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Duke has 2 of my schools coming into town--GMU and ASU. Will Portland State be next?
2024-2025 Schedule Thread
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PDGL Hoops
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A majority of the P5 schedules I have seen posted are just weak. But, they will be the same schools who start out 10-0 and complain when they don't get a March invite to the dance due to strength of schedule.
Our OOC Home schedule is absolute @$$.
Pablo
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The Ferrum game is scheduled for Nov. 23 - https://ferrumpanthers.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Trivia question - Name the former Patriot who played 2 sports at Mason and coaches at Ferrum?
my mother's side of the family is from Southern Virginia
2 cousins played football at Ferrum before transferring to William & Mary
the oldest played for the Detroit Lions then the CFL before retiring
and the oldest was inducted into the Ferrum Sports Hall of Fame last October
the other cousin had a son who also played for Ferrum before transferring to Va Tech where he was the captain of the FB team during the massacre and is now the Head FB Coach at St. Albans
Ferrum College has done that branch of the family very well
their brother - my oldest cousin had a daughter who graduated from NC Central about 4 years ago.
NC Central is also the alma mater of the former NFL lineman turned artist - Ernie Barnes
he is the artist of all the work shown on the TV series- Good Times
Ernie Barnes - Wikipedia
I was on that campus last spring and I am glad it is a home game and they can definitely use the buy money
PDGL Hoops
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These home games don't have me lining up with cash in hand. I guess the kids on campus will be excited?
Saving my money to buy tickets to the Duke game
Pablo
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Patriots Announce 2024-25 Non-Conference Schedule - George Mason University Athletics
The George Mason University men's basketball program has announced its 2024-25 non-conference schedule, which includes nine home contests and marquee road contests
gomason.com
"Nov. 4 vs. North Carolina Central (ESPN+)
2023-24 Record: 18-13, 9-5 MEAC
2023-24 KenPom/NET: 253/272
• First meeting since 2018 (GM leads series, 2-0)
• Eagles return second-leading scorer Po'Boigh King (14.7 ppg, 4.7 rpg)
• Led by head coach LeVelle Moton (4 NCAA appearances at NCC)
Nov. 8 at Marquette
2023-24 Record: 27-10, 14-6 Big East
2023-24 KenPom/NET: 13/14
• First ever meeting
• Golden Eagles return six of top-8 scorers from last season
• MU earned a No. 2 seed in 2024 NCAA Tournament and reached the Sweet 16
• Led by former vcu head coach Shaka Smart
Nov. 11 vs. Stony Brook (ESPN+)
2023-24 Record: 20-15, 10-8 CAA
2023-24 KenPom/NET: 168/174
• Second meeting in past four seasons (GM leads series, 1-0)
• Seawolves reached 2024 CAA Championship Game
• SBU brings in in Holy Cross transfer Joe Octave (14.6 ppg, All-Patriot League)
Nov. 13 vs. Central Michigan (ESPN+)
2023-24 Record: 18-14, 12-6 MAC
2023-24 KenPom/NET: 277/265
• All-time series is tied, 1-1 (first meeting since 2002)
• Chippewas return leading scorer Anthony Pritchard (12.8 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 4.7 apg)
• CMU staff includes former Patriots assistant Scott Cherry (1999-02, 2003-07)
Nov. 16 vs. at East Carolina
2023-24 Record: 15-18, 7-11 AAC
2023-24 KenPom/NET: 189/189
• Back half of home-and-home series (GM won last season in Fairfax, 81-59)
• 50th all-time meeting (Patriots lead, 34-15)
• Pirates return leading scorer RJ Felton (17.3 ppg, 6.0 rpg)
