TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University men's basketball team will start the 2020-21 season as part of the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut as one of the pods in "Bubbleville," with the Tigers playing in three games from November 25-27.

Towson is part of Bubbleville Pod Four and will play St. Bonaventure on Nov. 25th, Rhode Island on Nov. 26th and Stephen F. Austin on Nov. 27th.  All times of games are to be announced at a future date.  It'll be the second all-time meeting with Stephen F. Austin and the first time Towson will play St. Bonaventure and URI.

"It is an exciting opportunity to participate at Mohegan against three high level postseason-caliber programs," said Towson head coach Pat Skerry. "We appreciate our university and administration supporting our student-athletes not only for this event but throughout this time.  The Basketball Hall of Fame and The Gazelle Group have done a great job putting this unique event together in a safe manner."

For all games, Towson will be following Towson University, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NCAA and Colonial Athletic Association health guidelines.

The Bubbleville pods were announced via press release.  Stated in the press release, the Mohegan Sun will house several events relocated and reimagined due to COVID-19 and provides a controlled environment with teams and event staff adhering to tribal, government, and NCAA health and safety protocols and testing requirements.

The remainder of Towson's non-conference schedule will be announced at a later date.  Towson's CAA schedule has been released and is available on Towsontigers.com.

St. Bonaventure went 19-12 last year and was in the Atlantic-10 Second Round of the tournament before the season cancelation.  The Bonnies have won at least 18 games each year since the 2013-14 season.

Rhode Island is coming off its third 20+ win season in the last four years.  The Rams were 21-9 last year, including a 13-5 record in the Atlantic-10.  Towson's director of player development, Parfait Bitee, and director of operations, Jordan Malkin, are URI graduates while Skerry and associate head coach Kevin Clark each served as assistant coaches for the Rams from 2007-10 and 2004-11 respectively.

Stephen F. Austin is coming off one of its best years in school history, finishing 28-3 overall including a victory at Duke and a 19-1 tally in the Southland Conference.