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 Megan Gebbia, Head Coach at American
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CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Nine of the 10 Patriot League teams will be in action when the 2015-16 women's basketball season tips off on Nov. 13, beginning a five-week non-League schedule before Colgate and Lafayette open League play on Dec. 22.
View the entire 2015-16 Patriot League Women's Basketball Composite Schedule.
The non-League slate features 14 teams that made a 2015 NCAA DI Women's Basketball Championship appearance, including the National Champion - UConn - and runner-up - Notre Dame; 15 teams that made an appearance in last year's WNIT; and two teams that competed in the WBI.
Colgate will start its season at Kent State on Sunday, Nov. 15 after the rest of the nine teams open the season on Friday, Nov. 13. Three of the nine -- Army West Point, Boston University, and Lehigh -- will play at home while the remaining six will open on the road.
After Colgate and Lafayette play the first Patriot League game of the season on Tuesday, Dec. 22 in Easton, the other eight teams open the Patriot League slate on Wednesday, Dec. 30. The schedule once again features 18 games as each of the 10 schools will play a home-and-home against the other teams in the League.
The season concludes on March 2, and the 2015 Patriot League Tournament begins with the first round on March 5 followed by the quarterfinals on March 7, semifinals on March 11 and championship on March 12. All 10 teams qualify for the Patriot League Tournament, which is played entirely at campus sites with the higher-seeded squad hosting each game.
Both matchups between Army West Point and Navy this season are scheduled to air on CBS Sports Network, with the first of the two being played at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, January 23 at 11:30 a.m. as part of a double-header feature with the men's teams. A second double-header featuring the Army West Point and Navy squads is on tap for Saturday, February 20, this time from Annapolis with the women tipping off at 11 a.m. CBS Sports Network will also televise the 2016 Patriot League Women's Basketball Championships, for the seventh year in a row, on Saturday, March 12 at 6 p.m.
American Sports Network will broadcast two women's contests, beginning with action between Holy Cross and Lehigh in Bethlehem on Sunday, January 17 at 3 p.m. The ASN schedule concludes with the regular season as Bucknell visits Lafayette on Wednesday, March 2 at 6 p.m.
In addition, all home games not scheduled on the CBS Sports Network and ASN will be available for free on the Patriot League Network.
Breaking Down this Season's Opponents
Patriot League vs. Other Conferences
A10: Duquesne, Fordham, George Washington, Massachusetts, Richmond, Rhode Island, Saint Joseph's, St. Bonaventure
ACC: Boston College, Duke, Notre Dame, Pitt, Wake Forest
America East: Albany, Binghamton, Hartford, New Hampshire, UMBC, UMass-Lowell, Vermont
American Athletic Conference: Connecticut
Atlantic Sun: Lipscomb, NJIT
Big 10: Illinois, Maryland, Penn State
Big 12: Kansas
Big East: DePaul, Villanova
Big Sky: Montana
CAA: Delaware, Drexel (TBD), Elon, Hofstra, James Madison, Northeastern, William & Mary
Conference USA: Old Dominion
Horizon League: Cleveland State, Youngstown State
Ivy: Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale
MAAC: Canisius, Fairfield, Manhattan, Marist, Monmouth, Quinnipiac, Rider, Saint Peter's, Siena
MAC: Kent State
MEAC: Coppin State, Delaware State, Hampton, Morgan State, Norfolk State, North Carolina A&T
Mountain West Conference: Air Force, Colorado State (TBD)
NEC: Bryant, Central Connecticut State, Fairleigh Dickinson, LIU Brooklyn, Mount St. Mary's, St. Francis Brooklyn, Wagner
West Coast Conference: Gonzaga, Pepperdine
DII - PSAC: Kutztown
DIII - New MAC: Emerson; Centennial Conference: Johns Hopkins
2015 Postseason Breakdown
14 teams that made a 2015 NCAA DI Women's Basketball Championship appearance
• UConn (National Champion)
- Colgate hosts on Dec. 9 at 7 p.m.
• Notre Dame (Runner-Up)
- Bucknell plays at on Nov. 15 at 1 p.m.
