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Monday, July 24, 2006
Back to the barn
Patriot League basketball is returning to the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Md.

That according to Navy's just released schedule, which shows the Midshipmen facing Brown in the 5,100-seat horse show arena, which used to be the site of the league tournament.

That game is set for Tuesday, Nov. 14. A check of the Academies calendar shows the Bayanihan Phillippine Dancers performing in Alumni Hall that night. That apparently is what prompted the decision to move the game to the barn.

That less than exciting news pretty much is in line with the rest of Navy's out of conference schedule, a ho-hum affair that includes two Division III foes and, potentilly, five schools that had RPIs over 300 last season.

Only two of Navy's opponents were in the top 100 of the RPI last season, Penn (98), which visits Annapolis Dec. 7, and Georgetown (36), which will host the Mids Dec. 23.

Navy opens Nov. 10 in New York against Loyola, Md. (171) at the Coaches vs. Cancer, and will face either host St. John's (137) or North Florida (332) the next day.

Home dates include Brown, which is technically at a neutral site, Maryland-Eastern Shore (310), William & Mary (266), Howard (326), Penn, Yale (197) and Division III softies Delaware Valley and Washington (Md.)

Out of conference road games include those two at the Coaches vs. Cancer, Stony Brook (310), Longwood (314), Georgetown and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, which is making its D-I debut this season.
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