2023-24 Schedule

[MasonFanatic]

Tickets link: https://gomason.com/sb_output.aspx?form=116​

Date	Time	Opponent	Location	TV/Stream
10/13(Fri)	7:00 pm	Mason Madness	Fairfax, VA
		Preseason Exhibitions
10/23 (Mon)	7:00 pm	vs St. Thomas (FL) (NAIA)	Fairfax, VA
10/27 (Fri)	7:00 pm	at West Virginia benefiting WVU Medicine Children's	Morgantown, WV
		Non-conference Season
11/6 (Mon)	7:00 pm	vs Monmouth	Fairfax, VA
11/10 (Fri)	7:00 pm	vs Austin Peay	Fairfax, VA
11/15 (Wed)	7:30 pm	vs Cornell	Fairfax, VA
11/19 (Sun)	5:30 pm	Jacksonville Classic (MTE) vs Charlotte	Flagler College St. Augustine, FL
11/20 (Mon)	6/8:30 pm	Jacksonville Classic (MTE) vs UCF/South Dakota St	Flagler College St. Augustine, FL
11/25 (Sat)	2:00 pm	vs ECU *	Fairfax, VA
11/29 (Wed)	7:00 pm	vs NJIT	Fairfax, VA
12/2 (Sat)		at Toledo **	Toledo, OH
12/5 (Tue)		at Tennessee	Knoxville, TN
12/16 (Sat)	6:00 pm	vs Loyola (MD)	Fairfax, VA
12/19 (Tue)	7:00 pm	vs Bridgewater (VA) (D-III)	Fairfax, VA
12/22 (Fri)		at Tulane *	New Orleans, LA
12/30 (Sat)	2:00 pm	vs NC A&T	Fairfax, VA
		A10 Conference Regular Season
		Home - Dayton, Duquesne, St. Bonaventure, Saint Louis, vcu, George Washington, Loyola, Rhode Island, Richmond
		Away - Davidson, Fordham, La Salle, Massachusetts, Saint Joseph's, George Washington, Loyola, Rhode Island, Richmond
		A10 Conference Tournament	A10 Tournament Central
3/12 (Tue)		A10 Tournament 1st Round	Brooklyn, NY	ESPN+
3/13 (Wed)		A10 Tournament 2nd Round	Brooklyn, NY	USA Network
3/14 (Thu)		A10 Tournament Quarterfinals	Brooklyn, NY	USA Network
3/16 (Sat)		A10 Tournament Semifinals	Brooklyn, NY	CBSSN
3/17 (Sun)		A10 Tournament Championship	Brooklyn, NY	CBS
		NCAA Tournament
3/17 (Sun)		NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday		CBS

* Initial game of home-and-home, return game in 2024
** Return game of home-and-home begun in 2022

Spoiler: Rumor mill schedule sources

Date	Opponent	Source
	Preseason (max 2 games)
10/23 (Mon)	vs St. Thomas (FL)	Tony Skinn's August newsletter
10/27 (Fri)	at West Virginia	Tony Skinn's August newsletter
	Non-conference play (max 13 games)
11/6 (Mon)	vs Monmouth	Monmouth Podcast on Twitter
11/10 (Fri)	vs Austin Peay	Rocco Miller on Twitter
11/15 (Wed)	vs Cornell	Rocco Miller on Twitter
11/19 (Sun)	Jacksonville Classic (MTE) vs Charlotte	via Rocco Miller and the Jacksonville Classic on Twitter
11/20 (Mon)	Jacksonville Classic (MTE) vs UCF/South Dakota St
11/25 (Sat)	vs ECU *	The D1 Docket on Twitter
11/29 (Wed)	vs NJIT	Jon Rothstein on Twitter
12/2 (Sat)	at Toledo **	The D1 Docket on Twitter
12/5 (Tue)	at Tennessee	Rocco Miller on Twitter
12/22 (Fri)	at Tulane *	Rocco Miller on Twitter
12/30 (Sat)	vs NC A&T	Rocco Miller and Jon Rothstein on Twitter

 

[Portlandian]

I remember feeling very optimistic about the rest of the season after that Toledo win.

 

[MasonFanatic]

I remember feeling very optimistic about the rest of the season after that Toledo win.

Yeah, me too.

To be fair, if you throw out the 4-6 stretch when Ticket was out, we had a pretty good record the rest of the way.

 

[jessej]

Does anyone know if any of last year's OOC games were home and homes?

I thought the Toledo game was " The Merten Classic", is that a home and home or a one timer?

and from Blogging the Bracket

Teams Not Yet Tied To An Exempt Event​

Atlantic 10 (4/15): Duquesne, George Mason, La Salle, Saint Joseph’s

Found it

Mason Hosts Toledo at Saturday's Merten Classic - George Mason University Athletics

The George Mason University men's basketball team plays host Toledo on Saturday afternoon as the Patriots honor former George Mason University President, Dr. Alan

gomason.com

Do we get Maryland or any of Coach Skinn's former teams?

and/or

Do we go to Texas/Huston to make a presence with the new Asst, Coach?

 

[mkaufman1]

Does anyone know if any of last year's OOC games were home and homes?

