EUGENE — Trips to Madison Square Garden and the state of Texas highlight the Oregon men’s basketball 2018-19 nonconference schedule, which was announced Friday.

Oregon will host Western Oregon in an exhibition on Nov. 1 before opening the regular season Nov. 6 at Matthew Knight Arena against Portland State. The Ducks will host Eastern Washington on Nov. 9 as part of the 2K Empire Classic campus rounds.

The 2K Empire Classic championship rounds will be Nov. 15-16 in New York City. The Ducks will meet Iowa in the semifinals and will play either Connecticut or Syracuse the following day.

Oregon will return to Eugene for games against Green Bay (Nov. 20) and Texas Southern (Nov. 26). The Ducks then head to Houston on Dec. 1 to open the Cougars’ new Fertitta Center.

The longest homestand of the season follows the trip to Houston. Oregon will host Nebraska-Omaha (Dec. 8), San Diego (Dec. 12), Boise State (Dec. 15) and Florida A&M (Dec. 18). The Ducks finish the nonconference schedule with road games at Baylor on Dec. 21 and Boise State on Dec. 29.

Dates of Pac-12 games will be announced later this month.

— Bulletin staff report