BOCA RATON, Fla. – (Feb. 16, 2020) – The Florida Atlantic University men’s basketball team’s Bonus Play schedule has been announced by the Conference USA office. Bonus Play games begin on Saturday, Feb. 22.
After the first 14 games of conference play, all 14 teams have been grouped into three “pods” where they will play their final four conference games against the other teams in their pods. The schedule includes two home games and two road games.
FAU, with a 6-8 C-USA record, enters Bonus Play as the No. 9 seed and is grouped in Pod 2 with UAB, Marshall, Old Dominion and UTSA.
“Our Bonus Play schedule gives us a chance to compete against four quality programs while also jockeying to improve our seeding for the C-USA tournament,” said head coach Dusty May.
The Owls’ first Bonus Play game is a rematch with UAB on Saturday, Feb. 22 at Abessinio Court at FAU Arena. The Blazers defeated FAU 68-65 in Boca Raton earlier this season. Tip-off for that game will be 7 p.m.
FAU welcomes UTSA back to Boca Raton on Thursday, Feb. 27. The Owls kicked off C-USA play with a 79-64 win over the Roadrunners on Jan. 2. That contest is slated for a 7 p.m. start
A pair of road games will round out the Bonus Play schedule, as the Owls travel to Old Dominion for a rematch with the Monarchs at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 1 before ending the regular season at Marshall on Wednesday, March 4 in a 7 p.m. tip. The Owls have a bye on Saturday, March 7, so they will not play again until the first round of the C-USA Championship on Wednesday, March 11 in Frisco, Texas.
Bonus Play Schedule (home games in bold)
- Saturday, Feb. 22 vs. UAB, 7 p.m., CUSA.tv
- Thursday, Feb. 27 vs. UTSA, 7 p.m., CUSA.tv
- Sunday, March 1 at Old Dominion, 2 p.m., ESPN3
- Wednesday, March 4 at Marshall, 7 p.m., Stadium
FAU has a special Bonus Play ticket offer. Everyone who purchases a ticket to one Bonus Play home game gets a ticket to the other Bonus Play home game for free using the promo code “MBBBOGO”. Tickets can be purchased by calling 1-866-FAU-OWLS or by clickinghere.
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Florida Atlantic University Athletics:
FAU Athletics is comprised of 21 intercollegiate teams involving 450 student-athletes that compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, volleyball, beach volleyball, cheer and dance. The Owls are a NCAA Division I-A (FBS) institution and compete in Conference USA and the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) (beach volleyball, men’s swimming). The Owls have been playing football since 2001 and are a perfect 4-0 in bowl games, the most recent being a 52-28 victory over SMU in the 2019 Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl. The dance team finished its 2014 season No. 8, nationally. FAU cheer won a national championship in 2016.
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of critical areas that form the basis of its strategic plan: Healthy aging, biotech, coastal and marine issues, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, informatics, lifespan and the environment. These areas provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU’s existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visitwww.fau.edu
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