Women's Basketball | July 14, 2016
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Atlantic 10 announced the 2016-17 women's basketball conference schedule team pairings on Thursday. The league's 14 members will play a 16-game conference schedule in the upcoming season, which allows teams to face each opponent once and three teams twice.
La Salle will play Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Saint Joseph's twice this season, once at home and once on the road.
The Explorers host Duquesne, Fordham, George Mason, George Washington and Saint Louis while visiting Davidson, Dayton, Richmond, St. Bonaventure and VCU.
During the 2015-16 season, the Atlantic 10 Conference had six women's basketball teams qualify for postseason play – three in the NCAA Tournament and three in the WNIT. George Washington defeated third-seeded Duquesne in the 2016 Championship final at the Richmond Coliseum, earning the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, and was joined by Duquesne and St. Bonaventure in the field of 64. Dayton, Saint Louis and VCU were selected to take part in the WNIT.
The 2017 A-10 Championship will feature a new, enhanced format, with six first-round games being played on campus sites before heading to Richmond, Friday through Sunday, for the quarterfinals, semifinals and championship final games. The top two championship seeds will receive a bye, with the remainder of the field facing off in games hosted by seeds 3-8 for the first round. The first round will take place on the Saturday and Sunday prior to the weekend of the quarterfinals, semifinals and final. In 2017 the first round will be Feb. 25-26 with the three final rounds being played March 3-5.
The following is a list of each school's home and away pairings for the 2016-17 season.
Bold Italics denotes home and away partners (teams that will play twice).
Davidson
Home- Dayton, La Salle, Rhode Island, Richmond, Saint Louis,
Fordham, George Mason, Massachusetts
Away- Duquesne, George Washington, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph's, VCU,
Fordham, George Mason, Massachusetts
Dayton
Home – La Salle, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Richmond, Saint Joseph's,
Duquesne, George Washington, Saint Louis
Away – Davidson, Fordham, George Mason, St. Bonaventure, VCU,
Duquesne, George Washington, Saint Louis
Duquesne
Home– Davidson, George Mason, Richmond, Saint Louis, VCU,
Dayton, George Washington, St. Bonaventure
Away – Fordham, La Salle, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Saint Joseph's,
Dayton, George Washington, St. Bonaventure
Fordham
Home – Dayton, Duquesne, Massachusetts, Richmond, VCU,
Davidson, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph's
Away – George Mason, George Washington, La Salle, Rhode Island, Saint Louis,
Davidson, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph's
George Mason
Home- Dayton, Fordham, Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure, VCU,
Davidson, George Washington, Richmond
Away- Duquesne, La Salle, Massachusetts, Saint Joseph's, Saint Louis,
Davidson, George Washington, Richmond
George Washington
Home – Davidson, Fordham, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph's, VCU,
Dayton, Duquesne, George Mason
Away– La Salle, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Richmond, Saint Louis,
Dayton, Duquesne, George Mason
La Salle
Home – Duquesne, Fordham, George Mason, George Washington, Saint Louis,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Saint Joseph's
Away – Davidson, Dayton, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, VCU,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Saint Joseph's
Massachusetts
Home– Duquesne, George Mason, George Washington, St. Bonaventure, Saint Louis,
Davidson, La Salle, Rhode Island
Away – Dayton, Fordham, Richmond, Saint Joseph's, VCU,
Davidson, La Salle, Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Home – Duquesne, Fordham, George Washington, Saint Joseph's, Saint Louis,
Massachusetts, La Salle, Richmond
Away – Dayton, Davidson, George Mason, St. Bonaventure, VCU,
Massachusetts, La Salle, Richmond
Richmond
Home– George Washington, La Salle, Massachusetts, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph's,
George Mason, Rhode Island, VCU
Away – Davidson, Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, Saint Louis,
George Mason, Rhode Island, VCU
St. Bonaventure
Home– Davidson, Dayton, La Salle, Rhode Island, VCU,
Duquesne, Fordham, Saint Louis
Away – George Mason, George Washington, Massachusetts, Richmond, Saint Joseph's,
Duquesne, Fordham, Saint Louis
Saint Joseph's
Home – Davidson, Duquesne, George Mason, Massachusetts, St. Bonaventure,
Fordham, La Salle, VCU
Away – Dayton, George Washington, Rhode Island, Richmond, Saint Louis,
Fordham, La Salle, VCU
Saint Louis
Home – Fordham, George Mason, George Washington, Richmond, Saint Joseph's,
Dayton, St. Bonaventure, VCU
Away – Davidson, Duquesne, La Salle, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Dayton, St. Bonaventure, VCU
VCU
Home – Davidson, Dayton, La Salle, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Richmond, Saint Joseph's, Saint Louis
Away – Duquesne, Fordham, George Mason, George Washington, St. Bonaventure,
Richmond, Saint Joseph's, Saint Louis
