Oct. 19, 2009

The Atlantic 10 Conference will tip-off the 2009-10 season with its Women's Basketball Media Day on Wednesday, Oct. 21 and its Men's Basketball Media Day on Thursday, Oct. 22. All 14 men's and women's coaches will be available to discuss their teams and the upcoming season. In addition, the Preseason All-Conference Teams will be unveiled.

All of the interviews will be streamed live (audio and video). Click here to view the Women's Basketball Media Day on Oct. 21 and click here for access to the Men's Basketball Media Day on Oct. 22.

The Atlantic 10 has contracted Glowpoint, Inc., for the event, a premiere broadcast-quality, IP-based managed video service provider that was utilized by the NFL and NBA for their 2009 Draft coverage. A replay of the audio portion of the interviews will be posted to the website later that day and the video will be archived on the site.

The 2009-10 Preseason All-Conference Teams and Predicted Order of Finish will be announced at the start of each call.

The following is the women's schedule for Wednesday, Oct. 21:

11:00-11:05 - Welcome, Bernadette V. McGlade, Commissioner
11:05-11:13 - Kevin McGuff, Xavier (with junior center Ta'Shia Phillips)
11:13-11:21 - Karen Aston, Charlotte (with senior guard Aysha Jones)
11:21-11:29 - Jim Jabir, Dayton
11:29-11:37 - Michael Shafer, Richmond (with junior guard Brittani Shells)
11:37-11:45 - Tonya Cardoza, Temple
11:45-11:53 - Suzie McConnell-Serio, Duquesne
11:53-12:01 - Jim Crowley, St. Bonaventure (with senior forward Dana Mitchell)
12:01-12:09 - Mike Bozeman, George Washington
12:09-12:17 - Cindy Griffin, Saint Joseph's
12:17-12:25 - Shimmy Gray-Miller, Saint Louis
12:25-12:33 - Marnie Dacko, Massachusetts
12:33-12:41 - Cathy Inglese, Rhode Island
12:41-12:49 - Tom Lochner, La Salle
12:49-12:57 - Cathy Andruzzi, Fordham

The following is the men's schedule for Thursday, Oct. 22:

11:05-11:10 - Welcome, Bernadette V. McGlade, Commissioner
11:10-11:20 - Brian Gregory, Dayton
11:20-11:30 - Chris Mack, Xavier
11:30-11:40 - Chris Mooney, Richmond
11:40-11:50 - John Giannini, La Salle
11:50-12:00 - Ron Everhart, Duquesne
12:00-12:10 - Fran Dunphy, Temple (with junior Lavoy Allen)
12:10-12:20 - Rick Majerus, Saint Louis
12:20-12:30 - Bobby Lutz, Charlotte
12:30-12:40 - Jim Baron, Rhode Island
12:40-12:50 - Derek Kellogg, Massachusetts (with senior Ricky Harris)
12:50-1:00 - Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph's
1:00-1:10 - Mark Schmidt, St. Bonaventure
1:10-1:20 - Karl Hobbs, George Washington
1:20-1:30 - Dereck Whittenburg, Fordham