NEWPORT NEWS, Va. ā For the seventh straight year, the Atlantic 10 Conference will play an 18-game conference men's basketball schedule as the league announced the 2020-21 schedule pairings on Thursday.
The University of Dayton men's basketball team plays Duquesne, George Washington, Rhode Island, Saint Louis and VCU home-and-home, and will also host George Mason, La Salle, Richmond and Saint Joseph's. Ā Dayton will visit Davidson, Fordham, Massachusetts and St. Bonaventure. Ā
Dayton was the 2019-20 Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion, and the next four teams in the standings ā Richmond, Rhode Island, Saint Louis and Duquesne ā will visit UD Arena in 2020-21. Ā The Flyers will also play host to five of the other six teams to win at least 18 games last year. Ā
The complete 2020-21 conference schedule with dates and times as well as national television information will be released later in the year.Ā
The 2021 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship will be played March 10-14 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Dayton was 29-2 in 2019-20, setting the school record for most wins even though UD did not get a chance to play any post-season games. Ā Dayton ended the year ranked third in the nation and will carry a 20-game win streak into 2020-21, the longest active streak in Division I. Ā UD won its third Atlantic 10 regular season championship in the last five years, but this season went undefeated (18-0) for the first time.
Flyer head coach
Anthony Grant was the consensus national Coach of the Year, earning that honor from the Atlanta Tip-Off Club (Naismith Trophy), the NABC, the USBWA (Henry Iba Award), the Associated Press, The Sporting News, Fox Sports and CBSsports.com.
2020-21 DAYTON ATLANTIC 10 PAIRINGS
Home: Ā Duquesne, George Mason, George Washington, La Salle, Richmond, Saint Joseph's, Saint Louis, VCU
Away: Davidson, Duquesne, Fordham, George Washington, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure, Saint Louis, VCU
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