Blue Demons to be back on the schedule?

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John Altavilla ‏@jaltavilla
#DePaulwbb coach Doug Bruno says he'll likely talk to Geno after the #2013FinalFour about renewing their series as non-conference foes

 

[MilfordHusky]

Geno will try to arrange it, in my view. Doug is his buddy, and DePaul provides reasonable competition.

 

[jdubct]

Geno will try to arrange it, in my view. Doug is his buddy, and DePaul provides reasonable competition.

Useful too for recruiting in the Chicago area? What other departing teams would GA want to play? Villanova when their schedule clears in 2 years? Rutgers or St. Johns?

 

[connboy77]

I would love for UCONN to continue to play St. Johns, but Rutgers I could care less if we never played them again. Just do not like their style of play.

 

[VAUConnFan]

I would love for UCONN to continue to play St. Johns, but Rutgers I could care less if we never played them again. Just do not like their style of play.

If Rutgers wants to be on UConn's schedule, they will be. Coach Dailey is a Rutgers graduate, and Coach Auriemma owes it to Coach Stringer.

 

[Kibitzer]

Geography and financial considerations may surface. Geno could schedule at least one of those Saturday-Monday field trips with some combination of Temple-St. John's-Rutgers-Villanova. There are compelling reasons to play each of these four teams: Temple will be in the new conference; St. John's is in NYC; Villanova and Rutgers are old friendly rivals. UConn will sell tix for them and they will outdraw the likes of Memphis or SMU here in Connecticut.

 

[dbmill]

UConn women's basketball often schedules home and home out of conference games with national television in mind. I'm inclined to think that games against any of the Catholic 7 teams would not cause ESPN and company to sign up for those games.

 

[dbmill]

Come to think of it, DePaul would provide a good homecoming game for Morgan Tuck.

 

[RadyLady]

If Rutgers wants to be on UConn's schedule, they will be. Coach Dailey is a Rutgers graduate, and Coach Auriemma owes it to Coach Stringer.

curious about this....????

 

[VAUConnFan]

If Rutgers wants to be on UConn's schedule, they will be. Coach Dailey is a Rutgers graduate, and Coach Auriemma owes it to Coach Stringer.

curious about this....????

From Geno: In Pursuit of Perfection, page 284
I remember when we are trying to build our program in the eighties. We wanted to play people who were better than us, because that's the only way you improve. I contact Penn State because they are an East Coast team. They say, " Why would we waste our time playing you guys? What's in it for us?" Their attitude is, "Come here and play us five times and maybe we'll come to your place." Meanwhile we call C. Vivian Stinger at Iowa and ask, "Can we come out and play in your tournament?" and she says, "Fine. Come on out."

 

[RadyLady]

o....how long ago was this?

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Come to think of it, DePaul would provide a good homecoming game for Morgan Tuck.

True.

And what about Kiah Stokes? Do we see Iowa or Iowa State in our future?

 

[DaddyChoc]

o....how long ago was this?

the eighties... 30yrs ago but that's fine, Geno and CViv never had a problem

 

[TRest]

From Geno: In Pursuit of Perfection, page 284
I remember when we are trying to build our program in the eighties. We wanted to play people who were better than us, because that's the only way you improve. I contact Penn State because they are an East Coast team. They say, " Why would we waste our time playing you guys? What's in it for us?" Their attitude is, "Come here and play us five times and maybe we'll come to your place." Meanwhile we call C. Vivian Stinger at Iowa and ask, "Can we come out and play in your tournament?" and she says, "Fine. Come on out."

If we have a holiday tournament then Geno can return the favor.

 

[RadyLady]

agreed. Not a fan of C Viv nor of Rutgers, each for different reasons.

 

[DaddyChoc]

Rady inbox me your reason... or can you post them on a public forum.

I dont think Geno nor CViv care what a few fans think about them playing in the future... even tho it may not be a hot ticket IMO