KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Following a historic 2024-2025 season, the men's basketball team is preparing for the 2025-26 season with much anticipation. 

Coach Livezey expressed his enthusiasm, stating, "We have a lot of unfinished business from last season that I know each of my returners are chomping at the bit to rewrite for this 2025-2026 season. It's exciting because I know our new guys share the same excitement and enthusiasm to come in here and pick up where we left off. This is the toughest schedule that any team has ever had since I've coached here. This years schedule will push this team to be at their best come March. We come right out of the gate with some tough opponents early on in the first semester. We will be tested right off the bat. I'm excited to see how this year's schedule stretches us to fulfill some of the goals that our upperclassman have been talking about since they got here 3-4 years ago. I'm ready to stand in the gap with these men. Can't wait! 

The Spurgeon College Knights have won the Central Region Regular Season Championship the past two seasons and the Central Region Tournament Championship last year. With their automatic bid in region play last season, they capitalized on it by making back-to-back National final four appearances and also came off a National Championship appearance and a record setting season with 25 wins.     

The Knights are going to hit the ground running with some big games early on. The Knights kick off things in late October with their annual Knights Night, followed shortly after in Early November with their season opener against a new Central Regional opponent Ozark Christian College (Nov. 1) In Joplin, MO, followed by their  home opener against Faith Baptist Bible College (Nov. 4) here in KC in the Mathena Arena. They will then make a road trip to Illinois to play against Greenville University (Nov. 7) in Greenville, IL.  

The team then hosts back-to-back home games against league opponent Champion Christian College (Nov. 11) and again Central Region opponent Ozark Christian College (Nov. 15) completing the season series against them. Next, they will travel to known rival Kansas Christian College (Nov. 18) in Overland Park, KS. They will head East before Thanksgiving to play a couple games against Blackburn College (Nov. 20) in Carlinville, IL and finish out the week with an exciting matchup against sister school Boyce College (Nov. 22) in Louisville, KY. 

In December, the Knights travel to the North playing against Trinity Bible College (Dec. 4) in Ellendale, ND, and Martin Luther College (Dec. 5) in New Ulm, MN. From there They will be going South to the play against Champion Christian College (Dec. 9) in Hot Springs Arkansas, before playing their last home game of the first semester against Southwestern Adventist University (Dec. 11).

They will finish out 2025 first semester with two road games against fellow Kansas City school and Division I opponent the University of Missouri-Kansas City (Dec.13) in Kansas City, MO and also Southwestern College (Dec. 31) in Winfield, KS as the ball drops and the new year is upon us. The team will bring in the 2026 year with an away game at Oklahoma Wesleyan University (Jan. 5) in Bartlesville, OK.

The Second Semester will begin at home with 3 consecutive home games against Central Region opponents Manhattan Christian College (Jan. 13), Barclay College (Jan. 16), and Calvary University (Jan. 20) before returning to the road to play another Central Region team Union Adventist University (Jan. 24). Then they will travel to Ankeny Iowa, to play against league opponent Faith Baptist Bible College (Jan. 27) for the second time. The end of January sees the Knights back at home against regional opponent Central Christian College of the Bible (Jan. 30) and Maranatha Baptist University (Jan. 31).

The Month of February is spent completing the season series between the Knights and regional opponents. This starts at home against Union Adventist University (Feb. 4). Followed by 4 consecutive road games all against Central Region opponents starting with Calvary University (Feb. 7) in Belton, MO, followed by Central Christian College of the Bible (Feb. 10) in Moberly, MO, Barclay College (Feb. 13) in Haviland KS, and region play ends in Manhattan, KS against Manhattan Christian College (Feb. 17). The last game of the regular season will be at home for Senior night against Kansas Christian College (Feb. 20).

The first semester includes 4 home games and 11 away games, totaling 15 games. The second semester features 7 home games and 6 away games, totaling 13 games. In total, the regular season consists of 28 games. 

The Central Region playoffs will be played from February 24^th-27^th in Kansas City at a TBD location. The winner of the Central Region will go on to earn the automatic bid to compete in the 2025 National Tournament in Minneapolis, MN, from March 11-14. 

Coach Livezey emphasized, "It's a long and difficult path to be one of those teams playing in March, but it is no doubt our goal to be one of those teams. I know that this group understands the difficulty awaiting them and I know their goal is clear. This schedule will be a big test for us and I am excited to see how this year's team tackles all the good, the bad, and the ugly that come their way!" 

Get ready to cheer on your Spurgeon Knights!

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