2023/24 Schedule

[Vancat]

 

[CTBasketball]

Gampel: Villanova, Creighton, Providence, DePaul, Seton Hall

XL: Marquette, St John’s, Butler, Xavier, Georgetown

 

[navery12]

 

[JT-55]

As an XL ticket holder I will say that St Johns on a Saturday night two days before Christmas should be an absolute madhouse and i will take Marquette in the first battle to see who will sit atop the conference. XL should be rocking for both games.

Selfishly would have liked to swap Butler or Xavier out for Creighton or Nova but what can you do. Have to divide the schedule up somehow.

 

[aburks41]

As an XL ticket holder I will say that St Johns on a Saturday night two days before Christmas should be an absolute madhouse and i will take Marquette in the first battle to see who will sit atop the conference. XL should be rocking for both games.

Selfishly would have liked to swap Butler or Xavier out for Creighton or Nova but what can you do. Have to divide the schedule up somehow.

I think we got it pretty much perfect this time.

XL gets Pitino, Marquette, and Xavier as their big 3 games. Plus Georgetown which always has some juice for the older fans (and maybe younger fans post-Cooley hatred?)

Gampel has Creighton, Nova, and Providence as their big 3. That's a great split.

 

[aburks41]

Quick math tells me UConn, Marquette, St. Johns, and Creighton lead the way with 7 FOX games. Nova comes in next with 6.

Plus we have 2 main ESPN games (UNC and Indiana), KU on ESPN2, and home vs Seton Hall on CBS. Pretty good national broadcast exposure this season

 

[Storrs South]

This is well balanced and nicely done by FOX and UConn.

XL and Gampel both get a nightime game against a big opponent

Not too many Gampel games during winter break

Both venues get a good slate of opponents

UConn gets maximum exposure on FOX

My only quibble is UConn having two tough games on the road to finish the season making it back to back years UConn doesn't have Senior Day as the last game (and the OOC home slate as has been discussed ad nauseum), but this is really good overall.

 

[XLCenterFan]

As an XL ticket holder I will say that St Johns on a Saturday night two days before Christmas should be an absolute madhouse and i will take Marquette in the first battle to see who will sit atop the conference. XL should be rocking for both games.

Selfishly would have liked to swap Butler or Xavier out for Creighton or Nova but what can you do. Have to divide the schedule up somehow.

100%. That Johnnies game is going to be nuts. No one’s working. BE home opener. Weekend night. Pitino back in town. Holiday cheer in the air and in my beer can. Cooleys coming in to Hartford for a Sunday afternoon massacre as well. First time in 10 years Nova comes to Storrs. I like that 4/5 weekend BE games are at XL - means more students at the weeknight BE games, which are going to be against awesome opponents too. This might be the toughest schedule in the country, right?

 

[aburks41]

100%. That Johnnies game is going to be nuts. No one’s working. BE home opener. Weekend night. Pitino back in town. Holiday cheer in the air and in my beer can. Cooleys coming in to Hartford for a Sunday afternoon massacre as well. First time in 10 years Nova comes to Storrs. I like that 4/5 weekend BE games are at XL - means more students at the weeknight BE games, which are going to be against awesome opponents too. This might be the toughest schedule in the country, right?

I don't think there is a close 2nd to us. @ Kansas, IU, Texas (most likely), @ Gonzaga, UNC and then the Big East.

 

[Brochacho]

We have a killer team but it wouldn’t surprise me to see us rack up 10 losses between that schedule and the BET.

 

[ucp990411]

Once again we play St Johns twice on our home courts

 

[August_West]

LOL the once "Marquee" Syracuse vs GTown game is in the morning! The ride to the gutter has been delightful to witness.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Ohh…will be in CT for Christmas. That Johnnies game is incredibly enticing.

See everyone in Philly again on 1/20…

 

[Waquoit]

LOL the once "Marquee" Syracuse vs GTown game is in the morning! The ride to the gutter has been delightful to witness.

That annual event has less cache than Lafayette-Lehigh.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Not perfect but pretty good. St John's at XL on a Friday night 2 days before Christmas and Nova at Gampel on a Saturday night while students are on campus stick out as really good ideas. Conference opener for the defending national champion being on CBSSN is sort of shocking.

 

[auror]

"Four games are planned for FOX PRIMETIME HOOPS on Saturday nights throughout the season: St. John’s at Connecticut on Dec. 23, UConn at Villanova on Jan. 20 (pending FOX’s NFL playoff schedule), and Villanova at UConn on Feb. 24."

I see a pattern

The 4th is on the last game day, could be us vs Providence also

 

[zls44]

I don't think there is a close 2nd to us. @ Kansas, IU, Texas (most likely), @ Gonzaga, UNC and then the Big East.

Some who stand out

Arizona: @ Duke, Mich St (N), v Wisconsin, Purdue (N), Alabama (N), Florida Atlantic (N)
Michigan State: Duke, Arizona and Baylor all neutral sites
Duke: vs Arizona, @ Arkansas, Michigan State (N), Baylor (N)

UConn's NC SOS on Torvik is 151

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[zls44]

(UConn's schedule is very good btw just posting some stuff)

 

[shizzle787]

Some who stand out

Arizona: @ Duke, Mich St (N), v Wisconsin, Purdue (N), Alabama (N), Florida Atlantic (N)
Michigan State: Duke, Arizona and Baylor all neutral sites
Duke: vs Arizona, @ Arkansas, Michigan State (N), Baylor (N)

UConn's NC SOS on Torvik is 151

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Because six of our eleven games are against a really poor level of competition.

 

[TheChamps990411]

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[ConnZag3]

As a UConn fan in the Midwest, it's getting annoying how none of their visits to Marquette or DePaul seem to ever fall on a weekend. My 3 closest Big East venues are Marquette, DePaul, and Creighton and they're all weekdays. At least Creighton was a weekend last year, but couldn't fit it in my schedule. Shouldn't the more regional games that require less travel be the weekday games?

Thankfully Marquette is only an hour away for a weeknight.

 

[Minicoop69]

As a UConn fan in the Midwest, it's getting annoying how none of their visits to Marquette or DePaul seem to ever fall on a weekend. My 3 closest Big East venues are Marquette, DePaul, and Creighton and they're all weekdays. At least Creighton was a weekend last year, but couldn't fit it in my schedule. Shouldn't the more regional games that require less travel be the weekday games?

Thankfully Marquette is only an hour away for a weeknight.

Same for me, but my closest 4 are Butler, DePaul, Marquette, and Xavier. All are 2+ hours from me. I am going to the butler game on Jan 5th this year though.

 

[SoFla Steve]

DePaul staff getting creative with their schedule announcements. The Creighton entries are spot on.

 

[Minicoop69]

DePaul staff getting creative with their schedule announcements. The Creighton entries are spot on.

That was SO GOOD!!!!

 

[ConnHuskBask]

DePaul staff getting creative with their schedule announcements. The Creighton entries are spot on.

Are they though? Omaha Nebraska is a city with almost a half million people, compared to the cow town of Storrs.