Rocco Miller@RoccoMiller8[/url] Update: GW at Radford will take place on Sunday, December 4th. #BigSouth #A10 [url=https://twitter.com/RoccoMiller8]Rocco Miller @RoccoMiller8 VMI and Radford will start a home-and-home series next season. The date is set for December 10th in Lexington, VA. Also, Radford will host George Washington in a return game as part of it's 22-23 non-conference schedule. #SoCon #BigSouth #A10MBB 12:41pm · 13 May 2022 · Twitter for AndroidDenver, CO, United States

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A-10 opponent pairings were announced today:

George Washington
Home: Dayton, Duquesne, Massachusetts, Saint Louis, VCU, George Mason, La Salle, Richmond, Saint Joseph’s
Away: Davidson, Fordham, Loyola, Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure, George Mason, La Salle, Richmond, Saint Joseph’s

https://atlantic10.com/news/2022/6/27/atlantic-10-announces-schedule-pairings-for-2022-23-mens-basketball-conference-season.aspx

As for the conference split, I'd say GW made out rather well.  We will have to wait a year to see Loyola in person unless a winter trip to Chicago is in the cards.

Rocco Miller@RoccoMiller8 
George Washington will host South Carolina as part of its 22-23 non-conference schedule. #A10 #SEC

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Thomas wrote:

GW0509 wrote:

Rocco Miller@RoccoMiller8 
George Washington will host South Carolina as part of its 22-23 non-conference schedule. #A10 #SEC

An SEC team coming to play at the Smith Center is a pretty significant development considering how GW has fared in recent years. How did this game come about? Is it a return game? I believe someone on here brought up that Frank Martin was supposed to bring South Carolina to Smith Center at some point within the last few years and just backed out of it. 

South Carolina is also playing Georgetown
i expect those games to a day or 2 apart

a dip into DMV recruiting market?
the GMU transfer to South Carolina - AJ Wilson - is from Laurel, MD
i believe he has a covid year of eligibility left

 

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The bracket for the 2022 Diamond Head Classic is set.
Iona/SMU
Seattle/Utah State
Washington State/GW
Hawaii/Pepperdine

Last edited by Florida Colonial (7/26/2022 9:56 am)

Florida Colonial wrote:

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The bracket for the 2022 Diamond Head Classic is set.
Iona/SMU
Seattle/Utah State
Washington State/GW
Hawaii/Pepperdine

Wazzu has an excellent young coach and will probably crush us.  Pepperdine was pretty bad last year, so we should have a shot to beat them in the second round.

Third round opponent should be favored against us, no matter which of the 4 it is.

GW0509 wrote:

Once again, Georgetown takes the coward's way out and doesn't schedule a game against us.

They have, however, scheduled American U for the second straight season.

That School Down the Street being too chickenshit to schedule GW is about as inevitable as me waiting until the day of the Seder to remember to run to the store to buy matzoh (yes, I am one of THOSE people when it comes to planning). If their students ever decide that "Hoya" reminds them too much of a word it has no relationship to, may I suggest their new nickname be "Yellow Streaks". 
 

Gwmayhem wrote:

GW0509 wrote:

Once again, Georgetown takes the coward's way out and doesn't schedule a game against us.

They have, however, scheduled American U for the second straight season.

You all followed Georgetown last year, right?  Without any due respect (to the Hoyas), what would we have to gain by beating this lame team?

(Please don't provide a serious answer to this.)

We would get to breakout the “What the heck is a Hoya” chant for the first time in 40 years.

Florida Colonial wrote:

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The bracket for the 2022 Diamond Head Classic is set.
Iona/SMU
Seattle/Utah State
Washington State/GW
Hawaii/Pepperdine

Very odd pairings.  Using last year's KenPom ratings as a guide:

Iona (89) vs SMU (62)
Seattle (139) vs Utah State (60)
Hawaii (169) vs Pepperdine (279)
GW (226) vs Wash. State (44)

I'd say they lined up Iona/SMU as a strong tv matchup except all games are televised by ESPN2 or ESPNU.

4 of the top 5 schools on one side of the draw?  I get Hawaii receiving the easiest opening game but even still, this is very unbalanced.