For the sixth straight year, the Atlantic 10 Conference will play an 18-game conference men's basketball schedule as the league announced the 2019-20 schedule pairings on Thursday.
The University of Dayton men's basketball team play Duquesne, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Saint Louis and VCU home-and-home, and will also host Davidson, Fordham, George Washington and St. Bonaventure. Dayton will visit George Mason, La Salle, Richmond and Saint Joseph's.
The other three teams that played in the 2019 post-season – Davidson, Saint Louis and VCU – will visit UD Arena in 2019-20. The Flyers will also play host to six of the other seven teams to win at least 18 games last year. This will be the 50th anniversary season of the University of Dayton Arena, which hosted its first game on Dec. 6, 1969.
The complete 2019-20 conference schedule with dates and times as well as national television information will be released later in the year.
The 2020 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship will be played March 11-15 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Dayton improved by seven wins in Anthony Grant's second season as the Dayton head coach, finishing 21-12 and reaching the NIT. UD was third in the Atlantic 10 Conference with a 13-5 record. Dayton was second in the nation as a team in field goal percentage (.504, 902-1789). That was also the best single-season FG% in school history.
The Flyers return three starters and will add five veteran redshirts in 2019-20. Included in the starters are All-Atlantic 10 performers Obi Toppin (2019 Rookie of the Year and First Team All-A-10), and junior guard Jalen Crutcher (Third Team All-A-10). Also returning are 2018-19 co-captains Trey Landers and Ryan Mikesell.
2019-20 DAYTON ATLANTIC 10 PAIRINGS
Home: Davidson, Fordham, George Washington, St. Bonaventure, Duquesne, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Saint Louis, VCU
Away: George Mason, La Salle, Richmond, Saint Joseph's, Duquesne, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Saint Louis, VCU
The University of Dayton men's basketball team play Duquesne, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Saint Louis and VCU home-and-home, and will also host Davidson, Fordham, George Washington and St. Bonaventure. Dayton will visit George Mason, La Salle, Richmond and Saint Joseph's.
The other three teams that played in the 2019 post-season – Davidson, Saint Louis and VCU – will visit UD Arena in 2019-20. The Flyers will also play host to six of the other seven teams to win at least 18 games last year. This will be the 50th anniversary season of the University of Dayton Arena, which hosted its first game on Dec. 6, 1969.
The complete 2019-20 conference schedule with dates and times as well as national television information will be released later in the year.
The 2020 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship will be played March 11-15 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Dayton improved by seven wins in Anthony Grant's second season as the Dayton head coach, finishing 21-12 and reaching the NIT. UD was third in the Atlantic 10 Conference with a 13-5 record. Dayton was second in the nation as a team in field goal percentage (.504, 902-1789). That was also the best single-season FG% in school history.
The Flyers return three starters and will add five veteran redshirts in 2019-20. Included in the starters are All-Atlantic 10 performers Obi Toppin (2019 Rookie of the Year and First Team All-A-10), and junior guard Jalen Crutcher (Third Team All-A-10). Also returning are 2018-19 co-captains Trey Landers and Ryan Mikesell.
2019-20 DAYTON ATLANTIC 10 PAIRINGS
Home: Davidson, Fordham, George Washington, St. Bonaventure, Duquesne, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Saint Louis, VCU
Away: George Mason, La Salle, Richmond, Saint Joseph's, Duquesne, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Saint Louis, VCU
