A Champions Classic-style event for UConn

[shizzle787]

We need to have more high-profile OOC events. The Champions Classic includes Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, and Michigan State.

Why don’t we get a similar event going with UNC, UCLA, and Indiana?

It would be one game a year on a rotating basis at a neutral venue.

One year it could be at MSG, one year in Miami, and one year at the Staples Center.

While we are at it, we need to get a home and home series going with Syracuse.

 

[phillionaire]

Staples Center.

Crypto.com Arena

 

[aburks41]

Yeah I really don't know how Sparty managed to weasel their way into that every year. That's probably why their fans have such an inflated ego despite not having a title in the last 22 years.

 

[bazzdog]

Yeah I really don't know how Sparty managed to weasel their way into that every year. That's probably why their fans have such an inflated ego despite not having a title in the last 22 years.

Izzo

 

[ToolzieFan]

We need to have more high-profile OOC events. The Champions Classic includes Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, and Michigan State.

Why don’t we get a similar event going with UNC, UCLA, and Indiana?

It would be one game a year on a rotating basis at a neutral venue.

One year it could be at MSG, one year in Miami, and one year at the Staples Center.

While we are at it, we need to get a home and home series going with Syracuse.

We’re in the Phil Knight Invitational this year with Alabama, Iowa State, Michigan State, North Carolina, Oregon, Portland, and Villanova.

In 2023, we’ll be in the Empire Classic with Indiana, Louisville and Texas.

In 2024, we’re going to Maui with Colorado, Dayton, Iowa State, Memphis, Michigan State and North Carolina.

That’s not bad, right? As our performance and reputation get closer to what they were from 1990-2014, we’ll probably have more and more high-profile OOC opportunities.

 

[ToolzieFan]

We need to have more high-profile OOC events. The Champions Classic includes Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, and Michigan State.

Why don’t we get a similar event going with UNC, UCLA, and Indiana?

It would be one game a year on a rotating basis at a neutral venue.

One year it could be at MSG, one year in Miami, and one year at the Staples Center.

While we are at it, we need to get a home and home series going with Syracuse.

And even though I liked going to recent Syracuse games at MSG, I’m actually cool with not giving them a big-time matchup in NYC as their program flounders. The fewer games they have in the northeast, the less chance they have to compete with us recruiting-wise.

 

[ConnZag3]

We need to have more high-profile OOC events. The Champions Classic includes Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, and Michigan State.

Why don’t we get a similar event going with UNC, UCLA, and Indiana?

It would be one game a year on a rotating basis at a neutral venue.

One year it could be at MSG, one year in Miami, and one year at the Staples Center.

While we are at it, we need to get a home and home series going with Syracuse.

UNC and UCLA are already tied to basically exactly what you're proposing already with the CBS Sports Classic event that also includes Kentucky and Ohio State. If Fox could get one going maybe we'd get a spot, but besides Kansas I'm not sure who else in the Fox portfolio conferences (B1G, Big XII, Big East, MW) would even be worth including when MSU and Ohio St are already spoken for. Maybe Michigan if Howard doesn't run them into the ground...

Teams need to start playing more home and homes to get games on campuses for loyal fans and less of these dumb neutral site games though.