Is there a reason why we don’t play games in Boston?

[UConnSwag11]

I'm not sure the OP was implying that it needed to be a local (to Boston) opponent. I personally believe that a reasonable (or better) profile opponent from outside the northeast would be sufficient.

I've been saying for nearly two decades that one thing we should do is play games in both Boston & NYC every year and take the approach that both cities and everything between them is ours.

It’s doesn’t have to be a local Boston team. Pick a team big name from the Power 6. I think that would be better for a turnout

 

[UConnSwag11]

I thought people wanted an upgrade to our schedule

If you played a P6 opponent it would be.

 

[UConnSwag11]

I have an idea along those lines
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Yes. Doesn’t have to be a New England team

 

[gampelcrazies]

It's actually criminal they don't play a game every once in awhile in Boston.

 

[aburks41]

The emphasis should be on getting good games on campus. There is no need to schedule MSG anymore since SJU and BET do that for us already. No more Newark; Barclays or new arena in Queens aren't acceptable either. NJ is covered thanks to SHU anyway.

I am OK with Boston once in a blue moon (e.g. every 5 years) if it means getting a game against Gonzaga or Duke; not a mid major regional state U.

If Gonzaga wants to do a "home and home" of Boston / Vegas you take the call, if Duke wants to do MSG one off, fine. Outside of that come to Storrs or Hartford. That includes Syracuse.

College hoops is about the college atmospheres and outside specific situations (BET, NCAA Tourney), it isn't being replicated in neutral environments. It isn't a traveling road show.

UConn playing in Boston v. UMass or MSG v. Cuse doesn't do anything anymore. In fact in both cases it's just benefitting the other party more than it is UConn since neither of those schools own those markets and need the exposure to get a leg up over their conference peers, something UConn doesn't need. And I say all this as someone that can walk to MSG.

A game in Boston once in awhile is a good idea to get local alumni engaged but it shouldn't be a routine thing.

Another example of something that could work is a Men's Women's Doubleheader v. Notre Dame in Boston. That is a headliner event, as opposed to v. St. Bonnies and UCLA in Newark.

As fans we should want better than what we've been getting of recent.

Also the AD should probably focus on getting better quality OOC games at the XL and Gampel now that they’re gonna raise the price of season tickets by 300%…MSG and Boston can wait a few years

Although if we could set up a yearly BC/Harvard matchup instead of a Coppin State level team I would be all for it. Home games would be at the XL or Gampel, away games at TD Garden

 

[gampelcrazies]

Also the AD should probably focus on getting better quality OOC games at the XL and Gampel now that they’re gonna raise the price of season tickets by 300%…MSG and Boston can wait a few years

I get the vibe Hurley isn't too big or trying that hard with OOC games at home. But maybe he will be forced with the season ticket hike.

 

[aburks41]

I get the vibe Hurley isn't too big or trying that hard with OOC games at home. But maybe he will be forced with the season ticket hike.

If he is against it then he’s gotta change his philosophy. Teams like Kansas and Kentucky play loaded OOC schedules and it looks awesome. There’s no excuse to not schedule Florida or Texas H/H series again. Hell, do it at the same time so we’re away @ Texas and then home against Florida in the same year. We gotta beef up the schedule

 

[gampelcrazies]

If he is against it then he’s gotta change his philosophy. Teams like Kansas and Kentucky play loaded OOC schedules and it looks awesome. There’s no excuse to not schedule Florida or Texas H/H series again. Hell, do it at the same time so we’re away @ Texas and then home against Florida in the same year. We gotta beef up the schedule

Agree. Back when you could get on the scheduling board for D1 teams you would see UConn's postings and it just didn't seem like they were aggressively looking for good games.

 

[shizzle787]

Absolutely not. The only neutral sites games we should play are preseason MTEs, the BET, and the NCAAs. The other 8-9 OOC should be reserved for H/H series with P5 schools and the occasional home game against a regional cupcake.

 

[shizzle787]

If he is against it then he’s gotta change his philosophy. Teams like Kansas and Kentucky play loaded OOC schedules and it looks awesome. There’s no excuse to not schedule Florida or Texas H/H series again. Hell, do it at the same time so we’re away @ Texas and then home against Florida in the same year. We gotta beef up the schedule

We are playing the back end of a H/H series with Florida this year in Gainesville. Also, we are due a home game in the Big East/Big 12 challenge and the most likely opponents are Texas and Baylor.

