KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Schedules for the 2020-21 Fort Hays State men's and women's basketball seasons were released by the MIAA office on Thursday. In response to last month's decision by the Division II Presidents Council to reduce the maximum number of regular season basketball&nbsp;games to 22 during the 2020-21 season, the MIAA CEO Council and the Institutional Representative Council made the decision to create a complete 22-game conference schedule for the upcoming season. Each school in the conference will play 11 home games and 11 road games between November 19 and February 27. The Tigers are slated to open the season against a pair of in-state rivals, hosting Washburn on Thursday, November 19 before battling Emporia State on Saturday, November 21 inside Gross Memorial Coliseum. As a result, the Tigers will face off with nine conference rivals twice and four schools just once. Fort Hays State will play one regular-season game against&nbsp;in-state rivals Washburn, Emporia State and Pittsburg State as well as Missouri Southern, while challenging the other nine league schools twice&nbsp;throughout the regular season. Before kicking off the regular season, the women's basketball team will play&nbsp;exhibition contests against UConn&nbsp;on Monday, November 2 and K-State on Thursday, November 5.&nbsp; An exhibition schedule for the men's team will be announced at a later date. In an additional cost-saving measure, the CEO Council voted to modify the 2021 MIAA Championship tournament to include the top eight teams in the final regular season standings. After including 10 teams and five days of competition inside historic Municipal Auditorium each of the last two years, this year's event will transpire over a four-day span in Kansas City, Mo.2020-21 Fort Hays State basketball schedule *Dates and times are subject to change Thursday, November 19&nbsp; Washburn Saturday, November 21&nbsp; Emporia State Saturday, December 5&nbsp; at Nebraska-Kearney Thursday, December 10&nbsp; at Central Oklahoma Saturday, December 12&nbsp; at Newman Thursday, December 17&nbsp; Northeastern State Saturday, December 19&nbsp; Rogers State Thursday, January 7&nbsp; at Central Missouri Saturday, January 9&nbsp; at Lincoln Thursday, January 14&nbsp; Northwest Missouri State Saturday, January 16&nbsp; Missouri Western Thursday, January 21&nbsp; at Missouri Southern Saturday, January 23&nbsp; at Pittsburg State Saturday, January 30&nbsp; Nebraska-Kearney Thursday, February 4&nbsp; Newman Saturday, February 6&nbsp; Central Oklahoma Thursday, February 11&nbsp; at Rogers State Saturday, February 13&nbsp; at Northeastern State Thursday, February 18&nbsp; Lincoln Saturday, February 20&nbsp; Central Missouri Thursday, February 25&nbsp; at Missouri Western Saturday, February 27&nbsp; at Northwest Missouri State Thurs.-Sun.March 4-7&nbsp; MIAA Championships Fri.-Tues.March 12-16&nbsp; NCAA DII Central Regional Tues.-Sat.March 23-27&nbsp; NCAA DII Elite Eight Home games in&nbsp;bold&nbsp;&nbsp;FHSU Athletics

FHSU basketball schedules released