Atlantic 10 announces scheduling format
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Atlantic 10 announces scheduling format
Temple, La Salle and Saint Joseph’s will play each other once next season, according to the scheduling matrix announced by the Atlantic 10.
With the league having expanding to 16 schools for next season with the additions of Butler and VCU, each team will play 14 schools once and have a home-and-home with one school.
Temple’s home-and-home is against Charlotte. Both schools are leaving the league after the coming season. La Salle will play George Washington twice and St. Joe’s will play Fordham twice.
Temple’s other home conference games are against Duquesne, La Salle, Rhode Island, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, Saint Louis and VCU. Its road games are at Butler, Dayton, Fordham, George Washington, UMass, St. Joe’s and Xavier.
La Salle also hosts Butler, Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, George Washington, UMass, Richmond and St. Joe’s. The Explorers travel to Charlotte, George Washington, Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure, Saint Louis, Temple, VCU and Xavier.
St. Joe’s also hosts Butler, George Washington, Rhode Island, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, Temple and Xavier. The Hawks travel to Charlotte, Dayton, Duquense, LaSalle, UMass, Saint Louis and VCU.
The top 12 teams in the regular season will qualify for A-10 Tournament, with the entire tourney being played at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Here is the full scheduling matrix:
BUTLER
Home - CHA, DUQ, URI, UR, SBU, SLU, TU, XU
Away - UD, FOR, GW, LAS, UM, SJU, SLU, VCU
CHARLOTTE
Home - UD, FOR, LAS, UM, SJU, TU, XU, VCU
Away - BU, DUQ, GW, URI, UR, SBU, SLU, TU
DAYTON
Home - BU, DUQ, FOR, UR, SBU, SJU, TU, XU
Away - CHA, GW, LAS, UM, URI, SLU, VCU, XU
DUQUESNE
Home - CHA, GW, URI, SBU, SJU, SLU, VCU, XU
Away - BU, UD, FOR, LAS, UM, UR, SBU, TU
FORDHAM
Home - BU, DUQ, UM, URI, UR, SJU, SLU, TU
Away - CHA, UD, GW, LAS, SBU, SJU, VCU, XU
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Home - BU, CHA, UD, FOR, LAS, SBU, SLU, TU
Away - DUQ, LAS, UM, URI, UR, SJU, VCU, XU
LA SALLE
Home - BU, UD, DUQ, FOR, GW, UM, UR, SJU
Away - CHA, GW, URI, SBU, SLU, TU, VCU, XU
MASSACHUSETTS
Home - BU, UD, DUQ, GW, URI, UR, SJU, TU
Away - CHA, FOR, LAS, URI, SBU, SLU, VCU, XU
RHODE ISLAND
Home - CHA, UD, GW, LAS, UM, SBU, VCU, XU
Away - BU, DUQ, FOR, UM, UR, SJU, SLU, TU
RICHMOND
Home - CHA, DUQ, GW, URI, SBU, SLU, VCU, XU
Away - BU, UD, FOR, LAS, UM, SJU, TU, VCU
ST. BONAVENTURE
Home - CHA, DUQ, FOR, LAS, UM, SLU, VCU, XU
Away - BU, UD, DUQ, GW, URI, UR, SJU, TU
SAINT JOSEPH'S
Home - BU, FOR, GW, URI, UR, SBU, TU, XU
Away - CHA, UD, DUQ, FOR, LAS, UM, SLU, VCU
SAINT LOUIS
Home - BU, CHA, UD, LAS, UM, URI, SJU, VCU
Away - BU, DUQ, FOR, GW, UR, SBU, TU, XU
TEMPLE
Home - CHA, DUQ, LAS, URI, UR, SBU, SLU, VCU
Away - BU, CHA, UD, FOR, GW, UM, SJU, XU
VCU
Home - BU, UD, FOR, GW, LAS, UM, UR, SJU
Away - CHA, DUQ, URI, UR, SBU, SLU, TU, XU
XAVIER
Home - UD, FOR, GW, LAS, UM, SLU, TU, VCU
Away - BU, CHA, UD, DUQ, URI, UR, SBU, SJU
I hope Temple doesn't regret leaving this conference. The additions of Butler abd VCU are really cool.— bobbyd24- Really bobby? Look at that putrid home schedule and tell me they'll regret leaving the A10 when they're playing the likes of Georgetown, Nova, UConn and Louisville.— tjc
- tjc - that's if nothing else happened to the Big East. That's what I'm worried about.— bobbyd24
- Baby Frankenstein better have some good recruits.— Captain Terrific
- Putrid home schedule? I believe 6 of those teams were in the post season last year. And who the heck is baby Frankenstein, and why the name calling? Go Owls.
- Looks like the rivalries that Temple has with LaSalle and SJU will be cooling off. I am ok with it because Temple will be developing new rivalries that will generate more interest. Georgetown, NotreDame, UConn, Louisville and others are certainly a step up. The biggest change is that the Temple vs Nova rivalry will be heating up. As a Temple fan I am not that interested in a Butler or VCU rivalry.— Byron
- When VCU comes to town, hopefully Shaka Smart likes Philly so much that he just stays. One and Dunphy is not the coach to lead the Owls into the Big East.— tedsupreme
Comment removed.- As bad as this is for Temple and Wyatt, still no where near as bad as a free pass to sexually molest children for like 20 years. Bad week for Temple athletes.— tedsupreme
- now uconn on suspension...the big east is looking smaller by the day....once calhoun leaves i can see them fading as a power......hope temple does not regret the move....— malco49
- SJU to meet ND in Coaches V Cancer. Can't wait to see that one!— gubbers97
