FAIRFAX, Va. - George Mason women's basketball will host fifteen regular season games at the Patriot Center as the Colonial Athletic Association released the conference portion of the 2012-13 slate. The Patriots will face league opponents 18 times in addition to the 11-game non-conference slate announced earlier.

All game dates and times are subject to change as a result of television broadcast scheduling. 

The Patriots will play eight home-and-home series against Northeastern, Delaware, Hofstra, Towson, Georgia State, UNCW, James Madison and William & Mary. Mason will welcome Old Dominion to Fairfax, while traveling to Drexel as the Monarchs and Dragons are the only two teams the Patriots will not play twice.

As announced in August, Mason opens the regular season on the road at Oakland, Nov. 9. UMES and Morgan State then visit Fairfax on Nov. 13 and 16, respectively, before the Patriots travel to Las Cruces, New Mexico for the Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic, Nov. 23-24.

The Patriots open December with a pair of home games, hosting UAB on Dec. 2 and Akron three days later. Two road games follow as Mason travels to perennial powerhouse Maryland, Dec. 8, and George Washington on Dec. 22 after the exam break. The non-conference slate wraps up with Georgia Southern and East Carolina visiting the Patriot Center on Dec. 29 and January 2, respectively.

Mason opens CAA play with a pair of road contests traveling to Northeastern on Sunday, January 6 before visiting Delaware on Jan. 10. Hofstra visits the Patriot Center on Jan. 13 for the CAA home opener for the Patriots before Mason returns to the road for a short trip to Towson on Jan. 17. The first of two three-game weeks follows as the Patriots welcome Northeastern (Jan. 22), James Madison (Jan. 24) and Georgia State (Jan. 27) to the Patriot Center before traveling to Hofstra on Jan. 31 to close out the month.

A pair of in-state rivals visit Fairfax to open February as Old Dominion arrives for a Thursday tilt on Feb. 7, marking the lone matchup between the two teams, and William & Mary makes the trip on Feb. 10. The Patriots will visit UNCW on Thursday, Feb. 14 and welcome Towson on Sunday, Feb. 17 before beginning its second three-game week which features a home matchup against Delaware on Feb. 19 and trips to Drexel (Feb. 21) and Georgia State (Feb. 24).

The Patriots host UNCW on Thursday, Feb. 28 for their final home contest before concluding the regular season on the road. Mason travels to James Madison on March 3 and closes out regular-season play at William and Mary on Wednesday, March 6.

The Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Md. will be the site of the 2013 CAA Championship for the third consecutive year. The championship will be held March 14-17.

NOVEMBER
Fri. 2                    DAVIS & ELKINS (Exhibition)
Fri. 9                    at Oakland
Tues. 13               UMES
Fri. 16                  MORGAN STATE
Fri. 23                  at Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic
Sat. 24                 at Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic

DECEMBER
Sun. 2                  UAB
Wed. 5                 AKRON
Sat. 8                   at Maryland
Sat. 22                 at George Washington
Sat. 29                 GEORGIA SOUTHERN

JANUARY
Wed. 2                 EAST CAROLINA
Sun. 6                  at Northeastern
Thurs. 10              at Delaware
Sun. 13                HOFSTRA
Thurs. 17              at Towson
Tues. 22               NORTHEASTERN
Thurs. 24             JAMES MADISON
Sun. 27                GEORGIA STATE
Thurs. 31              at Hofstra

FEBRUARY
Thurs. 7               OLD DOMINION
Sun. 10                WILLIAM & MARY
Thurs. 14              at UNCW
Sun. 17                TOWSON
Tues. 19               DELAWARE
Thurs. 21              at Drexel
Sun. 24                at Georgia State
Thurs. 28             UNCW

MARCH
Sun. 3                   at James Madison
Wed. 6                  at William & Mary
14-17                    at CAA Championship (Upper Marlboro, Md.)