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The first day teams can play is Nov. 6. The NCAA moved up the start date from Friday to Tuesday this season so the teams can play their season openers during the week and not on a busy weekend for football.
"The start of the season had become so compressed with the holidays and exams," Dan Gavitt, the NCAA's senior vice president for basketball, told NCAA.com, "that the additional three days allows schools to better schedule the start of the season and it's the benefit for the student athletes and coaches."
North Florida finished 14-19 last season and ranked 282nd out of 351 teams in the Pomeroy ratings. It was one of the youngest teams in the country, ranking 331st in experience. It returns 10 of 12 players and its six top scorers.
Dayton beat the Osprey 86-71 at UD Arena on Dec. 5, 2015. That was the first meeting between the programs.
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Another game that hasn't been officially announced will be against Presbyterian. Jon Rothstein, of CBS Sports, reported that game last week, though a date was not announced.
Presbyterian, located in Clinton, S.C., finished 11-21 last season and ranked 334th in the Pomeroy ratings. It was a Division II school until 2007. It has not had a winning season since moving to Division I.
Dayton played Presbyterian once before, winning 71-52 at UD Arena on Dec. 19, 2009.
Presbyterian’s football program will join Dayton in the Pioneer Football League in 2021.
Here are the other known non-conference games:
Nov. 21: Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas. Possible opponents: Virginia, Middle Tennessee State, Butler, Florida, Oklahoma, Stanford and Wisconsin.
Nov. 22: Battle 4 Atlantis.
Nov. 23: Battle 4 Atlantis.
Nov. 30: Mississippi State at Dayton.
Dec. 8: Dayton at Auburn (reported by Rothstein).
Dec. 16: Dayton vs. Tulsa at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.
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