2026-2027 Season Schedule Thread

[GMU79]

Richmond city government has stink, stank, stunk for decades. 6th Street Marketplace in the '80s through years to finally building a new ballpark for the MiLB Flying Squirrels.

Honestly, it sucks that the city of the size of Richmond doesn't have a nice arena anymore. How could city council let it go into disrepair like that?

I remember when they use to hold the Richmond Times Dispatch tournament. An MTE at X mas time where the State's Power Conference teams played the CAA and Sun Belt teams.

Ya know, maybe Mason should use EBA to hold a Mason Invitational tournament.

 

[Jack Strop]

If they ever ask for volunteers to help implode it I call dibs

Not if I flush it first!

Honestly, it sucks that the city of the size of Richmond doesn't have a nice arena anymore. How could city council let it go into disrepair like that?.

When was the Big Brown Dump EVER nice???

 

[FlPatriot]

Honestly, it sucks that the city of the size of Richmond doesn't have a nice arena anymore. How could city council let it go into disrepair like that?

I remember when they use to hold the Richmond Times Dispatch tournament. An MTE at X mas time where the State's Power Conference teams played the CAA and Sun Belt teams.

Ya know, maybe Mason should use EBA to hold a Mason Invitational tournament.

Think we had the US Air tournament one year, but then they had financial issues and that was that.

 

[NewPatriot]

Sigh... we really need to become relevant again

https://x.com/JonRothstein/status/2052081973812756876

NEWS: vcu and Santa Clara will begin a home-and-home series on November 19th at Santa Clara, according to multiple sources. Return game at vcu in 2027-28.

https://x.com/MatSheltonEide/status/2052100692928577893

vcu’s non-conference looks loaded next year. Maui Invitational, at Memphis, at Santa Clara, v NC State. Who else?

They may end up adding UVA and LSU.

 

[NewPatriot]

"The Patriot Pressure" Round Robin Invitational: Participants:

JMU, Liberty, Norfolk State and Mason.

 

[Old Man]

"The Patriot Pressure" Round Robin Invitational: Participants:

JMU, Liberty, Norfolk State and Mason.

How about the Green and Gold Invitational, featuring:

George Mason
Baylor
Univ. of South Florida
Colorado State

We could have Vermont, Norfolk State, and Sienna on standby if the other 3 teams are a'scared of coming to the PatDome.

 

[Verdad]

Can anyone name a MTE hosted by another school that is on par with us or lower?

Only one I can think of is the one in South Dakota, but that was at a neutral site, not SD State's arena. We had a pretty good lineup with that one with Washington, SD st. and Nevada.

Any MTE we host would probably bring a pretty crap lineup - any other good mid-majors are going to be trying to first get into an MTE where they get a shot at P4's (just like us). Plus the attendance at an MTE at EBA would suck.

 

[GMUgemini]

Can anyone name a MTE hosted by another school that is on par with us or lower?

Only one I can think of is the one in South Dakota, but that was at a neutral site, not SD State's arena. We had a pretty good lineup with that one with Washington, SD st. and Nevada.

Any MTE we host would probably bring a pretty crap lineup - any other good mid-majors are going to be trying to first get into an MTE where they get a shot at P4's (just like us). Plus the attendance at an MTE at EBA would suck.

There were several last year but yeah the lineups sucked (American, FDU, Western Illinois, Robert Morris, Lafayette, Air Force) all hosted MTEs last year.

If you’re going to host an MTE you need a media partner and a sponsor (who is willing to put up some good money to entice teams to come). I don’t know if we’d be able to get good ones for either.

I also don’t think Fairfax has the infrastructure to be a good host (I guess it would be a minimum of four teams if you do the campus games model—which is a cop out MTE to me anyway). Hotel options, bar options, dining options, parking, and traffic would all suck even if we did it during Christmas or Thanksgiving.

 

[NewPatriot]

Can anyone name a MTE hosted by another school that is on par with us or lower?

Yes. American University hosted it's 1st invitational last year because it could not get an MTE.

The participants: Maine, Sienna, Longwood and American.

 

[Verdad]

Yes. American University hosted it's 1st invitational last year because it could not get an MTE.

The participants: Maine, Sienna, Longwood and American.

Exactly - we could maybe host one just as an opportunity to scout their players for when they enter the portal.

 

[Pablo]

Do you recall the US Airways Holiday Classic at the Patriot Center (GMU, GW, Northeastern, & Army West Point) on December 27-28, 1997?

 

[mkaufman1]

We won’t need to host an MTE this year. Still deciding on which one.

 

[Masonfan3]

Do you recall the US Airways Holiday Classic at the Patriot Center (GMU, GW, Northeastern, & Army West Point) on December 27-28, 1997?

I sure do. The West Point coach, Pat Harris was a classmate of my Dads back in the 70's at West Point. Attended that tournament as a kid and it was actually pretty entertaining.

 

[psyclone]

We won’t need to host an MTE this year. Still deciding on which one.

Should we be pulling Hawaiian shirts out of storage?!

 

[mkaufman1]

Should we be pulling Hawaiian shirts out of storage?!

Thats a personal choice haha. Details were still coming to gether but it sounded like it wouldn't be in a high school gym so thats a plus.

 

[GMUYoda]

https://x.com/RoccoMiller8/status/2054251453171277868

Sources: The conference series between the American and A-10 will be limited to the South Florida-Saint Louis and Memphis-Dayton matchups only for the 2026-27 season. Other meetings will of course occur between the two leagues, but not as part of the structured series.

https://x.com/MattNorlander/status/2031384169712963920

Sources—The A-10 and American have agreed to a multi-year inter-conference series that will aim to up the non-con profiles of notable programs in those leagues. On tap next season: Dayton vs. Memphis, Saint Louis vs. USF on 11.29.26. Matchups for 2027 TBD. ESPN will air the games

 

[GMUgemini]

Might as well just be individual games. That’s not a “series.”

 

[mkaufman1]

Expect other A10/AAC games to be announced soon.

 

[Patriot Blue]

Expect other A10/AAC games to be announced soon.

vcu has a 3 game series with Memphis starting this year.

 

[mshin5]

https://x.com/RoccoMiller8/status/2054251453171277868

Sources: The conference series between the American and A-10 will be limited to the South Florida-Saint Louis and Memphis-Dayton matchups only for the 2026-27 season. Other meetings will of course occur between the two leagues, but not as part of the structured series.

https://x.com/MattNorlander/status/2031384169712963920

Sources—The A-10 and American have agreed to a multi-year inter-conference series that will aim to up the non-con profiles of notable programs in those leagues. On tap next season: Dayton vs. Memphis, Saint Louis vs. USF on 11.29.26. Matchups for 2027 TBD. ESPN will air the games

Giving games to the programs who need them the least. Thank you so much.