Seawolves announce 16-game America East Schedule
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Coming off a record-setting season in which it won a program best eight conference games, the Stony Brook University men's basketball program announced its 16-game 2009-10 conference schedule today. The Seawolves tied for fourth place in the league standings last year, its best finish in the school's eight years in the America East Conference.
Stony Brook opens its America East slate on Jan. 2 with a road contest at Boston University in a rematch of the Seawolves four-overtime classic at BU from a season ago. SBU then returns home for a two-game home stand, hosting Hartford on Jan. 7 before taking on New Hampshire on Jan. 10.
The Seawolves then hit the road for three of their next four games beginning with contests against Binghamton (Jan. 12) and Maine (Jan. 16). Stony Brook then welcomes UMBC to Pritchard Gymnasium on Jan. 18 before heading to Burlington to take on last year's co-regular season champion on Jan. 21.
Albany (Jan. 24) and Boston University (Jan. 30) then visit Stony Brook before SBU makes the short trip to Connecticut to take on Hartford on Feb. 3. Following a one-week break, the Seawolves will return home to play against Maine (Feb. 10) and Binghamton (Feb. 13).
SBU then hits the road to take on UMBC (Feb. 16) and Albany (Feb. 19), which will complete a stretch in which the Seawolves play four games in nine days. Stony Brook concludes the home portion of its schedule on Feb. 24 against Vermont. The Seawolves wrap up the regular season on Feb. 28 at New Hampshire.
The 2010 America East Tournament will be held at the University of Hartford's Chase Family Arena on March 4-7 as the conference's men's and women's basketball tournaments will be held in a combined format for the first time in the league's history. The title games will both be held the following weekend. The men's championship game will be held on Saturday, March 13 at the campus site of the highest remaining seeds.
All 29 Seawolves men's basketball regular season games as well as any additional postseason contests will be aired live on WUSB 90.1 FM. Pregame for all WUSB broadcasts will be 15 minutes before tipoff.
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Coming off a record-setting season in which it won a program best eight conference games, the Stony Brook University men's basketball program announced its 16-game 2009-10 conference schedule today. The Seawolves tied for fourth place in the league standings last year, its best finish in the school's eight years in the America East Conference.
Stony Brook opens its America East slate on Jan. 2 with a road contest at Boston University in a rematch of the Seawolves four-overtime classic at BU from a season ago. SBU then returns home for a two-game home stand, hosting Hartford on Jan. 7 before taking on New Hampshire on Jan. 10.
The Seawolves then hit the road for three of their next four games beginning with contests against Binghamton (Jan. 12) and Maine (Jan. 16). Stony Brook then welcomes UMBC to Pritchard Gymnasium on Jan. 18 before heading to Burlington to take on last year's co-regular season champion on Jan. 21.
Albany (Jan. 24) and Boston University (Jan. 30) then visit Stony Brook before SBU makes the short trip to Connecticut to take on Hartford on Feb. 3. Following a one-week break, the Seawolves will return home to play against Maine (Feb. 10) and Binghamton (Feb. 13).
SBU then hits the road to take on UMBC (Feb. 16) and Albany (Feb. 19), which will complete a stretch in which the Seawolves play four games in nine days. Stony Brook concludes the home portion of its schedule on Feb. 24 against Vermont. The Seawolves wrap up the regular season on Feb. 28 at New Hampshire.
The 2010 America East Tournament will be held at the University of Hartford's Chase Family Arena on March 4-7 as the conference's men's and women's basketball tournaments will be held in a combined format for the first time in the league's history. The title games will both be held the following weekend. The men's championship game will be held on Saturday, March 13 at the campus site of the highest remaining seeds.
All 29 Seawolves men's basketball regular season games as well as any additional postseason contests will be aired live on WUSB 90.1 FM. Pregame for all WUSB broadcasts will be 15 minutes before tipoff.
