Louisville releases full 2016-17 basketball schedule

Schedule your winters accordingly:

Oct. 12, 7 p.m. - Intrasquad scrimmage

Oct. 21, 7 p.m. - Intrasquad scrimmage

Nov. 3, 7 p.m. - Kentucky Wesleyan (exhibition), ACC Network Extra

Nov. 7, 7 p.m. - Bellarmine (exhibition), ACC Network Extra

Nov. 11, 7 p.m. - Evansville (season opener), ACC Network Extra

Nov. 14, 7 p.m. - William and Mary, ACC Network Extra

Nov. 17, 7 p.m. - Long Beach State, ACC Network Extra

Nov. 23, 9:30 p.m. - Old Dominion (Battle 4 Atlantis), AXS TV

Nov. 24 - LSU or Wichita State (Battle 4 Atlantis), TV TBD

Nov. 25 - Baylor, Michigan State, St. John's or VCU (Battle 4 Atlantis), TV TBD

Nov. 30, 7 p.m. - Purdue (Big Ten/ACC Challenge), ESPN

Dec. 3, 9 p.m. - at Grand Canyon, TV TBD

Dec. 7, 7 p.m. - Southern Illinois, ACC Network Extra

Dec. 10, 2 p.m. - Texas Southern, ACC Network Extra

Dec. 17, 2 p.m. - Eastern Kentucky, ACC Network Extra

Dec. 21, 7 p.m. - Kentucky, ESPN

Dec. 28 - Virginia, ESPN2

Dec. 31, 12:30 p.m. - Indiana (in Indianapolis), CBS

Jan. 4, 9 p.m. - at Notre Dame, WHAS-11 or WAVE-3

Jan. 7, 2 p.m. - at Georgia Tech, WHAS-11 or WAVE-3

Jan. 11, 7 p.m. - Pittsburgh, TV TBD

Jan. 14, 12 p.m. - Duke, ESPN or ESPN2

Jan. 19, 9 p.m. - Clemson, ESPN or ESPN2

Jan. 21, 2 p.m. - at FSU, ESPN or ESPN2

Jan. 24, 7 p.m. - at Pittsburgh, ESPNU

Jan. 29, 1 p.m. - NC State, WHAS-11 or WAVE-3

Feb. 4, 3 p.m. - at Boston College, WHAS-11 or WAVE-3

Feb. 6, 7 p.m. - at Virginia, ESPN

Feb. 11 - Miami, ESPN or ESPN2

Feb. 13, 7 p.m. - at Syracuse, ESPN

Feb. 18, 1 p.m. - Virginia Tech, WHAS-11 or WAVE-3

Feb. 22, 9 p.m. - at North Carolina, ESPN

Feb. 26, 2 p.m. - Syracuse, CBS

March 1, 9 p.m. - at Wake Forest, TV TBD

March 4, 2 p.m. - Notre Dame, CBS

Quick Thoughts:

--I'm already dreading the ACC Network Extra debacles.

--That Kentucky, Virginia, Indiana, Notre Dame gauntlet is a brutal holiday gift.

--Apparently we're never going to have a weekend game against Duke that isn't played in the early afternoon.

--Love that we're back to having the CBS afternoon game on the final weekend of the regular season. Just feels right.

--Beat Evansville.