Josh Verlin (@jmverlin)
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Saint Joseph’s and La Salle got a little clarity about their 2015-16 schedules, as the Atlantic 10 Conference released its home and away matchups Tuesday afternoon.
The league’s 14 members will be playing 18 games for the second consecutive season, meaning each team will play five teams twice and the other eight once, four at home and four on the road.
Saint Joseph’s gets Fordham, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Saint Bonaventure twice in addition to La Salle, while traveling to Davidson, George Washington, George Mason and Richmond and hosting Dayton, Duquesne, Saint Louis and Virginia Commonwealth.
The Hawks are coming off an 13-18 season where they went 7-11 in A-10 play, but return four of five starters from that group, including First Team All-Conference wing DeAndre Bembry (pictured above), who averaged 17.7 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 3.6 apg and 1.9 spg to lead the team in all categories as a sophomore.
In addition to its cross-town rival, La Salle will play Dayton, Fordham, Massachusetts and Rhode Island twice. The Explorers will travel to Davidson, Duquesne, George Washington and Richmond while hosting George Mason, Saint Bonaventure, Saint Louis and Virginia Commonwealth.
The Explorers went 17-16 (8-10) in 2014-15, though they’ll have to replace their starting frontcourt of Jerrell Wright (12.1 ppg, 6.5 rpg) and Steve Zack (8.6 ppg, 9.2 rpg) to take a step forward this winter.
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Here are the full home-and-away matchups for the Atlantic 10 Conference’s 2015-16 men’s basketball season:
Davidson
Home: LAS, UMASS, URI, SJU
Away: DAY, FOR, SBU, SLU
Both: DUQ, MASON, GW, RICH, VCU
Dayton
Home: DAV, GW, UMASS, VCU
Away: FOR, MASON, RICH, SJU
Both: DUQ, LAS, URI, SBU, SLU
Duquesne
Home: FOR, LAS, UMASS, RICH
Away: MASON, URI, SJU, VCU
Both: DAV, DAY, GW, SBU, SLU
Fordham
Home: DAV, DAY, MASON, SBU
Away: DUQ, GW, SLU, VCU
Both: LAS, UMASS, URI, RICH, SJU
George Mason
Home - DAY, DUQ, SBU, SJU
Away - FOR, LAS, UMASS, URI
Both: DAV, GW, RICH, SLU, VCU
George Washington
Home: FOR, LAS, URI, SJU
Away: DAY, UMASS, SBU, SLU
Both: DAV, DUQ, MASON, RICH, VCU
La Salle
Home: MASON, SBU, SLU, VCU
Away: DAV, DUQ, GW, RICH
Both: DAY, FOR, UMASS, URI, SJU
Massachusetts
Home: MASON, GW, SLU, VCU
Away: DAV, DAY, DUQ, RICH
Both: FOR, LAS, URI, SJU, SBU
Rhode Island
Home: DUQ, MASON, RICH, SLU
Away: DAV, GW, SBU, VCU
Both: DAY, FOR, LAS, UMASS, SJU
Richmond
Home: DAY, LAS, UMASS, SJU
Away: DUQ, URI, SBU, SLU
Both: DAV, FOR, MASON, GW, VCU
St. Bonaventure
Home: DAV, GW, URI, RICH
Away: FOR, MASON LAS, VCU
Both: DAY, DUQ, UMASS, SJU, SLU
Saint Joseph’s
Home: DAY, DUQ, SLU, VCU
Away: DAV, GW, MASON, RICH
Both: FOR, LAS, UMASS, URI, SBU
Saint Louis
Home: DAV, FOR, GW, RICH
Away: LAS, UMASS, URI, SJU
Both: DAY, DUQ, MASON, SBU, VCU
Virginia Commonwealth
Home: DUQ, FOR, URI, SBU
Away: DAY, LAS, UMASS, SJU
Both: DAV, MASON, GW, RICH, SJU
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