GAMEDAY CENTRAL: Men's Basketball Begins Second Division I Campaign at George Washington


Stonehill Skyhawks
(0-0, 0-0 NEC)

at

George Washington Revolutionaries
(0-0, 0-0 A10)

Monday, November 6, 2023
Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, D.C
  8 p.m.


  

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The Game
Stonehill College opens its 2023-24 campaign in the nation's capital as they begin their second full season at the Division I level when they travel to the Charles E. Smith Center to take on the George Washington Revolutionaries. This is the first meeting between the two programs and the second meeting between the Skyhawks and an Atlantic-10 school. Stonehill lost in a matchup at Fordham last year, 71-60, as they made their debut against an A10 program.

Media Information
Monday night's game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Byron Kerr (play-by-play) and Abe Rothstein (analyst) calling the action for George Washington. The live radio broadcast can be found on George Washington's student radio station, WRGW, at gwradio.com or on iHeart Radio.

Preseason Prognostications
Stonehill was picked to finish ninth in its first Northeast Conference season by the league's head coaches before they finished in a tie for second place as they went 10-6. This season, they were voted to finish in sixth place, three spots higher after their strong debut to the NEC in 2022-23. 

Tough Slate
Stonehill has picked up where it left off last season when it comes to assembling a  tough non-conference slate, featuring three pre-season ranked opponents and two of the NCAA Final Four teams from this past March. They'll take on teams from the Big East  (1 - #6 UConn), ACC (1 - #13 Miami), SEC (1 - #16 Kentucky), Big Ten (1 - Rutgers), A-10 (2- Saint Joseph's (Pa.), George Washington), Patriot League (1 - Army), America East (3 - UMass Lowell, Binghamton, New Hampshire), and the MAAC (2 - Quinnipiac, Rider) leading up to their second season of NEC play. 11 of the Skyhawks 15 non-conference games will be played on the road.

In Transition
Stonehill announced it had accepted an invitation to join the Northeast Conference and commence a four-year transition to full NCAA Division I membership on April 5, 2022. The Skyhawks started their four-year transition on July 1, 2022, and will earn full NCAA Division I membership in 2026-27. At the June NEC meetings, the Conference presidents announced a shift in the waiting period for automatic qualifier sports from competing for NEC postseason championships from four to two years, making Stonehill eligible to compete in the NEC postseason starting this year, in 2023-24.

Proud History
Stonehill won the Northeast-10 Presidents' Cup six times, finishing in the top three in the final standings 15 of the last 17 years. Stonehill was one of just ten institutions nationwide to receive the NCAA Division II Presidents' Award for Academic Achievement, recognizing athletic departments with an Academic Success rating of 90-percent or better, in each of the first ten years of the program's existence. The College ranks No. 98 in the category of National Liberal Arts Schools by U.S. News & World Report and No. 94 for the Best Value category.

Hoop History
Stonehill men's basketball earned 15 NCAA Division II Tournament bids over its history, the last was halted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Stonehill was a charter member of the Northeast-10 Conference, winning the first two tournament championships in 1981 and '82, finishing its time in the Conference with four postseason titles and six regular season championships.

Getting Social
Fans and media members of Stonehill Athletics have multiple social media outlets to get updates on all 23 varsity programs. The department's Facebook page is www.facebook.com/stonehillskyhawks, and you can also follow @GoStonehill on Twitter and @stonehillskyhawks via Instagram! You can also search for Stonehill men's basketball on Facebook, follow the team's Twitter account via @StonehillBball as well as head coach Chris Kraus @CoachChrisKraus, and its new Instagram feed @stonehillbball. 

Up Next
The Skyhawks host Army West Point at Merkert Gymnasium on Thursday, November 9 at 7 p.m. for their home opener. Stonehill recorded their first Division I win last season against the Black Knights at West Point, 82-77.