Aug. 30, 2006
2006-07 George Mason Women's Basketball Schedule in PDF format
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George Mason University unveiled its 2006-07 women's basketball schedule, which includes four meetings with schools which competed in the 2006 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship. The Patriots will play 13 home games this season, including a Nov. 14 home opener against Liberty (7 p.m.).
The Patriots begin the year against the defending national champions, Maryland, on Nov. 12 at the Comcast Center in College Park, Md. (2 p.m.) for the Terrapins' home opener. In addition to Maryland, Mason will face two other local teams during the non-conference season as the Patriots compete against Howard in Washington, D.C. (Nov. 28) and American on the Eagles home court (Dec. 8).
The Patriots will face Siena on Dec. 2 in Fairfax and will wrap-up home competition for the month of December against Georgia, which advanced to the Sweet 16 in 2006, on Dec. 20. Mason's lone tournament of the regular season is in Miami, Fla. on the campus of Florida International, Dec. 29-30. The other schools competing besides Mason and the host-school are Kansas State and Rice.
"We have to play strong teams out of conference to get us prepared for CAA play," said head coach Debbie Taneyhill. "We are bringing some strong teams into Fairfax in Liberty, Siena and Georgia.
"In addition, we are going to play many local teams on their home courts in Maryland, American and Howard. These are schools that we recruit against and I am hoping to draw large crowds because of the local connections, as well as the local athletes on the teams."
The Patriots open their Colonial Athletic Association schedule early this year as the Patriots will travel to Boston, Mass. to face Northeastern on Dec. 5. The next conference contest for Mason will be on Jan. 4 when the Patriots host UNC Wilmington for its home conference opener.
Five of the next eight games are on Mason's home court, including four-straight from Jan. 9-Jan. 18. The Patriots will wrap-up their non-conference slate against Brown (Jan. 9) and will then face JMU, Georgia State and Old Dominion, the defending CAA Champions. The final home contest for Mason in the month of January is against Northeastern (Jan. 25).
"Old Dominion, James Madison and Delaware are the top three teams in the conference this year," commented Taneyhill. "Madison has six seniors, all of which have been three year starters and ODU is still the team to beat until someone else can win the conference championship."
Schools coming to Fairfax in February are Virginia Commonwealth (Feb. 4), Delaware (Feb. 8), Hofstra (Feb. 11) and Mason will wrap-up its regular home season on Feb. 25 against William & Mary. After being at the Patriot Center the past two years, the CAA Championship will be held in Newark, Del. from March 8-11.
Please contact the Mason Athletic Ticket office at (703) 993-3270 for Mason home ticket information.
