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Friday vs. Benedict at 1 pm ET/Noon CT
Saturday at Fort Valley State at 4 pm ET/3 pm CT

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* This is the 32nd season of West Florida Basketball. UWF has an all-time record of 431-401 (.518) in 832 games. UWF is 120-180 (.400) in 21 seasons of Gulf South Conference play. The Argonauts have made nine conference tournament appearances.
* UWF is 20-11 all-time in season openers, including an 8-3 mark over the past 11 years. UWF is opening the season in Valdosta, Ga. for the second-consecutive season after defeating Albany State, 86-76 a year ago.

YEAR ONE OF THE JEFF BURKHAMER ERA
* The Argos are opening their first season under Jeff Burkhamer, who was announced as the fourth head coach in program history on April 15, 2015. The 31-year coaching veteran has a 218-153 (.588) record in 13 seasons as the head coach at Lander and Armstrong State. He also has a record of 155-41 in six seasons as a junior college head coach at North Greenville College and Santa Fe Community College. The Ohio native has Division I experience as an assistant at Winthrop (1984-85), Charleston Southern (1985-87) and Morehead State (1987-89), and was on the coaching staff for the Grand Rapids Hoops (1991-94) in the CBA.

SERIES HISTORY
* UWF and Benedict will be meeting for the first time in men's basketball on Friday.
* Saturday's game with Fort Valley State will be the fourth all-time meeting between the schools. The Argonauts lead the series 2-1. The last meeting came during the 2002-03 season when FVSU claimed a 62-61 win over UWF in the UWF Hoop Classic on Dec. 30, 2002. The Argos won a pair of meetings during the 2001-02 season - a 66-64 win in Fort Valley on Nov. 24, 2001 and a 75-58 victory in the UWF Hoops Classic two weeks later on Dec. 7, 2001.

2015-16 SCHEDULE ANALYSIS
* UWF will play 26 games this season, including 12 at home in the UWF Field House.
* The Argonauts will play nine games against five teams that qualified for the 2015 NCAA Division II Championship - Alabama-Huntsville, Benedict, Union, West Alabama, West Georgia. The first of those will come in the season opener against Benedict in Valdosta, Ga. on Friday, Nov. 13.

UWF PICKED 11TH IN GSC POLL
* UWF was picked to finish 11th in the Gulf South Conference in the preseason coaches poll. The Argonauts received 26 total poll points and one first place vote.
* Alabama Huntsville received nine of 11 first place votes and was picked to finish first with 95 points. West Georgia (78 pts), Union (76) and Delta State (73) were bunched together in the next three spots.

NEW LOOK FOR UWF FIELD HOUSE FLOOR
* The UWF Field House floor received a new paint scheme over the summer, with an emphasis on cleaner design and less color. The court now features a darker wood stain in the lane and a similar darker stained GSC logo near midcourt on opposite sides of the floor.
* The 4-foot restricted arc in the lane was added in preparation for its implementation at the Division II level next season.
* The Argonaut head at midcourt remained in color as did the navy blue border that surrounds the court.
* Social media identifiers of '#GoArgos' and '@GoArgos' were placed in front of the bench areas.

NCAA RULES CHANGES
* The NCAA made a number of rules changes to both the men's and women's games this season. Some of the more visible changes in the men's game include:
* Shot clock reduced from 35 seconds to 30 seconds.
* Restricted area arc expanded from three feet to four feet - Division I in 2015-16; D-II & III in 2016-17. * Timeouts:
- Reduction of 30-second timeouts from four to three; only two carry over to the second half.
- A 30-second timeout called within 30 seconds of a media timeout will become the media timeout.
- Coaches can only call timeouts during a dead ball situation.
* The 10-second backcourt count resets except when:
- Defender causes the ball to go out of bounds;
- Offense retains possession on a held ball; or
- A technical foul is called on the offensive team.
Note: A charged timeout by the offensive team results in a new 10-second count.
* Removed the five-second closely guarded count on a dribble.
* Guarding in the post: Arm bar allowed in post area when offense has back to the basket with or without the ball.
* The offense can no longer score on a charging foul.
* Removed the prohibition against dunking the ball while the ball is dead; teams will be allowed to dunk during pregame and halftime.