As the front page shows, NCAA Division I Final Four participant George Mason is opening their 2006 season with an exhibition against one of our own, Marymount, on November 1st.
With our new partnership with D3scoreboard.com we can now list these exhibition games, a fair number of which involve Division I opponents. Usually there’s some connection between the schools, either geographic proximity or through staff relationships. For example, St. Joseph’s Assistant Coach Dave Duda will see the team he coached to the Division III Sweet 16 last year when Widener visits the Hawks in Philadelphia.
Here are some of those Division III vs. Division I exhibitions. If you’re near one and so inclined, they’ll give you a chance to see some Division III basketball a couple weeks before we start for real on November 17.
Men
Wednesday, November 1: Marymount @ George Mason
Wednesday, November 1: Carnegie Mellon @ Pittsburgh
Wednesday, November 1: Central (Guard Brett De Hoogh pictured) @ Northern Iowa
Wednesday, November 8: UW-Platteville @ Purdue
Wednesday, November 8: UW-La Crosse @ UW-Green Bay
Thursday, November 9: Widener @ St. Joseph’s (Pa.)
Friday, November 10: Buena Vista @ Iowa
Friday, November 10: Washington U. @ Southern Illinois-Carbondale
Women
Thursday, November 2: UW-River Falls @ Wisconsin
Thursday, November 2: Concordia (Wisc.) @ UW-Milwaukee
I’m sure there are more out there, particularly on the women’s side, so please feel free to share.
William Paterson travels to Seton Hall for an exhibition game on December 15. The game is going to be played at Seton Hall’s on-campus facility, Walsh Gym.
Seton Hall used to have a school in Paterson I believe that was later closed. The now-defunct Seton Hall-Paterson is the alma mater of Dick Vitale. I can see why they shut :o)
Came across today, Emory and Henry at VMI on Nov. 3. Hope VMI is in game shape. 🙂
John Carroll University faces two Division 1 teams this season… Nov.17 to open the season at Loyola of Chicago and the day before Thanksgiving against Cleveland State.
Pat,
I believe you have an error on that Wisconsin women’s game.
That should be UW-Stevens Point vs. Wisconsin on 11/2.
http://www.uwbadgers.com/sport_news/wbb/schedule/?sportid=135
Sorry, that’s Gordon’s error. Not Pat’s.
W&L plays VMI on 11/6 – they play every year since the teams can walk to their opponents gym. They are moderately competitive. Usually VMI wins most of the 3 “halves”; but not always. Look fo rW&L to do wel this year.