Oct. 20, 2010

New York, N.Y. - The Atlantic 10 Conference is hitting the Big Apple on Thursday, October 21 for Men's Basketball Media Day. All 14 of the league's head coaches will gather at the CBS College Sports Network Studio on Chelsea Piers for a day of interviews with both the national and local media.

The Atlantic 10 Conference is also giving its loyal men's basketball fans a chance to participate in this event by submitting questions to their favorite coach through Twitter and the A-10 Blog. Fans can tweet their question by mentioning `@atlantic10' on Twitter or by logging on to the A-10 Blog at http://a10conference.blogspot.com/ and post your question as a comment. The A-10 Communications Staff will randomly select questions and feature the answers on the A-10 All-Access Player which can be found at the official website of the Atlantic 10 Conference - www.atlantic10.com. All questions must be submitted by 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 21.

The 2010-11 men's basketball season tips off on November 8 as Rhode Island visits Pittsburgh in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. For the fifth year in a row, the A-10 Men's Basketball Championship will be held at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., with quarterfinal action beginning Friday, March 11.