 

[navery12]

The most likely opponents are Texas and Baylor.

According to who?

 

[shizzle787]

According to who?

They were both at home last year. They are two of the bigger brands in the Big 12 that are due a road game in the challenge. UConn is arguably the biggest brand due a home game.

 

[gampelcrazies]

We are playing the back end of a H/H series with Florida this year in Gainesville. Also, we are due a home game in the Big East/Big 12 challenge and the most likely opponents are Texas and Baylor.

Please no Texas. I’m sick of the same OOC games.

 

[shizzle787]

Please no Texas. I’m sick of the same OOC games.

Then hope for Baylor.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Then hope for Baylor.

When do the 4 new schools start playing? When do UT and OU leave?

 

[shizzle787]

When do the 4 new schools start playing? When do UT and OU leave?

In 23-24 at the earliest. They may ride it out until 7/1/25.

 

[mauconnfan]

With Frank Martin at UMass I’d love to see this series start back up again. Need more CBB regional rivalries, and an early season road game regardless of opponent can pay dividends down the road.

Agree and with Archie Miller at URI both these teams will get better. Throw them on the schedule or create a New England tourney?

 

[MrSec238]

With Frank Martin at UMass I’d love to see this series start back up again. Need more CBB regional rivalries, and an early season road game regardless of opponent can pay dividends down the road.

I like the idea of this as an early December game. Maybe do Boston one year, Mohegan the next, then Worcester, Bridgeport etc. Could be fun. Makes too much sense tho so it wont happen

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Just prior the The Big East, Boston Garden hosted the Colonial Classic over two days. Holy Cross, UMass, BC UConn and PC had participated in four team tourneys.

 

[Travelman6]

The very thought that BC has been mentioned several times in this thread, as a potential opponent to boot, is sickening and gross to me.

 

[Guapo]

Maybe this one?

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That’s it! Thank you.

 

[Padutch5]

This really is a great point.

UCONN owns New England. BC is an also ran in the ACC. No one else is on the radar. Why in the world, after BC vetoed UCONN to the ACC, would we give any publicity to BC????

 

[GotNets?]

umass, Harvard, northeastern … the only downside is that we’d have to completely smack them around without breaking a sweat.

 

[GotNets?]

UCONN owns New England. BC is an also ran in the ACC. No one else is on the radar. Why in the world, after BC vetoed UCONN to the ACC, would we give any publicity to BC????

We’d never help BC. That’s a nonstarter. But we could take over their city regularly.

 

[August_West]

This is peak boneyarding. Almost every day there is a thread about our weak home schedule at Gampel and XL.

And now it seems a solution would be to give away a marquee matchup home game (because it would have to be a marquee matchup to even start making sense on filling TD Garden) and give up our home court advantage for that.

 

[August_West]

I don’t know how much benefit UConn would get from trying to build a bigger brand presence in Boston. Boston as a whole doesn’t care about college sports.

 

[Madmannsucks]

2 reasons, BU(the Mike Jarvis incident)and BC(who kept us out of the ACC.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I thought people wanted an upgrade to our schedule

Why couldn't it both?

We had six cupcakes in the 21-22 season.

Replace one of those cupcakes with a top-150ish regional team (Vermont, URI, UMass, Yale, Harvard, etc) and that small step would make a lot of people happy while improving the schedule a little bit.

 

[August_West]

Why couldn't it both?

We had six cupcakes in the 21-22 season.

Replace one of those cupcakes with a top-150ish regional team (Vermont, URI, UMass, Yale, Harvard, etc) and that small step would make a lot of people happy while improving the schedule a little bit.

We get 7 to 8000 tops in the door on campus and in XL for any of those matchups. We won't do better at TD Garden for any of those matchups. Thus it is not economically feasible.

 

[Guapo]

This is peak boneyarding. Almost every day there is a thread about our weak home schedule at Gampel and XL.

And now it seems a solution would be to give away a marquee matchup home game (because it would have to be a marquee matchup to even start making sense on filling TD Garden) and give up our home court advantage for that.

UConn should simply play a home game in the driveway of the home of each individual Boneyard member