Exhibition game #2...yes/no?

[Blakeon18]

Fort Hays State is on Sunday November 1. Normally we have 2 exhibition games. It's getting a bit late
to sign up another team.
Do we know if Geno is trying to get one more...any info from The Horde on the topic lately?
Granted that these games are not competitive but I would think a game 2 would be:

a welcome break from regular practices for the kids
a chance to see how [all?] the newcomers blend in....or not.

 

[oldude]

Fort Hays State is on Sunday November 1. Normally we have 2 exhibition games. It's getting a bit late
to sign up another team.
Do we know if Geno is trying to get one more...any info from The Horde on the topic lately?
Granted that these games are not competitive but I would think a game 2 would be:

a welcome break from regular practices for the kids
a chance to see how [all?] the newcomers blend in....or not.

The Fort Hays game is on Nov 7, one week before the opener against Louisville. I would also like to see a 2nd exhibition, but that would likely need to be before the Fort Hays game, and I’m not sure how many D2 teams are interested in traveling to Storrs.

 

[Blakeon18]

True enough...Nov. 7 it is.

 

[DEpup]

The Fort Hays game is on Nov 7, one week before the opener against Louisville. I would also like to see a 2nd exhibition, but that would likely need to be before the Fort Hays game, and I’m not sure how many D2 teams are interested in traveling to Storrs.

You mean Arkansas on the 14th, correct?

 

[savoy33]

... and I’m not sure how many D2 teams are interested in traveling to Storrs.

How can this be? Do the D2 teams not know about the Dairy Barn?

 

[Dabber]

Fort Hays State is on Sunday November 1. Normally we have 2 exhibition games. It's getting a bit late
to sign up another team.
Do we know if Geno is trying to get one more...any info from The Horde on the topic lately?
Granted that these games are not competitive but I would think a game 2 would be:

a welcome break from regular practices for the kids
a chance to see how [all?] the newcomers blend in....or not.

As well, any word on when the FULL schedule will be made public?

 

[UconnMark]

Syracuse might qualify for a tune-up exhibition game if they can find at least five players before the game!

 

[oldude]

Syracuse might qualify for a tune-up exhibition game if they can find at least five players before the game!

That’s so hard……..

 

[nwhoopfan]

Syracuse might qualify for a tune-up exhibition game if they can find at least five players before the game!

I had to look, their roster currently shows 11 players. Almost entirely transfers. Priscilla Williams is the ONLY returning player of any note. That is just unbelievable.

 

[ucbart]

I had to look, their roster currently shows 11 players. Almost entirely transfers. Priscilla Williams is the ONLY returning player of any note. That is just unbelievable.

Yup-I'm surprised a player of her caliber stayed. She was a top 10/15 recruit.

 

[fan4eva]

Fort Hays State is on Sunday November 1. Normally we have 2 exhibition games. It's getting a bit late
to sign up another team.
Do we know if Geno is trying to get one more...any info from The Horde on the topic lately?
Granted that these games are not competitive but I would think a game 2 would be:

a welcome break from regular practices for the kids
a chance to see how [all?] the newcomers blend in....or not.

If the freshman class is as good as they say they could scrimmage last year's squad with a few players from last year who did not get much burn being subs for both teams that would be4 better than a blowout win against a D2 or D3 school that could cause them to be over confident or let the girls scrimmage the Uconn men's team for a real live test.

 

[Carnac]

As well, any word on when the FULL schedule will be made public?

In response to my email inquiry, the Big East administration said that the full and complete conference schedule will be released sometime in September. I check their website once an hour for that release. Nothing yet. Other boneyarders are checking too. It will be posted here within 10 minutes of its release.

 

[Carnac]

If the freshman class is as good as they say they could scrimmage last year's squad with a few players from last year who did not get much burn being subs for both teams that would be4 better than a blowout win against a D2 or D3 school that could cause them to be over confident or let the girls scrimmage the Uconn men's team for a real live test.

I had to look, their roster currently shows 11 players. Almost entirely transfers. Priscilla Williams is the ONLY returning player of any note. That is just unbelievable.

I believe the current head coach is an assistant that is wearing the “interim” label. I don’t follow Syracuse WBB. A new permanent replacement for Hillsman should be hired in the coming months. Who would want to commit to a program without knowing who the head coach is going to be? They might not want to play for the new coach and vice versa.

Didn’t Kim Mulkey do a little house cleaning when she took over at LSU? I believe Kara Lawson may have suggested to a player or two that perhaps they would be better served at another program. She has brought in a lot of new players since her arrival via the portal and recruiting.

