Full Title: Men's Basketball Opens 13-Game Non-Conference Slate vs. High-Powered VMI on Sunday, Nov. 14The UMBC men's basketball team will open its 25th season of NCAA Division I competition on Sunday, Nov. 14, when the host a high-powered V.M.I. Keydets' squad at the RAC Arena. Tip-off time is set for 3:00 p.m. The contest vs. V.M.I. is the first of 13 non-conference contests for the Retrievers. The schedule is highlighted by four games vs. Baltimore-area rivals and a pair of games at Big East Conference heavyweights U. Conn (Dec. 3) and Notre Dame (Dec. 22) .