FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina - With the majority of players returning from a team that reached the CIAA tournament semifinals last season, coach Alphonza Kee wanted to challenge the Fayetteville State Broncos early in the 2011-2012 season.So when the third-year FSU coach started formulating the schedule, he sought out the best opponents he could find. What Kee finally compiled reads like a list of Who's Who in NCAA Division II basketball.
There's region rival UNC-Pembroke, which won the Peach Belt Conference and advanced to the NCAA tournament last season. Kee scheduled a home and away games against Barton, the 2006-2007 NCAA champion.
If those games were enough, Kee also added a nonconference matchup tonight against Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association power, Virginia Union. It won't be a league game, but a test tonight when the Broncos (2-3) face the Panthers (4-4) in a 7 p.m. game at Capel Arena.
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