good question .... I had ruminated on that before myself..... I believe they can get an exception to play a Canadian team ... it wasn't that long ago the team did a few games in Italy ....... maybe McGill has a women's team otherwise I guess it will have to be somebody like Buffalowill there be one in Canada before her UConn career is over?
(watching the 2016 Championship game against Syracuse on DVR)
That is what the two teams are trying to work out, but I believe they need to get special dispensation from the NCAA to play a game outside the US - not part of an approved tournament and not part of a foreign preseason trip.Last I heard regarding this her home coming game will be played in Canada vs Duquesne. No site info has been released yet.
Right. The Duquesne coach seemed very confident it would happen in his podcast and also from what he said on their website. Now this does make me wonder what the difference is in the amount of say the NCAA has on trips like this during the regular season as opposed to trips during the summer. When was the last time a UConn squad played out of the country during the summer if ever?That is what the two teams are trying to work out, but I believe they need to get special dispensation from the NCAA to play a game outside the US - not part of an approved tournament and not part of a foreign preseason trip.
Nurse isn't just from "Canada". She's from Hamilton. And Hamilton is a short drive from Buffalo and a not really bad ride from Detroit. These are easier things to arrange, I would bet....
How close is Hamilton to Syracuse? Maybe they are open to facilitating a homecoming game for her
Italy in 1999 or 2000? They have a couple of rules - you can only do it like once every 5 years, and I believe the freshman are not allowed to be on the trip.Right. The Duquesne coach seemed very confident it would happen in his podcast and also from what he said on their website. Now this does make me wonder what the difference is in the amount of say the NCAA has on trips like this during the regular season as opposed to trips during the summer. When was the last time a UConn squad played out of the country during the summer if ever?
Italy in 1999 or 2000? ...
Else, the nearest D1 schools to Hamilton they can play on the US side of the border are Buffalo and St. Bonaventure.
2011. See above .
Or see below:
UConn Women's Basketball Team Concludes Play In Italy
Also, Duquesne just finished their foreign tour two weeks ago, fwiw.
Wow! so I was only off by like a decade!Niagara & Canisius also in Buffalo, and thus much closer than St Bonaventure.
Hopefully it's a home/home with Vandy. Maybe for Kia, the homecoming game could be a preseason one with some school near Hamilton...I'm looking forward to that highly anticipated homecoming game for Crystal Dangerfield in Nashville.
will there be one in Canada before her UConn career is over?
(watching the 2016 Championship game against Syracuse on DVR)
Italy in 1999 or 2000? They have a couple of rules - you can only do it like once every 5 years, and I believe the freshman are not allowed to be on the trip.
Niagara & Canisius also in Buffalo, and thus much closer than St Bonaventure.