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Delaware basketball schedules announced
10:54 a.m., Aug. 8, 2006--The University of Delaware has announced the men's and women's basketball schedules for the 2006-07, with both Fightin' Blue Hens teams making their season debut at home at the Bob Carpenter Center. In addition to each team's 18-game Colonial Athletic Association schedule, the UD men will compete in 12 nonconference games, including five at home, while the women will play 11 nonconference contests, including four at the Bob Carpenter Center. In all, the UD men will play 30 regular season games and the UD women will play 29. First-year men's basketball Head Coach Monté Ross will be at home for his collegiate head coaching debut when the Hens play host to Marist on Tuesday, Nov. 14. Delaware will also host Rider (Nov. 21), Cleveland State (Nov. 26), former American East Conference rival Vermont (Dec. 3), and a Bracket Buster Tournament opponent, which will be announced in January, on Feb. 17. The Hens will travel to Albany (Nov. 17), Loyola (Nov. 29), Central Connecticut (Dec. 6), UNC Greensboro (Dec. 23) and La Salle (Dec. 28-30). UD will compete in just one tournament when the Hens travel to Philadelphia to take on Niagara (Dec. 28), host La Salle (Dec. 29), and Holy Cross (Dec. 30) at the La Salle Classic. Head Coach Tina Martin, who will enter her 11th season at the helm of the women's basketball team, will face one of the toughest nonconference schedules of her tenure this winter. The Hens will host Villanova of the Big East Conference in the season opener on Sunday, Nov. 12, and will travel to Atlantic Coast Conference contender Boston College on Nov. 14. In addition, the Hens will take on the University of Kentucky, a team that knocked off Tennessee a year ago, on Nov. 24 in the first round of the University of San Francisco Tournament. Other nonconference games will feature the Hens at home against American (Nov. 17), Boston University (Dec. 10) and Fordham (Dec. 22), and on the road at Penn (Nov. 29), La Salle (Dec. 5), Massachusetts (Dec. 17) and Bowling Green (Dec. 29). Bowling Green, Boston College and Kentucky all advanced to the NCAA Division I championship tournament a year ago. The UD men will open CAA action with three straight road games, including their conference opener Dec. 20 at Virginia Commonwealth. The Hens play their first CAA home game Jan. 8 against Towson. Highlighting the conference slate are games against 2006 NCAA Final Four participant George Mason Jan. 31 in Fairfax, Va., and Feb. 14 in Newark and contests against defending CAA champion and NCAA Tournament participant UNC Wilmington Feb. 7 in Newark and Feb. 24 at Wilmington, N.C. The CAA men's tournament will once again be held at the Richmond Coliseum, March 2-5. The UD women will open CAA action Jan. 4 at home against Hofstra and will take on 14-time defending league champion and 2006 NCAA Tournament participant Old Dominion on Feb. 11 in Norfolk, Va. The Hens will host the CAA women's tournament March 8-11 at the Bob Carpenter Center. Season tickets for both the men and women will go on sale beginning Sept. 1 with single-game tickets set to go on sale later that month. Men's basketball Nov. 14 vs. Marist, 7 p.m.; Nov. 17 at Albany, 7 p.m.; Nov. 21 vs. Rider, 7 p.m.; Nov. 26 vs. Cleveland State, 1 p.m.; Nov. 29 at Loyola (MD), 7 p.m.; Dec. 3 vs. Vermont, 1 p.m.; Dec. 6 at Central Connecticut, 7 p.m.; Dec. 20 at Virginia Commonwealth, tba; Dec. 23 at UNC Greensboro, 7 p.m.; Dec. 28 vs. Niagara (La Salle Tournament), 7 p.m.; Dec. 29 at La Salle (La Salle Tournament), 5 p.m.; Dec. 30 vs. Holy Cross (La Salle Tournament), 7 p.m.; Jan. 3 at James Madison, tba; Jan. 6 at Hofstra, tba; Jan. 8 vs. Towson, 7 p.m.; Jan. 10 at Old Dominion, tba; Jan. 13 vs. William & Mary, 7 p.m.; Jan. 17 vs. Georgia State, 7 p.m.; Jan. 20 vs. Drexel, 7 p.m.; Jan. 24 at Towson, tba; Jan. 27 at Northeastern, tba; Jan. 29 vs. Hofstra, 7 p.m.; Jan. 31 at George Mason, tba; Feb. 3 vs. James Madison, 7 p.m.; Feb. 7 vs. UNC Wilmington, 7 p.m.; Feb. 10 at Drexel, tba; Feb. 14 vs. George Mason, 7 p.m.; Feb. 17 at Bracket Busters Tournament (home, opponent to be announced); Feb. 21 vs. Northeastern, 7 p.m.; Feb. 24 at UNC Wilmington; March 2-5 CAA tournament at Richmond. Women's basketball Nov. 12 vs. Villanova, 1 p.m.; Nov. 14 at Boston College, tba; Nov. 17 vs. American, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 24 vs. Kentucky (San Francisco Tournament), tba; Nov. 25 at San Francisco Tournament Final/Consolation; Nov. 29 at Pennsylvania, tba; Dec. 3 at Drexel, tba; Dec. 5 at La Salle, tba; Dec. 10 vs. Boston University, 1 p.m.; Dec. 17 at Massachusetts, 2 p.m.; Dec. 22 vs. Fordham, 7 p.m.; Dec. 29 at Bowling Green, tba; Jan. 4 vs. Hofstra, 7 p.m.; Jan. 7 at UNC Wilmington, tba; Jan. 11 vs. Northeastern, 7 p.m.; Jan. 14 vs. Towson, 1 p.m.; Jan. 18 vs. William & Mary, 7 p.m.; Jan. 21 at Hofstra, tba; Jan. 25 at James Madison, tba; Jan. 28 vs. George Mason, 1 p.m.; Feb. 1 at Virginia Commonwealth, tba; Feb. 4 vs. Georgia State, 1 p.m.; Feb. 8 at George Mason, tba; Feb. 11 at Old Dominion, tba; Feb. 15 vs. UNC Wilmington, 7 p.m.; Feb. 18 at Towson, tba; Feb. 22 vs. James Madison, 7 p.m.; Feb. 25 vs. Drexel, 1 p.m.; March 1 at Northeastern, tba; March 8-11 CAA tournament at Bob Carpenter Center. |
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