NORMAL - The 2010-11 men’s basketball season will start Saturday, November 13, in the T. M. Elmore Gymnasium as the Alabama A&M University Bulldogs hosts the Talladega College Tornadoes at 7 p.m.

The game is being billed as a Spirit Night.

A&M returns two starters and nine returnees from the 2009-10 team that finished 11-16 overall last season, and loss in the opening round of the SWAC Tournament.

The Maroon & White will have a quick turnaround following Saturday’s ballgame, as A&M departs for Bowling Green, KY to battle Western Kentucky University on Monday, Nov 18. The Bulldogs return home to face Tuskegee University on Saturday, Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. on “The Hill”.