon.) MORGAN STATE Moon Township, Pa. 7:00 p.m.

7 (Thurs.) @ Long Island * Brooklyn, N.Y. TBA

9 (Sat.) @ St. Francis (N.Y.) * Brooklyn, N.Y. TBA

14 (Thurs.) FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON * Moon Township, Pa. 7:00 p.m.

16 (Sat.) MONMOUTH * Moon Township, Pa. 7:00 p.m.

21 (Thurs.) @ Fairleigh Dickinson * Teaneck, N.J. TBA

23 (Sat.) @ Monmouth * West Long Branch, N.J. TBA

28 (Thurs.) LONG ISLAND * Moon Township, Pa. 7:00 p.m.

30 (Sat.) ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) * Moon Township, Pa. 7:00 p.m.

FEBRUARY

4 (Thurs.) @ Saint Francis (Pa.) * Loretto, Pa. TBA

6 (Sat.) SAINT FRANCIS (Pa.) * Moon Township, Pa. 7:00 p.m.

11 (Thurs.) @ Bryant Smithfield, R.I. TBA

13 (Sat.) @ Central Connecticut State * New Britain, Conn. TBA

18 (Thurs.) SACRED HEART * Moon Township, Pa. 7:00 p.m.

20 (Sat.) QUINNIPIAC * Moon Township, Pa. 7:00 p.m.

25 (Thurs.) @ Wagner * Staten Island, N.Y. TBA

27 (Sat.) @ Mount St. Mary's * Emmitsburg, Md. TBA

MARCH

4 (Thurs.) NEC Tournament Quarterfinals TBA TBA

7 (Sun.) NEC Tournament Semifinals TBA TBA

10 (Wed.) NEC Tournament Final TBA TBA

Home games bold and all CAPS

All home games played at the Charles L. Sewall Center ; All times Eastern Standard Time

# Coaches vs. Cancer Classic

* Northeast Conference Game

All games heard live on WPIT-AM Radio 730 Pittsburgh and www.rmucolonials.com

Ticket information: (412) 397-2222 or www.rmucolonials.com

Schedule Note: RMU will play @ Pitt in a game date and time to be determined.