Likeliest OOC Loss?

[Hunt for 7]

So will they be coming to see us twice over the upcoming years? Or was one just a road game and the other a home and home series?

Don’t even get me started on this topic. I broached the idea of why were we playing them on their home court and them not returning the favor the following year.

Yeah I got toasted on this board for that thought.

And here we are again playing second fiddle to this clearly inferior program.

 

[ucp990411]

Can someone explain why we are playing @ Kansas again after playing there in 2023?

The game in 2023 was part of the Big East - Big 12 challenge. Must be the 100th time this has been explained. Now we have a home and home with them

 

[HooperScooper]

Don’t even get me started on this topic. I broached the idea of why were we playing them on their home court and them not returning the favor the following year.

Yeah I got toasted on this board for that thought.

And here we are again playing second fiddle to this clearly inferior program.

RuffRuff has the answer above.

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Aug 20, 2025

Can someone explain why we are playing @ Kansas again after playing there in 2023?

That was part of the B12 challenge, this is start of a home and home. They’re coming our way next.

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[HuskyHawk]

Don’t even get me started on this topic. I broached the idea of why were we playing them on their home court and them not returning the favor the following year.

Yeah I got toasted on this board for that thought.

And here we are again playing second fiddle to this clearly inferior program.

That was the Big 12 Challenge. They never play the same team in back to back years so a return game couldn't happen.

This year was just UConn with a strong home/neutral slate and zero OOC road games, needing a road game. Kansas already has UNC and NC State on the road, and a bunch of neutral games.

 

[Deepster]

Why would we talk about losses?

 

[TheRealKBuks]

should've added an undefeated option

 

[Ricker]

I like our chances in each game but there are no automatic wins. I will say that I think the BYU game will be the most revealing game as to how the season might play out. My biggest fear is major foul trouble at the 5 that limits our bigs. Dybantsa is a foul drawing machine, If we get through that game and Reed & Reibe have played their full targeted minutes, that will be informative and positive. To me, Reed is the key to the season. Stay healthy and on the court for at least 25 minutes and UConn is a championship threat. I think we can adjust to the loss of any other player.

 

[auror]

Florida returned all 4 bigs from last year's title team, each of whom would start for 95% of D1 teams. They're loaded in the front court.

Fland should be pretty good as a sophomore, tons of pedigree and those guys usually make a sophomore jump. Not sure how Lee will translate up levels, but he's experienced and Florida's bigs will make things easier. They probably needed one more 2/3 guy, they're going to need to rely on Ingram, but he's young for his grade.

The game is in MSG, though, which is advantage us. We'll lose in AFH.

 

[RuffRuff]

I like our chances in each game but there are no automatic wins. I will say that I think the BYU game will be the most revealing game as to how the season might play out. My biggest fear is major foul trouble at the 5 that limits our bigs. Dybantsa is a foul drawing machine, If we get through that game and Reed & Reibe have played their full targeted minutes, that will be informative and positive. To me, Reed is the key to the season. Stay healthy and on the court for at least 25 minutes and UConn is a championship threat. I think we can adjust to the loss of any other player.

It will be interesting to see how BYU uses AJ out of the gates and whether he’s their iso go to or if they try to blend him as a more equitable piece.

Reed is a huge indicator of our upside, along with Silas. The upward potential of those two likely determines how good we can be. They both have key roles on both ends of the floor.

 

[dennismenace]

Florida will be a shell of themselves this year. I think winning IN Kansas is always a challenge.

Have they ever played a non conference road game?

 

[thekollieman]

Why would we talk about losses?

It’s basically a rephrased version of which will be the hardest win. I think we’ll win them all.

 

[thekollieman]

should've added an undefeated option

In my mind the premise is that we all believe we either can or will go undefeated, but which one will be hardest to get.

 

[Ricker]

It will be interesting to see how BYU uses AJ out of the gates and whether he’s their iso go to or if they try to blend him as a more equitable piece.

Reed is a huge indicator of our upside, along with Silas. The upward potential of those two likely determines how good we can be. They both have key roles on both ends of the floor.

Interesting point on Silas but I have listened to commentators that actually think Smith will be better in our offense because they see him as our best facilitator. I don't have my own opinion. Certainly Silas can be big for us but we are not without other capable guys.