As I’m sure you know, players commit to coaches and their staff first, then the school. Not the the other way around. Did any of the former players that Geno and Chris Daley recruited commit to UConn or him? Schools don’t recruit potential recruits, coaches do.

 

[uconnever]

Yup-I'm surprised a player of her caliber stayed. She was a top 10/15 recruit.

And she definitely played like it last year, I was hoping she would leave too and have u s on her list. May not have all that great of a year this year because she is the only player the other team needs to stop

 

[Alydar]

In lieu of a second exhibition game how about streaming an intra-squad game?

 

[nwhoopfan]

And she definitely played like it last year, I was hoping she would leave too and have u s on her list. May not have all that great of a year this year because she is the only player the other team needs to stop

Crislynn Carr is a proven scorer at Texas Tech, she is one of the many who transferred in.

 

[Carnac]

If the freshman class is as good as they say they could scrimmage last year's squad with a few players from last year who did not get much burn being subs for both teams that would be4 better than a blowout win against a D2 or D3 school that could cause them to be over confident or let the girls scrimmage the Uconn men's team for a real live test.

Better yet, Geno could split the roster into two equally divided (talent wise) squads and have an Intrasquad game open to the public for free. All of the players would get plenty of playing time. Geno could coach one squad, Chris Dailey the other one. The game could be live streamed by the UConn audio visual department for free.

They could generate revenue via concessions and merchandise sales. No charge for parking. An opportunity to show some good will to their fans, and say thanks for your continued support. Open seating for the game on a first come first served basis. Have the game on a Saturday so the kiddies and teenagers could attend. Every seat should be filled. Who knows, some former players just might show up as well.

 

[hoopsfan22]

Better yet, Geno could split the roster into two equally divided (talent wise) squads and have an Intrasquad game open to the public for free. All of the players would get plenty of playing time. Geno could coach one squad, Chris Dailey the other one. The game could be live streamed by the UConn audio visual department for free.

They could generate revenue via concessions and merchandise sales. No charge for parking. An opportunity to show some good will to their fans, and say thanks for your continued support. Open seating for the game on a first come first served basis. Have the game on a Saturday so the kiddies and teenagers could attend. Every seat should be filled. Who knows, some former players just might show up as well.

Would something like that even be allowed with respect to NCAA rules?

 

[Carnac]

Would something like that even be allowed with respect to NCAA rules?

I don’t know. What rules could a free admission exhibition inter-squad game violate?

 

[hoopsfan22]

I don’t know. What rules could a free admission exhibition inter-squad game violate?

If I told you Geno calling a 7th grade little league baseball player in another state to wish them good luck was an NCAA violation, would you have believed it?

 

[Carnac]

If I told you Geno calling a 7th grade little league baseball player in another state to wish them good luck was an NCAA violation, would you have believed it?

Ahhh, the Mo’ne Davis call. You wouldn’t think so until a coach from another program formally complained, and the NCAA was compelled to look into it.

I think if Mo’ne had not said in an interview that one day she hoped to play for Geno and UConn, “he needs to know that” she said. Nothing would have been said about it.

As it turned out, Davis does not have Division 1 basketball skills. (False alarm) She’s currently playing women’s softball at Hampton University in Virginia.

 

[Amashutcha]

Better yet, Geno could split the roster into two equally divided (talent wise) squads and have an Intrasquad game open to the public for free. All of the players would get plenty of playing time. Geno could coach one squad, Chris Dailey the other one. The game could be live streamed by the UConn audio visual department for free.

They could generate revenue via concessions and merchandise sales. No charge for parking. An opportunity to show some good will to their fans, and say thanks for your continued support. Open seating for the game on a first come first served basis. Have the game on a Saturday so the kiddies and teenagers could attend. Every seat should be filled. Who knows, some former players just might show up as well.

They could also stream it on youtube and/or twitch. I'd definitely donate/super chat, as someone who can't go watch in person.

 

[HopJim]

With the depth in this year's team, why do we need exhibition games? At all positions, we are 4 deep. No one on the Fort Hays team is as skilled as the last player on the UConn bench.

 

[oldude]

With the depth in this year's team, why do we need exhibition games? At all positions, we are 4 deep. No one on the Fort Hays team is as skilled as the last player on the UConn bench.

UConn’s players go against each other in practice every day, starting with summer workouts. One reason to have exhibition games is simply to break up the routine and play against someone in a different uniform.

 

[Boreifs]

I am surprised that there are not two exhibition games to balance the Gampel and XL season ticket offerings. However, if there is an odd number of OOC games, then it’s only possible to schedule one exhibition. UConn has to have the same number of games in those two packages.