Let The Conference Season Really Begin!

On this New Year's Eve, some teams have a conference game in the books. For others, this weekend marks the beginning of conference play. The push to a top seed for the Atlantic 10 Tournament in early March begins in earnest as the calendar pushes to 2017.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 31ST:

Richmond 70, Saint Joseph's 52
Saint Louis 106, Davidson 69
Dayton 77, UMass 65
George Mason 52, St. Bonaventure 49

SUNDAY JANUARY 1ST:

VCU 61, La Salle 56
George Washington 75, Duquesne 40
Fordham 74, Rhode Island 69

HOLIDAY HOOPS: Final Non-Conference Action Before 2017

Atlantic 10 teams are getting in their final non-conference tests before fully turning their attention to what will prove to be one of the most unpredictable conference seasons in Atlantic 10 history. We'll keep you posted on scores and schedules as we approach the turn to conference play and to 2017! (NOTE: Bold, italized game is conference game).

WEDNESDAY 12/21:

Wake Forest 60, VCU 54
Buffalo 68, St. Bonaventure 47
Dayton 77, Old Dominion 69 (Florida Sunshine Classic, Winter Park, FL)
La Salle 78, Delaware State 38
Charlotte 93, Davidson 79
#14 Stanford 71, George Washington 62
#4 Maryland 77, Duquesne 57
Saint Louis 72, Missouri 61

THURSDAY 12/22:

Fordham 92, Niagara 69
Hofstra 75, Saint Joseph's 64

FRIDAY 12/23:

George Washington 74, Loyola (MD) 64

TUESDAY 12/27:

Florida International 58, UMass 57 (FIU Holiday Classic, Miami)
Drexel 82, George Mason 71 (FIU Holiday Classic, Miami)
Richmond 54, Morgan State 37

WEDNESDAY 12/28:

Drexel 65, UMass 47 (FIU Holiday Classic, Miami)
George Mason 67, Florida International 51 (FIU Holiday Classic, Miami)
La Salle 64, UMKC 59
St. Bonaventure 78, Rhode Island 69
Dayton 82, Liberty 53 (Cavalier Classic, Charlottesville, VA)
James Madison 85, Saint Joseph's 72

THURSDAY 12/29:

Buffalo 58, Fordham 54 (Fordham Holiday Classic, Bronx, NY)
VCU 85, Brown 72
Duquesne 63, Pitt 54
Mercer 67, Davidson 60
Virginia 66, Dayton 56 (Cavalier Classic, Charlottesville, VA)
Saint Louis 83, Lipscomb 38

FRIDAY 12/30:
Fordham 55, UNC Asheville 42 (Fordham Holiday Classic, Bronx, NY)

Weekend Scoreboard

The first Atlantic 10 conference game took place Thursday night as the 2014 champions, Fordham, knocked off the 2016 runner-up Duquesne 64-51. By Sunday night, over half of the teams in the conference will have had one conference game. (NOTE: Conference games noted with "*")

THURSDAY DECEMBER 1:
Fordham 64, Duquesne 51*

FRIDAY DECEMBER 2:
George Washington 81, VCU 67*
Dayton 61, Morgan State 42

SATURDAY DECEMBER 3:
Ohio 64, Duquesne 46
East Tennessee State 76, Davidson 56
Brown 76, Rhode Island 65
Saint Louis 78, Eastern Kentucky 51
Villanova 62, Saint Joseph's 54
Richmond 63, Liberty 54 (Navy Classic, Annapolis, MD)

SUNDAY DECEMBER 4:
George Washington 72, Illinois 56
George Mason 66, UMass 55*
Fordham 56, Boston College 49
Cleveland State 69, Richmond 65 (Navy Classic, Annapolis, MD)
La Salle 54, Dayton 51
Bryant 62, Rhode Island 56 (Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament)