2026-2027 Non con schedule

[XLCenterFan]

Wow. I never expected to see that from a UConn fan. Is the bloom off the MSG vine? Say it ain’t so. We want to play all our home games at MSG! It’s the 6th borough. Well, if you don’t count Jewett City. Which is an actual borough.

Don’t get me wrong, I love an MSG game.

However, knowing that we will play BE tourney games AND a regular season game vs SJU there, I would prefer to see us play big-time games as a home-and-home, with the home game at Gampel/Hartford.

 

[John]

Don’t get me wrong, I love an MSG game.

However, knowing that we will play BE tourney games AND a regular season game vs SJU there, I would prefer to see us play big-time games as a home-and-home, with the home game at Gampel/Hartford.

Especially with how they played a colossal game of pocket pool with the entire season ticket base a year ago.

 

[Flipside]

How hard do you guys think it would be to get Duke - UConn tickets if they played in Vegas at let's say T-Mobile Arena (18,000 capacity)? Would it sellout quickly or would tickets be manageable? Only asking because there is a good chance I'll be near Vegas around that time.

If they play in Vegas on Thanksgiving Eve, it's a must do for me, regardless of price

That said, here's 2023 Elite 8 price (ticket bought the morning of the game)

... events are a dime a dozen in the grand Vegas scheme ... pretty sure I drank $143.45 of complimentary Stella in the lounge that night, so arguably, the game was free, ha

 

[WrenchFan69]

Thanksgiving eve, so a lot of people may not go to that game.

Uconn Illinois was the day after Thanksgiving and had much less pricing demand than other games.

That game was also early afternoon on a work day for many. Depends on the time a bunch as well

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Kansas (H)
Arizona (A)
Illinois (N-Chicago)
UVA (N-MSG)
Duke (N-Vegas)
Michigan (N-Boston)

no idea of it's validity...but this would be incredible!!!

Hopefully the other two will be...

Florida (N-Philly/MSG)
Alabama (N-DC/MSG)

4 top 10 teams plus UVa and Kansas is a tough non conference schedule, especially when the Big East should be a lot better than last year.

 

[bendm]

UM runs Mara & Johnson back, that just won't be fair. UF & UM possibly running all these guy back is nuts. I

Really hope Mara declares but Not worrying about UF until they get a new starting backcourt that’s better than fland/lee. Gotta do better than Denzel Aberdeen.

 

[shizzle787]

4 top 10 teams plus UVa and Kansas is a tough non conference schedule, especially when the Big East should be a lot better than last year.

Good. We will be well tested.

 

[auror]

Don’t get me wrong, I love an MSG game.

However, knowing that we will play BE tourney games AND a regular season game vs SJU there, I would prefer to see us play big-time games as a home-and-home, with the home game at Gampel/Hartford.

"Neutral" games that we play in Boston or MSG that have home crowds are hacks to the metrics. They're treated as neutral court games for NET purposes, but we get a lot of the advantages of home crowds.

 

[Bigbrad1029]

"Neutral" games that we play in Boston or MSG that have home crowds are hacks to the metrics. They're treated as neutral court games for NET purposes, but we get a lot of the advantages of home crowds.

And what’s wrong with that? Particularly when we get nothing for playing some difficult BE games across the season except potential Quad 3 potholes

 

[Flipside]

Out-of-state fan perspective ...

The last few years, NYC hotel room prices have gone (and stayed) through the roof, all season

vs (we play Thanksgiving in Vegas)​

... 3 nights in Vegas = 1 night in NYC, near MSG

Suggestion to get on it now, book a No Deposit or Refundable hotel, pretty much a no-lose situation, but could be a huge thing if the game materializes, imho

 

[WhiteMamba]

Prediction

8 big games

at arizona
Kansas
Illinois in chicago
Arkansas in boston
Duke MSG
Kentucky MSG
At UNC
Michigan in Detroit

This would be reasonable based on Hurley saying next year would blow this years away

Michigan in Boston
Duke in Vegas
Virginia in MSG
Illinois in United Center

Kansas, Zona are locked..... waiting on another BIG TIME TEAM

 

[RuffRuff]

Michigan in Boston
Duke in Vegas
Virginia in MSG
Illinois in United Center

Kansas, Zona are locked..... waiting on another BIG TIME TEAM

Guesses?

 

[HooperScooper]

4 top 10 teams plus UVa and Kansas is a tough non conference schedule, especially when the Big East should be a lot better than last year.

UVA not far behind. According to this they're #12.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-rankings-top-25-1-florida-thomas-haugh/

 

[RuffRuff]

UVA not far behind. According to this they're #12.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-rankings-top-25-1-florida-thomas-haugh/

Rothstein has in his top 10, needless to say they’ll be fringe. Not talked about much but I believe a number of returners.

 

[huskdogs]

I do think we should max out at 1 non con at MSG given the StJ game and BET. The 2024 UConn crowd at Gonzaga (when that was are only non con at MSG) was much better than any of last years at the garden. More than one waters it down. 1 noncon at TD and 1 at MSG should be a staple every year. The rest can be in storrs or Hartford

 

[GampelGladiator]

Guesses?

SEC...Florida...Alabama...Arkansas

 

[Flipside]

We are a Global Brand!

To suggest we should roll back to the local Yankee Conference days and play less games in MSG, is well ...