Fairfield Men's Baskeball Begins MAAC schedule vs. Iona

The 2015-16 Fairfield University men’s basketball schedule was completed on Monday morning as the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) announced the conference dates for the 2015-16 season. The Stags will host 10 games against MAAC opponents, beginning with the Rider University Broncs on December 4th.

Fairfield officially starts conference play on December 1st when it travels to New Rochelle, N.Y for a match up with Iona College. It’s the first time that the two teams opened MAAC play against one another since the 2002-03 campaign with the Stags posting an 83-78 overtime victory in Bridgeport. The Stags will finish up the MAAC opening weekend against Rider, marking the first time that these two schools will meet in the first weekend of conference play since the 1998-99 campaign.

The Stags will return to non-conference play for the rest of December before opening up the 2016 calendar year at Manhattan College on January 2nd. The match up with be the first of three straight MAAC road games for Fairfield, interrupted only by a non-conference home game against Dartmouth on January 4th. Fairfield will head to Siena College on January 7th and conclude the Rider season series on January 9th in Lawrenceville, N.J.

Head Coach Sydney Johnson will bring his team back home for three consecutive dates which also starts a stretch of six home contests over a seven-game stretch. The run begins with Monmouth University on January 11th and also includes Niagara University on January 15th and Saint Peter’s on January 19th.

After a quick trip to Poughkeepsie, N.Y. for a January 22th game with Marist College, Fairfield returns to the Nutmeg State for home games with Iona on January 24th, Canisius College on January 29th, and Quinnipiac University on February 1st.

The remaining eight-game slate is slightly unbalanced with Fairfield playing five road games, beginning with its February 5th meeting with Monmouth.

The Stags welcome Manhattan on February 7th before heading to Quinnipiac on February 13th. Two days later, Marist completes its season series with the Stags. Fairfield heads to upstate New York for its annual trek to the Buffalo/Niagara area, taking on Canisius on February 18th and Niagara on February 20th.

The Stags play their final home game of the season by hosting Siena College on February 24th, setting up the regular-season finale on February 27th at Saint Peter’s University.

The 2016 MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship takes place in Albany, N.Y. between March 3-7. The event will be hosted by the Times Union Center.

The Fairfield University men’s basketball schedule is as follows:

2015-16 Fairfield University Men’s Basketball Schedule

Friday, November 13 Yale University (Connecticut 6 Classic)

Sunday, November 15 at University of North Carolina, CBE Hall of Fame Classic

Wednesday, November 18 at Northwestern University, CBE Hall of Fame Classic

Saturday, November 21 Sacred Heart University

Tuesday, November 24 at University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

Friday, November 27 Columbia University

Tuesday, December 1 at Iona College*

Friday, December 4 Rider University*

Friday, December 18 Wagner University

Tuesday, December 22 Loyola University (Md.)

Sunday, December 27 at Bucknell University

Saturday, January 2 at Manhattan College*

Monday, January 4 Dartmouth College

Thursday, January 7 at Siena College*

Saturday, January 9 at Rider University*

Monday, January 11 Monmouth University*

Friday, January 15 Niagara University*

Tuesday, January 19 Saint Peter’s University*

Friday, January 22 at Marist College*

Sunday, January 24 Iona College*

Friday, January 29 Canisius College

Monday, February 1 Quinnipiac University*

Friday, February 5 at Monmouth University*

Sunday, February 7 Manhattan College*

Saturday, February 13 at Quinnipiac University*

Monday, February 15 Marist College*

Thursday, February 18 at Canisius College*

Saturday, February 20 at Niagara University*

Wednesday, February 24 Siena College*

Saturday, February 27 at Saint Peter’s College*

Home Games in Bold

Connecticut 6 Classic hosted by Central Connecticut State University

* - MAAC Game