The official 2025-2026 Schedule Thread

[phoenix-arizona]

Biberty!

 

[FlPatriot]

Biberty!

What a bad commercial…

 

[Old Man]

What a bad commercial…

You remember and know it and to what it's referring. Sounds like a marketing success to me. But it is horrible.

 

[GM Logo Guy]

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!

The A-10 feels destined for another deep NCAA Tournament run. With the committee continuing to over-seed mediocre power conference teams, one of our battle-tested champs is bound to draw a “favorable” matchup—against an overrated high-major that hasn’t seen real adversity since January. These aren’t mid-majors limping in—they’re tough, experienced squads who had to earn everything. The disrespect might just be the fuel for another Cinderella ride.

 

[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)
ODU at home (293)
Siena at Home (260)
Penn at Home? (306)

With each announced opponent, hope continues to dwindle of having even a decent OOC

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

 

[DRK331]

GMU Men's Basketball 2025-2026 Non-Conference schedule (so far)

-Bethune-Cookman, Jacksonville, Pacific, or Stony Brook at Home
-2025 Sunshine Slam MTE against Florida Atlantic/Ohio/Loyola Marymount (Monday November 24th and Tuesday November 25th)
-JMU at Home
-Siena at Home
-At Virginia tech Saturday December 6th
-ODU at Home Saturday December 13th

A game against Penn?

 

[Verdad]

GMU Men's Basketball 2025-2026 Non-Conference schedule (so far)

-Bethune-Cookman, Jacksonville, Pacific, or Stony Brook at Home
-2025 Sunshine Slam MTE against Florida Atlantic/Ohio/Loyola Marymount (Monday November 24th and Tuesday November 25th)
-JMU at Home
-Siena at Home
-At Virginia tech Saturday December 6th
-ODU at Home Saturday December 13th

A game against Penn?

There an echo in here?

 

[FlPatriot]

Temem

You remember and know it and to what it's referring. Sounds like a marketing success to me. But it is horrible.

Remember the commercial, never bought a policy…wasted money on me anyway.

 

[tblack33]

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)
ODU at home (293)
Siena at Home (260)
Penn at Home? (306)

With each announced opponent, hope continues to dwindle of having even a decent OOC

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

Honestly one of the worst OOCs I can remember. 0 top 100 opponents in the A10 is bad.

 

[jessej]

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)
ODU at home (293)
Siena at Home (260)
Penn at Home? (306)

With each announced opponent, hope continues to dwindle of having even a decent OOC

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

Quick Analysis
1) does not include the D2 game

2) Averages
207 Total
265 Home
91 Away

3) not sure how this stacks up against the rest of the A-10

4) Conference officials should have a rule mandating a yearly increase in OOC Schedule Quality

hoping this year's OOC schedule will have a better home schedule

Our 2025 OOC opponent NET rankings:
Total	Home	Away
320​	320​
29​		29​
340​	340​
214​	214​
176​		176​
360​	360​
156​		156​
192​	192​
151​	151​
1​		1​
306​	306​
236​	236​
2481​	2119​	362​
206.75​	264.875​	90.5​

 

[GSII]

Just having JMU and ODU and at VT is decent. It certainly isn't horrible. Would you rather have UMBC and uncasheville?

 

[Verdad]

Just having JMU and ODU and at VT is decent. It certainly isn't horrible. Would you rather have UMBC and uncasheville?

ODU was 293 last year, literally doesn't get much worse than that.

UNC-asheville was 192 and UMBC was 298, but both were buy games with no returns. So yes we would.

For the record, I'm hugely in favor of the old CAA rival games, particularly in state opponents. But I'm more in favor of higher ranked teams that will put us in a position to argue for an at large, instead of being the reason we don't get it.

 

[GM Logo Guy]

We’ve got a brand new team, and they need time to build chemistry. This isn’t the season to take on tougher competition. Just focus on coming together and getting ready for conference play.

 

[mkaufman1]

ODU was 293 last year, literally doesn't get much worse than that.

UNC-asheville was 192 and UMBC was 298, but both were buy games with no returns. So yes we would.

For the record, I'm hugely in favor of the old CAA rival games, particularly in state opponents. But I'm more in favor of higher ranked teams that will put us in a position to argue for an at large, instead of being the reason we don't get it.

I think the expectation especially with the 3 year deal with ODU is that they are going to improve over the course of the series with Mike Jones at the helm.

Its certainly not my favorite home and home, but at least we'll get some fan interest with ODU and JMU coming to play at EBA in the nonconf.

If ODU sucks the next 3 years and sucks our NET down, I'll be really unhappy.

 

[EXpatriot13]

We’ve got a brand new team, and they need time to build chemistry. This isn’t the season to take on tougher competition. Just focus on coming together and getting ready for conference play.

Hard disagree. I'd find it hard to believe the staff would shy away from a tougher OOC, if given the opportunity, because they have a brand new team. They saw how this scenario played out last season.

Scheduling is no doubt brutal, but we have to figure out how to get into better MTEs to at least provide a little bit more balance and opportunity in the OOC.

 

[Old Ram]

We’ve got a brand new team, and they need time to build chemistry. This isn’t the season to take on tougher competition. Just focus on coming together and getting ready for conference play.

Unfortunately, it looks like every year we’ll have a brand new team.

 

[GM Logo Guy]

Unfortunately, it looks like every year we’ll have a brand new team.

Maybe, but Skinn has shown he can bring back key players each year. Last year it was Maddox and Billups. This year, he’s bringing back O’Connor.

 

[phoenix-arizona]

GMU--your basketball playing destination!

 

[Verdad]

I think the expectation especially with the 3 year deal with ODU is that they are going to improve over the course of the series with Mike Jones at the helm.

Its certainly not my favorite home and home, but at least we'll get some fan interest with ODU and JMU coming to play at EBA in the nonconf.

If ODU sucks the next 3 years and sucks our NET down, I'll be really unhappy.

Those games are fine, and I want to have them, but shouldn't be pointed to as evidence that our OOC schedule is "decent", which is what I was responding to.

When our best games are in the 150's, we are f'd, unless the A10 can return to peak glory.

 

[GM Logo Guy]

Hard disagree. I'd find it hard to believe the staff would shy away from a tougher OOC, if given the opportunity, because they have a brand new team. They saw how this scenario played out last season.

Scheduling is no doubt brutal, but we have to figure out how to get into better MTEs to at least provide a little bit more balance and opportunity in the OOC.

Listen to any interview with Skinn and you’ll hear him say he knew last year’s team was going to be good. He had returning players and Haynes, who was the best player in practice the year before.

In a recent interview with Curry Hicks Sage, Skinn said he’s nervous this year because he doesn’t have that same continuity.

He also wants a bigger job. He took the Maryland interview process seriously. He needs wins, so he’s not scheduling a tough slate this year. That’s just the reality.