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Longwood Basketball: Lancers to face JMU, Pitt, Wake Forest in early-season matchups

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Longwood Basketball has a new head coach, Ronnie Thomas, who is taking over for Griff Aldrich, now the right-hand man for Ryan Odom with the UVA Basketball program.

Thomas and Longwood released the nonconference schedule for the Lancers for 2025-2026, with a couple guarantee games – at Pitt and Wake Forest – and an intriguing home game with JMU.

JMU (18-12, NET: 156 in 2024-2025) will visit the Joan Perry Brock Center on Nov. 12 to face Longwood (15-14, NET: 210).

The Lancers open with D3 Mary Baldwin (14-13 in 2024-2025) on Nov. 3.

The game with MBU is one of three against D3 opponents (Pfeiffer, Averett) on the schedule.

The game at Pitt (17-15, NET: 61) is Game 2, on Nov. 7.

The other game of note is the one in Winston-Salem at Wake Forest (21-11, NET: 69), which is set for Dec. 17.

Longwood Basketball: 2025-2026 Nonconference Schedule


  • Nov. 3: Mary Baldwin
  • Nov. 7: at Pitt
  • Nov. 12: James Madison
  • Nov. 15: Binghamton
  • Nov. 18: UMES
  • Nov. 23: at Columbia
  • Nov. 28-30: Siena, Maine, American (all at American)
  • Dec. 3: Pfeiffer
  • Dec. 6: at Morgan State
  • Dec. 13: Delaware State
  • Dec. 17: at Wake Forest
  • Dec. 20: at North Carolina Central
  • Dec. 28: Averett

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Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].