FAU Women’s Basketball Announces 2004-05 Schedule

BOCA RATON, FL – Florida Atlantic University women’s basketball coach, Chancellor Dugan, has announced the team’s 2004-05 schedule. The 27-game slate includes seven non-conference contests as well as a 20-game Atlantic Sun Conference schedule. Three of the team’s seven non-conference games will be against in-state teams.

The Lady Owls will begin the regular season with a two-game swing through Tennessee. They open November 19 at Middle Tennessee before concluding the trip at Tennessee Tech. MTSU is the defending Sun Belt Conference champion while Tennessee Tech finished second last year in the Ohio Valley Conference.

Florida Atlantic begins its home schedule with the FAU Thanksgiving Classic November 26-27 featuring James Madison, Morehead State, and Youngstown State. Florida Atlantic faces YSU in the opening round with the consolation and championship games on Nov. 27. FAU continues its homestand with A-Sun games against Lipscomb and Belmont on December 2 and December 4, respectively.

Its final three con-conference games are road contests with Florida International on December 11 and Florida State on December 15. FAU then hosts Bethune-Cookman on December 30. Starting with January, FAU’s last 18 games are all against A-Sun teams.

“I think we have a dynamic non-conference schedule,” said Dugan. “Right off the bat, we play an NCAA Tournament team in Middle Tennessee along with another solid team in Tennessee Tech. I believe our fans will really enjoy the tournament we are hosting, and playing three straight teams from Florida is always something to look forward to.”

The 2005 A-Sun Championship returns to Dothan, AL, for the second straight year. The tournament is scheduled for March 10-12. The top eight teams from the regular season advance to the post-season competition. FAU has qualified for the A-Sun Championship in each of Dugan’s five years as head coach.

The team begins practice October 16 and plays an exhibition game November 7 at home against Florida Gulf Coast.

Several of the team’s road games and all post-season games will continue to air on WLVJ 1040-AM. For ticket information, call 1-(866) FAU-OWLS.

2004-05 FAU Women’s Basketball Schedule

Date Day Opponent Site Time

Nov 7 Sun FLORIDA GULF COAST # Boca Raton, FL 1:00pm

Nov 19 Fri at Middle Tennessee State Murfreesboro, TN 6:30pm

Nov 21 Sun at Tennessee Tech Cookeville, TN 3:00pm

FAU Thanksgiving Classic (Nov. 26-27)
(FAU, James Madison, Morehead State, Youngstown State)
Nov 26 Fri JMU vs Morehead State Boca Raton, FL 5:00pm
FAU vs Youngstown State Boca Raton, FL 7:00pm
Nov 27 Sat Consolation Boca Raton, FL 5:00pm
Championship Boca Raton, FL 7:00pm

Dec 2 Thu LIPSCOMB * Boca Raton, FL 7:00pm

Dec 4 Sat BELMONT * Boca Raton, FL 3:00pm

Dec 11 Sat at Florida International Miami, FL 7:00pm

Dec 15 Wed at Florida State Tallahassee, FL 7:00pm

Dec 30 Thu BETHUNE-COOKMAN Boca Raton, FL 7:00pm

Jan 3 Mon at UCF * Orlando, FL 7:00pm

Jan 6 Thu TROY * Boca Raton, FL 7:00pm

Jan 13 Thu at Gardner-Webb * Boiling Springs, NC 7:00pm

Jan 15 Sat at Campbell * Buies Creek, NC 2:00pm

Jan 20 Thu GEORGIA STATE * Boca Raton, FL 7:00pm

Jan 22 Sat MERCER * Boca Raton, FL 7:00pm

Jan 27 Thu at Jacksonville * Jacksonville, FL 7:00pm

Jan 29 Sat at Stetson * DeLand, FL 3:00pm

Feb 2 Wed UCF * Boca Raton, FL 7:00pm

Feb 5 Sat JACKSONVILLE * Boca Raton, FL 7:00pm

Feb 7 Mon STETSON * Boca Raton, FL 7:00pm

Feb 10 Thu at Mercer * Macon, GA 7:00pm

Feb 12 Sat at Georgia State * Atlanta, GA 2:00pm

Feb 17 Thu CAMPBELL * Boca Raton, FL 4:00pm

Feb 19 Sat GARDNER-WEBB * Boca Raton, FL 7:00pm

Feb 26 Sat at Troy * Troy, AL 8:00pm

Mar 2 Wed at Lipscomb * Nashville, TN 9:00pm

Mar 4 Fri at Belmont * Nashville, TN 3:00pm

A-Sun Championship (Mar 10-12)

Mar 10 Thu Quarterfinals Dothan, AL TBA

Mar 11 Fri Semifinals Dothan, AL TBA

Mar 12 Sat Championship Dothan, AL TBA

NCAA Tournament
Mar 19-22 Thu-Sun First and Second Rounds Various Sites TBA

Mar 26-29 Thu-Sun Regional Championships Various Sites TBA

Apr 3-5 Sun-Tue Final Four Indianapolis, IN TBA

All times eastern

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*Atlantic Sun Conference game

Schedule subject to change (Sep. 15)