The official 2025-2026 Schedule Thread

[thebiasedannouncer]

To be fair that’s more of my own analysis than anything, I somewhat follow ACC hoops decently close and have been doing some reading on folks early projections for next season. Most blogs from folks who follow the league have them in the bottom quadrant again, not enough gained from the portal to move the needle for most folks

Torvik preseason ratings has them at 82nd in the nation- which puts them right on the edge of Q1/2. I don't think they'll be competing for ACC titles or anything, but I do think Mike Young will have them much improved from last year, he actually has an NIL budget to work with this time

 

[jessej]

Mike Young vs Tony Skinn
Virginia Tech vs George Mason

Saturday December 6th

Who else making the drive down to Blacksburg?

Athletic Department should put together a bus trip

 

[jessej]

I have heard from multiple sources that George Mason will once again play UPenn this year, as the Quakers will visit with new coach Fran McCaffrey leading them

Franny has done a great job in recruiting.
I believe he has two 4 stars incoming.
I don't expect either of them to stay past one year if they perform well.
Villanova took last year's best player for $250k in NIL money

 

[mkaufman1]

Athletic Department should put together a bus trip

I suspect they will as they already have a “let us know if you want tickets list”

 

[emjayar08]

I have heard from multiple sources that George Mason will once again play UPenn this year, as the Quakers will visit with new coach Fran McCaffrey leading them

As a Philly guy, would love another triple double game at the palestra

 

[GMU1983]

College Basketball Offseason Grades: Who had the best Offseason in the Atlantic 10?

The offseason rolls on, as does the evaluation of the current rosters for the 2025-2026 season. Through those evaluations, we can draw many conclusions about ho

bustingbrackets.com

 

[jessej]

College Basketball Offseason Grades: Who had the best Offseason in the Atlantic 10?

The offseason rolls on, as does the evaluation of the current rosters for the 2025-2026 season. Through those evaluations, we can draw many conclusions about ho

bustingbrackets.com

4 programs with A+ scores

"The Atlantic 10 looks to be a competitive conference this year, and based on the offseason, there is a clear top 4 on paper. Games must still be played for the 2025-2026 season, but the most talented teams stand out like a sore thumb"

George Mason
Loyola-Chicago
St. Louis
vcu
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A Scores

Dayton
Duquesne
Richmond

 

[Patriotsince81]

College Basketball Offseason Grades: Who had the best Offseason in the Atlantic 10?

The offseason rolls on, as does the evaluation of the current rosters for the 2025-2026 season. Through those evaluations, we can draw many conclusions about ho

bustingbrackets.com

I'm hoping that the A10 will get back to being a multiple bid league although given the current landscape I'm not that confident it will actually happen. Thanks for posting!

 

[Verdad]

Last year's NET rankings of current known/potential opponents for upcoming season (best case scenario opponents in bold):

Mte- 2 vs Fau (113)/Ohio (175)/Lmu (161)
Home MTE game - 1 vs BC (277), Jacksonville (194), Pacific (297) or Stony Brook (340)
@ VT (167)
Jmu at home (156)
Siena at Home (260)
Penn at Home? (306)

They can walk me off the ledge if 1) we get the best possible opponents from the MTE - which we should as the highest ranked team, and 2) we avoid scheduling any more 200+ home opponents.

This, combined with multiple buy games vs top 50 teams and an improved A10 could result in a decent resume if we are on par with last years team and can avoid losses like vs CMU last year, and pull off at least one buy game win. This is BEST case scenario, not the most likely scenario.

Our 2025 OOC opponent NET rankings:
320
@ 29
340
214
@ 176
360
@ 156
192
151
@ 1
306
236

 

[thebiasedannouncer]

Last year's NET rankings of current known/potential opponents for upcoming season (best case scenario opponents in bold):

Mte- 2 vs Fau (113)/Ohio (175)/Lmu (161)
Home MTE game - 1 vs BC (277), Jacksonville (194), Pacific (297) or Stony Brook (340)
@ VT (167)
Jmu at home (156)
Siena at Home (260)
Penn at Home? (306)

They can walk me off the ledge if 1) we get the best possible opponents from the MTE - which we should as the highest ranked team, and 2) we avoid scheduling any more 200+ home opponents.

This, combined with multiple buy games vs top 50 teams and an improved A10 could result in a decent resume if we are on par with last years team and can avoid losses like vs CMU last year, and pull off at least one buy game win. This is BEST case scenario, not the most likely scenario.

Our 2025 OOC opponent NET rankings:
320
@ 29
340
214
@ 176
360
@ 156
192
151
@ 1
306
236

I expect Penn to be better, maybe even significantly better, with Fran McCaffrey as the head now

 

[mkaufman1]

I would expect Siena, Penn and VT all to be better this year. Hopefully the first 2 fall into top 200/225 games, and VT falls more in line with top 75 or top 50.

I still feel like we need a little more "beef" to the schedule but another buy game and a solid home and home should help.

 

[phoenix-arizona]

 

[DRK331]

New article on the Virginia Tech game:

https://gomason.com/news/2025/7/3/mens-basketball-george-mason-to-play-at-virginia-tech-on-december-6.aspx?fbclid=IwY2xjawLVEqlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFYTWtCV1BVbGZpWjRBZmY1AR4TOKQ5leclHrePCQW4iLggxq2Mndmnktd4UvxNYkYEq_CACPlj7Ahaihobjg_aem_7bLgqyjc8iTMzMwkv7WaNA

 

[GMUYoda]

https://x.com/JonRothstein/status/1943311122565628091

"Florida will play GW and Florida State will face UMass in the Orange Bowl Classic on December 13th, per release."

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