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August 23, 2010
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Women's Basketball Releases 2010-11 Schedule

OXFORD, Ohio – The Miami women’s basketball team announced its 2010-11 schedule on Monday. The challenging slate will feature 13 home games and 11 games against teams that reached the postseason a year ago.

After an exhibition game against Tiffin on Nov. 6, the schedule kicks off with one of the Red and White’s biggest challenges, when they welcome Kentucky to Millett Hall on Nov. 14. The Wildcats made it to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament last season, and will likely be ranked in the preseason top 15 when they come to town.

The RedHawks will have their first road game on Nov. 17 when they travel to Eastern Kentucky. On Nov. 20, the second ever ‘battle of Miami’ will occur when they travel to Miami, Fla. to take on the Hurricanes. Last year, Miami (Fla.) advanced to the WNIT Championship game before falling to California.

Four of the next six games will be at the friendly confines of Millett Hall, including two games on Thanksgiving weekend. On Nov. 24, Duquesne comes to town, with Stetson following on Nov. 27. After a quick trip to local rival Wright State on Dec. 1, former MAC rival Marshall will be in Oxford on Dec. 6. That week will be busy as after playing the Thundering Herd on Monday, Miami will travel to Indiana on Thursday, Dec. 9 and host Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday, Dec. 11.

The non-conference season concludes with a trip to the Boston area to take on Northeastern (Dec.19) and Massachusetts (Dec. 21). After the holidays, the RedHawks will head to the Windy City to take on Chicago State (Dec. 30) and down to Cincinnati to take on the Bearcats (Jan. 2).

”Our preseason schedule is going to challenge us on a nightly basis and will give us the opportunity as a team to grow and improve,” said sophomore guard Courtney Osborn. “By playing all quality teams we will be prepared for the MAC season and to compete for a championship.”

Mid-American Conference play begins on Jan. 5 when Miami travels to take on Kent State. A game at defending regular-season MAC Champion Bowling Green follows on Jan. 8. The MAC home opener will be against Buffalo on Jan. 12, while the first go-around against East Division opponents conclude with games at Akron (Jan. 15) and home against Ohio (Jan. 18).

Next up for the RedHawks are games against teams from the MAC West Division. Miami will travel to Northern Illinois (Jan. 23) and Ball State (Jan. 26), before coming home to Millett Hall to face Eastern Michigan (Jan. 29), Central Michigan (Feb. 2) and Toledo (Feb. 5). The West Division battles finish with a game at Western Michigan on Feb. 12.

The regular season concludes with rematches against the East Division foes. Miami will host Kent State (Feb. 17) and Bowling Green (Feb. 19), travel to Buffalo (Feb. 23) and host Akron (Feb. 26), before ending the regular season with a game against the rival Ohio Bobcats (Mar. 2).

“I am excited to have another schedule that is going to challenge us,” said junior guard Maggie Boyer. “It should be an exciting year with the talent that the freshmen bring and the talent that we already have. We are looking forward to stepping up to the challenge.”

The MAC Tournament will take place Mar. 5-12. The top four teams (the two division winners and the next two best teams regardless of division) will receive byes directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining teams will play first round games at campus sites on Saturday, Mar. 5. The remainder of the tournament will be held for the 12th straight year at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The quarterfinals are on Wednesday, Mar. 9, the semifinals are scheduled for Friday, Mar. 11 and the championship game will be on Saturday, Mar. 12.

August 21, 2010
MEN'S BASKETBALL

Men’s Basketball Unveils Complete Schedule

Sixteen Home Games Highlight 2010-11 Regular-Season Slate

OxFORD, Ohio—Earlier Miami University’s men’s basketball program announced a thrilling non-conference schedule. The RedHawks unveil their complete 2010-11 regular-season schedule with the announcement of their Mid-American Conference games.

Highlighting the schedule are an unprecedented 16 regular-season home games for the program.

In addition to its non-conference schedule, which includes home games with Towson, IUPUI, Green Bay, San Diego State, Xavier, Saginaw Valley State, Troy and Cincinnati and road games at Duke, Ohio State, Dayton, Wright State, Belmont and Kansas, Miami will play a 16-game MAC schedule.

The RedHawks open and close the MAC season with defending MAC Tournament Champion Ohio in the Battle of the Bricks, the most-contested series of any in program history. The RedHawks play at Ohio on Sunday, Jan. 9 to open MAC play and will close the season at home against the Bobcats. The game is scheduled for Saturday, March 5 but could be moved to Friday, March 4 to be televised on one of the ESPN networks. A date change would be announced in early February.

Miami’s home conference opener is against Buffalo on Thursday, Jan. 13. The RedHawks hit the road to battle Bowling Green on Sunday, Jan. 16 before returning home to host Akron on Wednesday, Jan. 19. A pair of road games at Kent State (Sunday, Jan. 23) and at Central Michigan (Thursday, Jan. 27) are up next for Miami. The RedHawks then return home to host Western Michigan on Saturday, Jan. 29 and Ball State on Tuesday, Feb. 1.

On Saturday, Feb. 5, Miami travels to Eastern Michigan and rounds out its stretch against the MAC West Division at home with Northern Illinois on Wednesday, Feb. 9 and at Toledo on Saturday, Feb. 12. Miami resumes play against the MAC East Division on Wednesday, Feb. 16, hosting Kent State, and takes a brief break from conference play to take part in the ESPN BracketBuster on Saturday, Feb. 19. The RedHawks are a road team for the BracketBuster. Pairings will be announced in early February.

Conference play picks back up for the RedHawks when they travel to Akron for a Wednesday, Feb. 23 tilt. Miami hosts Bowling Green on Saturday, Feb. 26 and then makes the trek to Buffalo for a game on Wednesday, March 2 before returning home to host Ohio in the regular-season finale.

Season tickets can be purchased by visiting the Miami University Athletic Ticket Office or by calling 1-866-MUHAWKS or 513-529-HAWK. Additional ticket packages and single-game ticket information will be announced at a later time.

For the Nov. 26 game at Ohio State, season ticket holders may purchase an equivalent number of tickets to their 2010-11 season tickets. Red & White Club members may purchase tickets based on the following: Active Member-$249 = maximum of two tickets; $250-$999 = maximum of four tickets; $1,000-$2,499 = maximum of six tickets; $2,500 and above = maximum of eight tickets. Ticket requests should be made either based on Red & White Club giving levels or on number of season tickets purchased, not a combination of the two. Quantities will be filled in the above fashion on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.

The Red & White Club is the official membership organization that supports Miami University Athletics' annual scholarship needs. Active membership begins at $100 each year. Gifts to the Red & White Club go directly into the Red & White Club Scholarship Fund, which annually provides scholarship assistance to varsity sports programs at Miami.

For more information about the Red & White Club or to join, contact us at: (513) 529-8097 or RWClub@muohio.edu. Your gift DOES make a difference in the lives of Miami student-athletes.

Complete Schedule: http://www.muredhawks.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/mioh-m-baskbl-sched.html

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