 

[NEforceUConn]

Hard pass

 

[RuffRuff]

Interesting point on Silas but I have listened to commentators that actually think Smith will be better in our offense because they see him as our best facilitator. I don't have my own opinion. Certainly Silas can be big for us but we are not without other capable guys.

We really need Silas defensively, to take the best on ball guy. I’m not expecting Solo to turn into Gary Payton and our 3 is a moving target defensively.

 

[HuskyBoi]

Something tells me BYU, I feel we will come out of Kansas with a win

 

[Son of Robert]

I like our chances in each game but there are no automatic wins. I will say that I think the BYU game will be the most revealing game as to how the season might play out. My biggest fear is major foul trouble at the 5 that limits our bigs. Dybantsa is a foul drawing machine, If we get through that game and Reed & Reibe have played their full targeted minutes, that will be informative and positive. To me, Reed is the key to the season. Stay healthy and on the court for at least 25 minutes and UConn is a championship threat. I think we can adjust to the loss of any other player.

Good call on Reed. The difference maybe between a championship and just being really good.

 

[QuickDraw]

I won't vote in this one, who's gonna want the bragging rights for this.

 

[thekollieman]

I won't vote in this one, who's gonna want the bragging rights for this.

Remember it’s “likeliest” loss, not “which game will we lose?” I believe our record against the teams in this poll will be 6-0.

 

[alphasigko]

Hardly any team other than KS wins at the Fogg as it's always 5 against 8 there.

 

[jibsey]

I’m ready. I have a floating booking with my son-in-law the psychiatrist.

 

[bendm]

Becasue we needed a true road game. It's a home and home.

Hiw is it a H&H when we’ve played there 2x in a row? Was that part of the big12 challenge? do we get to play them at home next year?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Hiw is it a H&H when we’ve played there 2x in a row? Was that part of the big12 challenge? do we get to play them at home next year?

Yes, one was the Big XII challenge. This one is the start of a home and home and they play in CT next year.

 

[Waquoit]

They never play the same team in back to back years so a return game couldn't happen.

That was never a rule. They didn't have a return game because Self was fraidy-scared. It was in all the papers.

 

[FearThePups]

Florida brought in talent and retained a lot. Kansas’ team is pretty dang underwhelming outside of Peterson.

But it’s the Phog.

 

[thekollieman]

Loss? What are you giving up on the possibility of running the table already? In AUGUST? I thought we were all supposed to be fans here.

I repeat, I believe we’ll go 6-0. The question is not incongruent with that belief.

 

[thekollieman]

You left off the most important answer

NONE OF THE ABOVE, NOT HAPPENING

I demand the OP be banned for at least 1 month

I didn’t ask which is the likeliest outcome: lose one of these 6 or zero… my question does not assume we lose any of them.

 

[Old blue]

Im nervous about az , illionis and byu. We still have that target on our back and a lot of new faces. If we can get by byu I think we sweep. If we lose then I think it'll have a Maui effect. I was in Chicago for the 30 point drumming we gave illinois 2 years ago, and trust me, they have revenge on their mind.

 

[HuskyHawk]

That was never a rule. They didn't have a return game because Self was fraidy-scared. It was in all the papers.

BS. Hurley said that was nonsense. Wasn’t a formal rule but it had never once happened. It was an informal rule.

 

[Hunt for 7]

That was the Big 12 Challenge. They never play the same team in back to back years so a return game couldn't happen.

This year was just UConn with a strong home/neutral slate and zero OOC road games, needing a road game. Kansas already has UNC and NC State on the road, and a bunch of neutral games.

And look what has happened in this thread since you clarified the why……..yup knew that was coming. Unfortunately, we as a collective all things UConn men’s basketball will always have an underlying inferiority complex. Certain we display enough of the symptoms to be clinically diagnosed.

We all know there is what appears to be a very rational answer but many of us (I count myself in the us) still feel somehow that we got the short end of the stick.

Not sure if that ever goes away no matter how many chips we win. Or maybe it will fade away after most of the boomers are no longer around. Could be a generational complex for those of us that remember being second fiddle to Rhode Island and certainly Providence for the best team in New England…..l.