NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Atlantic 10 Conference announced the men’s basketball team schedule pairings for the 2020-21 season Thursday. The upcoming season will mark the 45
th Anniversary for the A-10 and will feature an 18-game league slate for the seventh straight year.
Each team will play every A-10 opponent once, and five conference foes twice. There will be 126 conference games this season. The 2021 Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Championship is scheduled for March 10-14 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The league is also scheduled to host the 2021 NCAA East Regional at Barclays Center, March 26 and 28. The complete 2020-21 conference schedule with dates and times, as well as national television information, will be released at a later date.
Dayton, which finished ranked No. 3 in the country, finished the 2019-20 season with a perfect 18-0 conference record and an A-10 regular season title. The Flyers were projected as an NCAA No. 1 seed before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancelation of the Atlantic 10 Championship and NCAA Tournament. Rhode Island, Richmond and Saint Louis were also in contention for NCAA bids prior to the cancelation.
The following is a list of each school's home and away pairings for the 2020-21 season. Bold Italics denotes home and away partners (teams that will play twice).
2020-21 Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Pairings
Davidson
Home: Dayton, George Washington, Richmond, St. Bonaventure
, Duquesne, Fordham, Rhode Island, Saint Joseph’s, VCU
Away: George Mason, La Salle, Massachusetts, Saint Louis,
Duquesne, Fordham, Rhode Island, Saint Joseph’s, VCU
Dayton
Home: George Mason, La Salle, Richmond, Saint Joseph’s,
Duquesne, George Washington, Rhode Island, Saint Louis, VCU
Away: Davidson, Fordham, Massachusetts, St. Bonaventure,
Duquesne, George Washington, Rhode Island, Saint Louis, VCU
Duquesne
Home: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Saint Joseph’s, VCU,
Davidson, Dayton, Fordham, George Washington, St. Bonaventure
Away: George Mason, La Salle, Richmond, Saint Louis,
Davidson, Dayton, Fordham, George Washington, St. Bonaventure
Fordham
Home: Dayton, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph’s, Saint Louis,
Davidson, Duquesne, George Washington, La Salle, Massachusetts
Away: George Mason, Rhode Island, Richmond, VCU,
Davidson, Duquesne, George Washington, La Salle, Massachusetts
George Mason
Home: Davidson, Duquesne, Fordham, La Salle,
George Washington, Massachusetts, Richmond, Saint Joseph’s, VCU
Away: Dayton, Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure, Saint Louis,
George Washington, Massachusetts, Richmond, Saint Joseph’s, VCU
George Washington
Home: Massachusetts, Saint Joseph’s, Saint Louis, VCU,
Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, George Mason, St. Bonaventure
Away: Davidson, La Salle, Rhode Island, Richmond
, Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, George Mason, St. Bonaventure
La Salle
Home: Davidson, Duquesne, George Washington, Rhode Island,
Fordham, Massachusetts, Richmond, Saint Joseph’s, Saint Louis
Away: Dayton, George Mason, St. Bonaventure, VCU,
Fordham, Massachusetts, Richmond, Saint Joseph’s, Saint Louis
Massachusetts
Home: Davidson, Dayton, Richmond, St. Bonaventure,
Fordham, George Mason, La Salle, Rhode Island, Saint Louis
Away: Duquesne, George Washington, Saint Joseph’s, VCU,
Fordham, George Mason, La Salle, Rhode Island, Saint Louis
Rhode Island
Home: Fordham, George Mason, George Washington, St. Bonaventure,
Davidson, Dayton, Massachusetts, Saint Joseph’s, VCU
Away: Duquesne, La Salle, Richmond, Saint Louis,
Davidson, Dayton, Massachusetts, Saint Joseph’s, VCU
Richmond
Home: Duquesne, Fordham, George Washington, Rhode Island,
George Mason, La Salle, St. Bonaventure, Saint Louis, VCU
Away: Davidson, Dayton, Massachusetts, Saint Joseph’s,
George Mason, La Salle, St. Bonaventure, Saint Louis, VCU
St. Bonaventure
Home: Dayton, George Mason, La Salle, VCU
, Duquesne, George Washington, Richmond, Saint Joseph’s, Saint Louis
Away: Davidson, Fordham, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
, Duquesne, George Washington, Richmond, Saint Joseph’s, Saint Louis
Saint Joseph’s
Home: Massachusetts, Richmond, Saint Louis, VCU
, Davidson, George Mason, La Salle, Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure
Away: Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, George Washington,
Davidson, George Mason La Salle, Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure
Saint Louis
Home: Davidson, Duquesne, George Mason, Rhode Island,
Dayton, La Salle, Massachusetts, Richmond, St. Bonaventure
Away: Fordham, George Washington, Saint Joseph’s, VCU,
Dayton, La Salle, Massachusetts, Richmond, St. Bonaventure
VCU
Home: Fordham, La Salle, Massachusetts, Saint Louis,
Davidson, Dayton, George Mason, Rhode Island, Richmond
Away: Duquesne, George Washington, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph’s,
Davidson, Dayton, George Mason, Rhode Island, Richmond