MAAC Begins 2008-09 Men's Basketball Season This Weekend
MAAC Sports
Edison, N.J. ? The MAAC will begin its 2008-09 men’s basketball season this weekend, starting with four games on Friday, November 14.
Loyola College will host Mount St. Mary’s University at 7:00 p.m., live on MASN. Rider University will face Saint Joseph’s University at 7:00 p.m. at the Wachovia Center. Iona College will host Hampton University for a 7:30 tip at the Hynes Athletics Center. Marist College will travel to Piscataway, N.J. to take on Rutgers University in the Garden State Tip-Off Classic at 7:30 p.m.
Four more contests take place on Saturday, November 15, beginning with Manhattan College at the New Jersey Institute of Technology at 2:00 p.m. Saint Peter’s College hosts Lehigh University at the Yanitelli Center at 4:00 p.m. The University of Akron will host Canisius College for a 7:00 p.m. game, while Fairfield University will take on Memphis University in an opening round game of the O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off Classic at 8:00 p.m. at the FedEx Forum.
Rounding out the weekend are two games on Sunday, November 16. Loyola will host Tennessee State University at 1:00 p.m. at Reitz Arena, and Niagara University will host Towson University as part of the Philly Hoop Classic for a 7:00 p.m. contest at the Taps Gallagher Center.