Battle 4 Atlantis: Uconn Opens Against Minnesota

[Carnac]

UConn hosting Arkansas to open the season

Location, TV designation and tip time will be announced at a later date.

UConn now has 30 regular season games scheduled for 2021-22, which reaches the NCAA limit of 27 regular season games plus up to four games in a multiple-team event (MTE). UConn will play three games in the Battle 4 Atlantis MTE this season. The NCAA recently approved a blanket waiver for the 2021-22 season which provides women's teams with more flexibility to get to the 31-game limit. Related to UConn, with its three-game MTE, the Huskies can add one more game (28th regular season game) to reach 31. The waiver more closely aligns the women's basketball MTE/playing season rules with the current legislation in men's basketball.

UConn is currently pursuing an addition non-conference game for 2021-22.

UConn Women's Basketball 2021-22 Non-Conference Schedule
as of July 30
HOME?
Nov. 14 – Arkansas
Notre Dame
Tennessee

AWAY
Dec. 9 – at Georgia Tech
at Oregon
at South Carolina

NEUTRAL
Nov. 20-22 – Battle 4 Atlantis (three games; opening game vs. Minnesota)
Dec. 19 – Louisville (at Mohegan Sun Arena, Basketball HOF Women's Showcase)

 

[visitingcock]

If we play each other, I wish we would both play our five newcomers and a couple of benchwarmers. Leave the real game between the starters for February

 

[fireford]

That's awesome! Chance for a little payback. While we're at it and are allowed one more game, I vote for a game against Arizona.

 

[Carnac]

That's awesome! Chance for a little payback. While we're at it and are allowed one more game, I vote for a game against Arizona.

Great thought fireford, the only problem is who travels? Would Arizona come all the way across the country to Connecticut? They can get quality games much closer to home. They don’t owe us anything, we owe them!! Other than playing a top 5 ranked team, what’s in it for them?

 

[fireford]

Great thought fireford, the only problem is who travels? Would Arizona come all the way across the country to Connecticut? They can get quality games much closer to home. They don’t owe us anything, we owe them!! Other than playing a top 5 ranked team, what’s in it for them?

Very true. I'm thinking a home-and-home if they don't mind coming to Uconn this year or next or perhaps a neutral site for a charity game. Another thought is Iowa and perhaps this time we'll see Paige and CC at their best now that they're over the jitters of playing each other.

 

[Figurehead]

Kelly Graves asks for scheduling help for game before Bahamas trip

Oregon looking for opponent on the way to Battle-4-Atlantis. Neat how Graves does this. Any suggestions?

 

[Carnac]

Kelly Graves asks for scheduling help for game before Bahamas trip

Oregon looking for opponent on the way to Battle-4-Atlantis. Neat how Graves does this. Any suggestions?

If UConn were not already scheduled to play them, I'd suggest Geno make THAT call today. They'd be welcomed with "open arms", but, alas, they're already on UConn's schedule with a date yet to be determined.

Here's a thought.........LSU is on the way to the Bahamas. A non-stop direct charter flight from Oregon to the Bahamas would take them directly over Louisiana. Kim could throw out the old welcome mat, and welcome a top 15 program (the Ducks finished ranked #15 in the final coaches poll for 20-21) to Baton Rouge, and show them some real "southern" hospitality.

That invitation should draw a large number of Tiger fans to the Maravich Center, to showcase the 2021-2022 edition the the LSU Tigers. It would give Kim and Tiger Nation an early look at what kind of team they have this year against an elite opponent. As we know, Kim had a habit of scheduling "soft" OOC schedules at Baylor. How refreshing a game of this magnitude would be for Kim's program. Make it happen Kim!! Show us what ya got.