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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 4509398, member: 5798"] It's been my experience that PREconference schedules are completed [B]during the summer[/B] leading up to the coming season. Teams have to compare dates they can play and find a date that is compatible for both teams. When scheduling a "homecoming" game, first, UConn must find a "local" Division 1 college/university in the senior's home town that will host UConn and that senior. Not all teams are willing to host UConn for a homecoming game. During the 2015-2016 season, Breanna Stewart's senior year, UConn wanted to schedule a homecoming game in her hometown of Syracuse New York. The Syracuse University head coach at that time, Quentin Hillsman, refused UConn's request to host them. UConn would get the last laugh when they defeated Syracuse for the national championship later that season for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_tournament']UConn's 11th and last championship.[/URL] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1674409859163.png"]83315[/ATTACH] Quentin Hillsman UConn then turned to the next closest college which was[B] Colgate University[/B] approximately 42 miles away. The coaches at Colgate were thrilled and honored to host a homecoming game for Stewart. The ironic thing about that situation was that Syracuse played a home game the same night that UConn played Colgate in their tiny 1,750 seat facility, Cotterell Court. Naturally, the UConn game was sold out. The reported attendance at the 49,057 seat Carrier Dome was approximately 338. Hillsman was replaced by former Buffalo head coach Felisha Legette-Jack in March of 2022. Most coaches are willing to host UConn for several reasons..........as a favor to Geno, It's good competition for their team, the exposure for their program is heightened when UConn comes to town, it can be used as a recruiting tool, and the game is always nationally televised on SNY if not the national networks. [/QUOTE]

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