2015-16 schedule thread

[Plink833]

Source in the ath dept tells me we will play Pitt from the ACC in the BB&T at the Verizon Center this December.

 

[MasonFanatic]

Other known games:

vs Wright State (return game)
vs Northern Iowa (third year of four)

at Manhattan (return game)
at JMU (start of home-and-home) [Link]

Charleston Classic - TD Arena, Charleston, SC
(THU) Nov. 19
(FRI) Nov. 20
(SUN) Nov. 22

 

[Steve33]

According to the Season Ticket renewal email Mason will host the following A-10 opponents
Davidson
Dayton
Duquesne
George Washington
Richmond
St. Bonaventure
Saint Louis
St. Joseph's
vcu

 

[Five Two]

I would hope we re-sign ODU. There is always energy in the building when we play them. Glad we are playing JMU. Those two should be fixtures on the schedule.
I wonder how difficult DP will make the schedule given all the ?s he has in the first year. My gut tells me Northern Iowa may be the toughest team we play (outside of Charleston Classic).

 

[MasonFanatic]

According to the Season Ticket renewal email Mason will host the following A-10 opponents

This means we know four of our nine road opponents:
La Salle
Massachusetts
Fordham
Rhode Island

I'm going to guess the other five are:
Davidson
GW
St. Bona (no way we dodge a trip to Olean for a third time)
Richmond (last 2 years was vcu H&H)
Dayton (last 2 years was SLU H&H)

 

[Washingtonian]

Atlantic10Conference ‏@atlantic10
Be on the lookout this afternoon! #A10MBB conference schedule pairings for 2015-16 will be announced!

 

[Washingtonian]

http://www.atlantic10.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31600&ATCLID=210108820

George Mason

Home: Dayton, Duquesne, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph’s, Davidson, George Washington, Richmond, Saint Louis, vcu

Away: Fordham, LaSalle, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Davidson, George Washington, Richmond, Saint Louis, vcu

 

[MasonFanatic]

Still no trip to the Himalayas, er, Olean!

 

[Washingtonian]

http://www.a10talk.com/initial-reaction-to-2015-16-atlantic-10-schedule-pairings/

George Mason – After a 4-14 season in conference this past year things aren’t looking much better for the home team at the Patriot Center for 2015-16. Mason has the yearly disadvantage of being in what I like to call the Atlantic 10 South (Mason, Richmond, vcu, Davidson and GW), a region that includes three top-four caliber teams (Davidson, vcu, Richmond) as well as a George Washington squad who should challenge to be near the top of the conference as well. Add home games with Dayton, Bona, a rising Saint Joseph’s team and some banana peels against Duquesne and Saint Louis and Dave Paulsen has his work cutout for him in his first season in Fairfax.

 

[JimP]

Hate to say it, but I'd take 4-14 in year 1 of Paulsen as long as GMU looks better in losing.

Why not aim high for 5-13 though? Can't GMU squeeze 3 home wins and a couple of road wins out of that schedule?

 

[KAOriginal]

http://www.a10talk.com/initial-reaction-to-2015-16-atlantic-10-schedule-pairings/

George Mason – After a 4-14 season in conference this past year things aren’t looking much better for the home team at the Patriot Center for 2015-16. Mason has the yearly disadvantage of being in what I like to call the Atlantic 10 South (Mason, Richmond, vcu, Davidson and GW), a region that includes three top-four caliber teams (Davidson, vcu, Richmond) as well as a George Washington squad who should challenge to be near the top of the conference as well. Add home games with Dayton, Bona, a rising Saint Joseph’s team and some banana peels against Duquesne and Saint Louis and Dave Paulsen has his work cutout for him in his first season in Fairfax.

Ah...the cellar dweller of the south........come on DP...."shock the world!"

 

[Washingtonian]

Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein
Northern Iowa will begin a three-year series with UNC at home on 11/21/15, Ben Jacobson told @CBSSports. Nice homecoming for Marcus Paige.

I am posting this because we play Northern Iowa this season, could be a RPI boost.

 

[Five Two]

Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein
Northern Iowa will begin a three-year series with UNC at home on 11/21/15, Ben Jacobson told @CBSSports. Nice homecoming for Marcus Paige.

UNC has always been good about "homecoming" games, dating back to the Dean Smith days. I was fortunate enough to see UNC play at Cornell as a homecoming game for King Rice (Binghamton U wasn't a D-I back then so Cornell was the closest option). UNC played at Penn a few years ago because Roy wanted his players to play at the Palestra. I realize there is a lot of $$ lost for a school like UNC by giving up a home game, so kudos to them for going to UNI, even if its a 2-for-1 deal.

 

[TwoFootTackle]

Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein
Northern Iowa will begin a three-year series with UNC at home on 11/21/15, Ben Jacobson told @CBSSports. Nice homecoming for Marcus Paige.

I am posting this because we play Northern Iowa this season, could be a RPI boost.

My expectation for the season is that Mason's RPI will be irrelevant. I'm just hoping to have a minimum of Hewitt-like WTF moments when I watch the team.

 

[Vurbel]

My expectation for the season is that Mason's RPI will be irrelevant. I'm just hoping to have a minimum of Hewitt-like WTF moments when I watch the team.

I'll settle for simply not calling timeout with 4:04 left.

 

[GreenLantern]

I will settle for more OT games!

 

[TweederGMU]

vcu's Predator cleared of all charges

http://www.richmond.com/news/local/...cle_7005c941-cacd-56c4-b745-11f6dd38d47b.html

 

[MasonFanatic]

We will play UNI in 2016-17 too. RPI might be more relevant by then.

 

[gmutom]

vcu's Predator cleared of all charges

http://www.richmond.com/news/local/...cle_7005c941-cacd-56c4-b745-11f6dd38d47b.html

I don't have time to click on the link. Can you narrow down which vcu player you're referring to?

 

[Washingtonian]

Longwood University makes the trip to Fairfax:
http://lancersblog.com/2015/06/01/schedule-leaks-lancers-to-visit-george-mason/