• Maryland (Final Four)
- Loyola plays at on Dec. 8 at 7 p.m.
• Duke (Sweet 16)
- Army West Point plays at on Nov. 22 at 2 p.m.
• Gonzaga (Sweet 16)
- Colgate hosts on Dec. 13 at 2 p.m.
• Princeton (Second-Round)
- American plays at on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m.
• Pitt (Second-Round)
- Holy Cross plays at on Dec. 6 at 2 p.m.
- American plays at on Dec. 22 at 2 p.m.
• DePaul (Second-Round)
- Colgate plays at on Nov. 27 at 8 p.m.
• St. Francis Brooklyn (First-Round)
- Lafayette hosts on Dec. 4 at 7 p.m.
- Army West Point plays at on Dec. 8 at 7 p.m.
- Loyola plays at on Dec. 22 at 1 p.m.
• Albany (First-Round)
- Boston hosts on Nov. 18 at 7 p.m.
- Army West Point hosts on Dec. 5 at 1 p.m.
• George Washington (First-Round)
- American plays at on Nov. 17 at 7 p.m.
• Montana (First-Round)
- Lehigh hosts on Nov. 28 at 4 p.m.
• Quinnipiac (First-Round)
- Army West Point hosts on Nov. 15 at 4 p.m.
- Holy Cross plays at on Nov. 21 at 2 p.m.
• James Madison (First-Round)
- American plays at on Dec. 5 at 2 p.m.
15 teams that made a 2015 WNIT appearance
• Villanova (Elite 8)
- Loyola plays at on Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
- TBD Lehigh hosts on Nov. 29 at 2 p.m. (tournament)
• Duquesne (Sweet 16)
- Lafayette hosts on Nov. 20 at 7 p.m.
• Penn (Second-Round)
- Lafayette plays at on Nov. 17 at 7 p.m.
- Navy plays at on Dec. 5 at 2 p.m.
• Richmond (Second-Round)
- Lafayette plays on Dec. 28 in Charlottesville, Va. at 4:30 p.m.
• Hampton (Second-Round)
- Lehigh plays at on Dec. 20 at 3 p.m.
• Fordham (Second-Round)
- Lafayette plays at on Nov. 24 at 7 p.m.
• Old Dominion (Second-Round)
- Loyola plays at on Dec. 2 at 11 a.m.
• Colorado State (First-Round)
- TBD Navy hosts on Nov. 28 at 6 p.m. (tournament)
• Cleveland State (First-Round)
- Bucknell plays at on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m.
• Elon (First-Round)
- American hosts on Nov. 19 at 7 p.m.
- Navy hosts on Nov. 24 at 7 p.m.
• Marist (First-Round)
- Boston hosts on Dec. 12 at 2 p.m.
• Hofstra (First-Round)
- Navy plays at on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m.
- American hosts on Nov. 19 at 7 p.m.
• Youngstown St. (First Round)
- Bucknell hosts on Dec. 2 at 4:30 p.m.
• Drexel (First-Round)
- TBD Lehigh hosts on Nov. 29 at 2 p.m. (tournament)
• Central Connecticut St. (First-Round)
- Army West Point hosts on Nov. 19 at 5 p.m.
2 teams that made a 2015 WBI appearance
• Siena (Runner-Up)
- Navy hosts on Nov. 27 at 6 p.m.
- Colgate hosts on Dec. 28 at 5 p.m.
• William & Mary
- Loyola hosts on Nov. 23 at 7 p.m.
- American plays at on Nov. 25 at TBA
Note: American and Army are not included
2016 Patriot League Women's Basketball on CBS Sports Network
Jan. 23 - Navy vs. Army West Point Star Game, 11:30 a.m. (Madison Square Garden)
Feb. 20 - Army West Point at Navy, 11 a.m.
March 12 - Patriot League Championship, 6 p.m.
2016 Patriot League Women's Basketball on American Sports Network
Jan. 17 - Holy Cross at Lehigh, 3 p.m.
March 2 - Bucknell at Lafayette, 6 p.m.
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