• ECU also welcomes Temple/Georgetown transfer Jordan Riley (11.9 ppg, 6.0 rpg)
Nov. 20 vs. Coppin State (ESPN+)
2023-24 Record: 2-27, 1-13 MEAC
2023-24 KenPom/NET: 361/361
• CSU leads all-time series, 14-9 (Patriots have won all six matchups since 1976)
• Second meeting in past three seasons
• Top returner is sophomore Ryan Archey (9.3 ppg)
Nov. 23 vs. Ferrum (ESPN+)
2023-24 Record: 16-11, 6-10 Old Dominion
2023-24 KenPom/NET: NA/NA
• First ever meeting between the programs
• Patriots will face Old Dominion Conference foe for second-straight season
Nov. 29 at James Madison
2023-24 Record: 32-4, 15-3 Sun Belt
2023-24 KenPom/NET: 63/52
• 101st all-time meeting (GM's most played opponent all time)
• JMU leads all time series, 51-49 (Patriots have won 24 of past 26)
• Patriots will host Dukes in 2025-26 as part of home-and-home series
• Dukes won a school-record 32 games in 2023-24
• JMU captured Sun Belt title and defeated #5 Wisconsin in NCAA Tournament
Dec. 3 vs. UNC Asheville (ESPN+)
2023-24 Record: 22-12, 12-4 Big South
2023-24 KenPom/NET: 164/163
• First ever meeting between the programs
• Bulldogs finished second in Big South in 2023-24 (22 wins overall)
• UNC Asheville returns two of its top-3 scorers from last season
Dec. 7 vs. Tulane (ESPN+)
2023-24 Record: 14-17, 5-13 AAC
2023-24 KenPom/NET: 136/138
• Programs will meet for third-straight season (Patriots lead all-time series, 3-1)
• Second game in home-and-home series (GM won in New Orleans in 2023-24)
• Transfer class includes Rowan Brumbaugh (Georgetown) and Greg Glenn III (Michigan)
• Head coach Ron Hunter in his sixth season leading the Green Wave
Dec. 17 at Duke
2023-24 Record: 27-7, 15-5 ACC
2023-24 KenPom/NET: 7/10
• First trip for George Mason to Cameron Indoor Stadium since 2006-07
• Fourth all-time meeting (Duke leads, 3-0)
• Blue Devils advanced to the 2024 NCAA Elite Eight
• Team returns Tyrese Proctor (10.5 ppg) and welcomes 2025 #1 recruit Cooper Flagg
Dec. 22 vs. Penn (ESPN+)
2023-24 Record: 11-18, 3-11 Ivy
2023-24 KenPom/NET: 213/212
• Sixth all-time meeting (Patriots lead, 4-1)
• First matchup since 2021-22 season
• Quakers return three of top-5 scorers from 2023-24
Dec. 28 vs. Mt. St. Mary's (ESPN+)
2023-24 Record: 13-19, 9-11 MAAC
2023-24 KenPom/NET: 249/242
• First matchup since 2016-17 (Patriots have won five of past six)
• 18th all time meeting (MSM leads, 10-7)
• Mountaineers in first season under head coach Donny Lind"
2024-25 Non-Conference Schedule
Sat., Oct. 26 – St. Mary's (Md.) (Exh.)
Mon., Nov. 4 – North Carolina Central
Fri., Nov. 8 – at Marquette*
Mon., Nov. 11 – Stony Brook*
Wed., Nov. 13 – Central Michigan*
Sat., Nov. 16 – at East Carolina
Wed., Nov. 20 – Coppin State
Sat., Nov. 23 – Ferrum
Fri., Nov. 29 – at James Madison
Tues., Dec. 3 – UNC Asheville
Sat., Dec. 7 – Tulane
Tues., Dec. 17 – at Duke
Sun., Dec. 22 – Penn
Sat., Dec. 28 – Mt. St. Mary's
Is this sarcasm? Marquette, Duke….
Heck even Tulane and Jmu are good games
We need to make it to the postseason so we can get into better MTEs, one (at least we get to play Marquette this year), and two it would be nice to have one “name” come into EBA a year (and that doesn’t have to be a power conference team—although I will admit I don’t know which well respected non-power conference schools casual fans would be excited to see other than Gonzaga and maybe San Diego State and both of them might as well be power conference teams because they aren’t traveling out east to play us).
Marquette, Duke, and JMU are all away games.
My bad, I overlooked the word Home in your post.
10-3 OOC?
95% of our fans would think that Gonzaga is the high school in DC
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