Last night via Twitter, Jeff Goodman of CBS confirmed what we were already hearing. UALR will participate in a five team round robin exempt tournament this year.
We can also fill in some details. The past two years, UALR has been able to secure a couple of home games by playing in tournaments. Last year, UALR hosted Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Jacksonville. This season, the Trojans were only able to get one home game via the tournament. UALR will host North Florida. That means UALR is going on the road to Florida, Middle Tennesee and Southern. All three were NCAA Tournament teams a year ago.
UALR will get at least one bonus out of it. This tournament is in some way connected to a preseason trip to Canada, which UALR is expected to take around Labor Day. That will allow the Trojans to get in 10 practice days leading up to those games.
The rest of the UALR schedule remains pretty much a mystery. It's believed that UALR and Tulsa renewed their series. If they stay on schedule, that would put UALR traveling to Tulsa this season.
