There will be no easing into the season for the Lincoln men's basketball team.
The Blue Tigers open the 2012-13 season with three of their first four games against Division I opponents - two exhibition games and one regular season contest.
Lincoln plays an exhibition game Oct. 27 at Southern Illinois-Carbondale, travels to Bolivar for the Bearcat Classic Nov. 9-10, where it will play Morehead State and Wayne State, and then plays another exhibition game Nov. 13 at Missouri-Kansas City.