Patriots A-10 schedule is punctuated by home and away matchups with Saint Louis The Patriots will face Duquesne, George Washington, UMass and Saint Louis in home and away matchups this coming season. In addition, Mason will host Dayton, Richmond, St. Bonaventure and Saint Josephs while visiting Fordham, LaSalle, Rhode Island and VCU. From the A-10 press release: Home- DAY, UR, SBU, SJU,.
George Mason will play at least one former CAA rival out of conference this coming season, as the Patriots travel to Norfolk to face Old Dominion in the first game of a home and home series. The Monarchs will be playing their maiden season in Conference USA, and their first under new head coach Jeff Jones. George Mason will play at #odu next year, first of home and home series between former.
Corey Edwards works against the Terp’s press. Ahh, summer. Not much going on in green and gold land, but there was this “Conference Catchup” from CBSSports.com’s Matt Norlander, who chimed in with a look at the A-10 and had some nuggets about the Patriots. He notes the renewed rivalry with VCU, leaves Mason out of his top five of the league, but he likes the make-up.
Two seasons ago, George Mason defeated Lamar 75-71 on senior night, in what would end up being the Patriots’ final appearance in the ESPN BracketBusters. As a condition of participation in the event, the Patriots committed to play a return game this coming season against the Cardinals, in Beaumont, Texas. We can now put a date to that game — November 12. Via Avi Zaleon of the Beaumont.
The Atlantic 10 announced tonight that the members voted unanimously to expand from the top 12 teams to all teams for the 2014 conference tournament. This move isn’t any surprise, considering there would be 13 teams participating in 2014 and 14 teams in 2015 (assuming no other schools leave). Along with the tourney expansion, we learned that an 18-game conference schedule has been.
As suspected by many after rumors were posted Monday, Mason Assistant Coach Mike Wells is leaving the program for the same position at the University of South Florida. Masonhoops was able to confirm the news via the Tampa Bay Times USF blog earlier today, soon followed by the official release from USF. #bbpBox_337235179741528067 a { text-decoration:none; color:#006633; }#bbpBox_337235179741528067.
As mentioned on our message boards, it looks as American will be Mason’s home opener for 2013. The two teams last met in the BB&T in 2005, where Mason crushed the Eagles 75-35. American and Mason haven’t played since, but with former coach Jeff Jones now at ODU, the two look to renew the series. American used to be a member of the CAA, but left in 2001 to join the Patriot.
Paul Hewitt and his staff received some good news today as former Georgia Tech forward Julian Royal announced that he will be transferring to George Mason. Royal was a four star prospect coming out of high school and was ranked in the top 100 on most recruiting websites. At 6’8″, Royal can play close to the basket, but also has the mid-range touch to hit shots near the three point.
With the addition of Akron to the 2013 Diamond Head Classic, we now have our full field. The Diamond Head Classic will be held on December 22, 23 & 25, at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. With four teams that finished in the top 50 in the RPI last season, the tournament looks to be very balanced. Brackets and match-ups will be released at a further date. From George Mason’s.
The news came from Pete Thamel of Sports Illustrated – that Davidson will announce tomorrow it will be joining the Atlantic 10. The move will effective for the 2014-15 season, meaning they will join the year after George Mason makes the move. The addition of Davidson helps strengthen the A10. With the move, the conference will continue to be one of the premier basketball focused conferences in.