I thought the Toledo game was " The Merten Classic", is that a home and home or a one timer?

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and from Blogging the Bracket

Teams Not Yet Tied To An Exempt Event​

Atlantic 10 (4/15): Duquesne, George Mason, La Salle, Saint Joseph’s

Found it

Mason Hosts Toledo at Saturday's Merten Classic - George Mason University Athletics

The George Mason University men's basketball team plays host Toledo on Saturday afternoon as the Patriots honor former George Mason University President, Dr. Alan

gomason.com

Do we get Maryland or any of Coach Skinn's former teams?

and/or

Do we go to Texas/Huston to make a presence with the new Asst, Coach?

Toledo is a home and home.

Everything else was a buy or neutral. Also, ODU series concluded.

Look for our usual 3-4 snooze fest buy games, maybe 1-2 more home and home series, we get bought for a game, and our usual MTE. Roughly.

 

[Junkees9]

Anybody else find it a tad odd that the Mason ticket office is sending out emails about season ticket renewals when we currently have 5 players on the roster?

 

[KAOriginal]

Anybody else find it a tad odd that the Mason ticket office is sending out emails about season ticket renewals when we currently have 5 players on the roster?

Last I knew 5 players made a team.

Except for that 1 time the Russian Jr National team beat us with only 4.

 

[hoopsjunkie75]

Anybody else find it a tad odd that the Mason ticket office is sending out emails about season ticket renewals when we currently have 5 players on the roster?

Mason official site has the '23-24 roster page live. Shows nine players on the roster, however we know some are as good as gone, and some are walk-ons.

I wonder, however, if they know something we do not, as they do not have Austin Ball listed on the page?

 

[gmulion]

Mason official site has the '23-24 roster page live. Shows nine players on the roster, however we know some are as good as gone, and some are walk-ons.

I wonder, however, if they know something we do not, as they do not have Austin Ball listed on the page?

He probably can't be listed until he is enrolled.

 

[mkaufman1]

Anybody else find it a tad odd that the Mason ticket office is sending out emails about season ticket renewals when we currently have 5 players on the roster?

Renewals are usually anywhere from February to April in announcement. My guess is they waited until they announced a coach for this go round.

Really doesn’t matter because it’s not like we won’t have a team. But I get your point when we have no idea who will be on it.

 

[FlPatriot]

Last I knew 5 players made a team.

Except for that 1 time the Russian Jr National team beat us with only 4.

I was in attendance at that game…rather amusing how a Nestor (I believe) led team couldn’t win 5 on 4.

 

[GMUgemini]

I was in attendance at that game…rather amusing how a Nestor (I believe) led team couldn’t win 5 on 4.

There was also that Alabama team that had to play with 3 a few years ago. And they almost came back and won.

 

[MasonFanatic]

He probably can't be listed until he is enrolled.

Correct.

 

[mkaufman1]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1648026875363753984

View: https://twitter.com/RoccoMiller8/status/1648026875363753984?s=20


Playing in the Jacksonville Classic along with UCF and Charlotte. No bracket has been announced formally.

My understanding is that this classic comes with 2 "non bracketed" home games.

 

[GMU79]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1648026875363753984

View: https://twitter.com/RoccoMiller8/status/1648026875363753984?s=20


Playing in the Jacksonville Classic along with UCF and Charlotte. No bracket has been announced formally.

My understanding is that this classic comes with 2 "non bracketed" home games.

And in other news, big-time 4 star recruit
--------just committed to UGM!

 

[MasonFanatic]

My understanding is that this classic comes with 2 "non bracketed" home games.

Non-bracketed games are a thing of the past, the NCAA changed the rules in 2022. You get to schedule 31 games if you play in an MTE, no matter if the MTE is 2 games or 4 games.

 

[Old Man]

My understanding is that this classic comes with 2 "non bracketed" home games.

Non-bracketed games are a thing of the past, the NCAA changed the rules in 2022. You get to schedule 31 games if you play in an MTE, no matter if the MTE is 2 games or 4 games.

It's Admins vs. Mods!! Get your Pay-Per-View now!!!

 

[mkaufman1]

Non-bracketed games are a thing of the past, the NCAA changed the rules in 2022. You get to schedule 31 games if you play in an MTE, no matter if the MTE is 2 games or 4 games.

I stand corrected.

It's Admins vs. Mods!! Get your Pay-Per-View now!!!

No war here. I usually don't know the ins and outs as well as @MasonFanatic .

 

[GMUgemini]

A bit of a meh lineup of teams there. Hopefully the 4th team is one who finished closer to top 50 as Q1 opportunities are few and far between.

If we had played these teams at a neutral site last season, UCF would be a Q2 and Charlotte would be a Q3 game.

And we’d have been a Q3 game for the other teams.

I say this because last season we had 6 teams with 20+ win seasons and only 1 team with even an outside shot at an at-large bid. Two teams in our top 4 were barely top 100 (one had an NET rating similar to ours ) we can’t have that next season.

 

[MasonFanatic]

Unfortunately, you typically end up in MTEs with your peers (unless you are the token punching bag), so if you are 140 in the NET one year, you may end up with other 140ish teams the next year.

Just win. Please.