Pittsburgh, Pa. – In celebration of 50 years as a conference, the Atlantic 10 will host Basketball Media Day Tuesday, Sept. 30, at
PPG Paints Arena with head coaches and student-athletes from all 14 members for both the men's and women's basketball programs in attendance. It marks the second consecutive year the A-10 will host a joint media day.
All press conferences from the 2025 Atlantic 10 Basketball Media Day will be streamed live on ESPN+, with a comprehensive studio show hosted from Washington, D.C., at the conference office. Mike Corey and Christy Winters-Scott will host press conference coverage beginning at 8:00 a.m. with the morning session and running until 5:30 p.m., with the afternoon session slated to begin at 2:00 p.m.
Seth Greenberg and Isis Young will also be on site at PPG Paints Arena to conduct interviews as part of the live show. The
Field of 68 returns, as well, with the A-10 Insider Podcast Live Media Day Coverage from Rob Dauster and John Fanta, which will be available on YouTube.
Duquesne men's basketball head coach
Dru Joyce III and graduate student forward
John Hugley IV will join head women's basketball coach
Dan Burt and sophomore guard
Mackenzie Blackford and begin festivities at 2:00 p.m. with an appearance on iHeart Radio before moving to the Field of 68 at 2:15 p.m.
Joint press conferences with both the Duquesne men's and women's programs begin at 3:15 p.m. and conclude at 4:00 p.m. and can be seen live on ESPN+ as part of the afternoon session. Use the
following link for a complete schedule of the press conferences for the 2025 Atlantic 10 Basketball Media Day, which will be moderated by former Duquesne Associate Athletic Director for Media Relations
Dave Saba.
The 2025 Atlantic 10 Basketball Media Day will also feature social media activation throughout the day on both the conference's
X and
Instagram accounts.
As part of the 2025 Atlantic 10 Basketball Media Day, the
conference is hosting a 50th Anniversary Celebration Luncheon, which will commemorate five decades of success for the conference. Serving as emcee of the luncheon is Mike Clark, anchor of WTAE-TV, the ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh.
PPG Paints Arena serves as the site of the
2026 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship, which runs Wednesday, March 11, 2026, through Sunday, March 15. The last A-10 men's basketball tournament to be hosted by the arena came in 2017.
Season tickets for both Duquesne men's and women's basketball
are available now.
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