New UConn Media Day coming today Oct 1

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David Connelly reporting Media day and other goodies (Natalie Butler signs to play in Greece etc)

Who replaces Crystal Dangerfield at point guard for the Huskies? Everybody – and nobody

UConn doesn't have a one-for-one replacement for Crystal Dangerfield on their roster.

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Hope he's right this year

 

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[JoePgh]

So this is a definite schedule? That is really big news. I like the fact that the most competitive part of the non-conference schedule appears to have been saved.

 

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So this is a definite schedule? That is really big news. I like the fact that the most competitive part of the non-conference schedule appears to have been saved.

See post #11

 

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This is the news we've been waiting for, and great news it is. If UConn could only play a limited number of non conference games, these are the teams they wanted and needed to play (especially Baylor and South Carolina). Those 4 games and the top 3 BIG East teams are the measuring tool that this year's team can be judged by going into March.

 

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[RockyMTblue2]

I was just going to post this. As new season news goes this is pretty awesome. Ready to asumme command!

 

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[Plebe]

Does this math work out?

The NCAA announced earlier that:

There are two scheduling options in DI women's basketball.​

• 23 regular-season games and up to four additional games in one multi-team event.
• 25 regular-season games without participating in a multi-team event.

With 20 Big East games on the schedule, that would leave the possibility of only 3 nonconference games plus the MTE (which, presumably, would include the two games at Mohegan). And even if Mohegan isn't officially counted as an MTE, it still puts UConn at 26 games, one over the limit.

So I'm not seeing how ND, Baylor, SC, and TN can all stay on the schedule in addition to the Mohegan event.

What am I missing?

 

[Rixxx]

Plebe, my math also = 26.

 

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Quick Video reactions when kids were told there would be a season

Evina is clearly the spokesperson

 

[Alydar]

Does this math work out?

The NCAA announced earlier that:

There are two scheduling options in DI women's basketball.​

• 23 regular-season games and up to four additional games in one multi-team event.
• 25 regular-season games without participating in a multi-team event.

With 20 Big East games on the schedule, that would leave the possibility of only 3 nonconference games plus the MTE (which, presumably, would include the two games at Mohegan). And even if Mohegan isn't officially counted as an MTE, it still puts UConn at 26 games, one over the limit.

So I'm not seeing how ND, Baylor, SC, and TN can all stay on the schedule in addition to the Mohegan event.

What am I missing?

Dump Tenn for a year. Or else reconfigure the MS event to include more games and more teams. And if Mohegan isn't officially counted as an MTE then an MTE around Christmas could make it all fit.

I seriously doubt that UConn will end up playing those 4 teams though. Too many things can complicate it. Now if the elite programs decide to risk their seeding by playing an 8 team MTE then three games will only count as one game.

 

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Good Geno quote about one side benefit of isolation from the college population

UConn women to play full Big East slate; non-conference games against Baylor, Tennessee, South Carolina and Notre Dame still on schedule as of now

While some uncertainty remains, the UConn women’s basketball team now has a better idea of what its 2020-21 schedule will look like. The Big East will keep 20 league games on the books, with …

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“One good thing that’s come out of this, these guys are so bored they have nothing to do, they are always in the gym," Auriemma said. "There’s this feeling about them like, ‘Please, don’t send me home. Let me stay and play in the playground, don’t send me home.’”

 

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Dump Tenn for a year. Or else reconfigure the MS event to include more games and more teams. And if Mohegan isn't officially counted as an MTE then an MTE around Christmas could make it all fit.

I seriously doubt that UConn will end up playing those 4 teams though. Too many things can complicate it. Now if the elite programs decide to risk their seeding by playing an 8 team MTE then three games will only count as one game.

Scheduling these teams and having the games played are two different things. This virus may just poke its head into these proceeding and muck up the works entirely. It seems to me the likelihood of one or more games being cancelled right now is 50-50.

 

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Scheduling these teams and having the games played are two different things. This virus may just poke its head into these proceeding and muck up the works entirely. It seems to me the likelihood of one or more games being cancelled right now is 50-50.

I also know that it's a possibility that the season could end abruptly but I post as if that is not going to happen. Why waste time worrying about what could happen. We have no control.

 

[Carnac]

I was just going to post this. As new season news goes this is pretty awesome. Ready to assume command!

"When you're in command, command" ~ Adm. Chester W. Nimitz (Ret)

 

[Carnac]

Good Geno quote about one side benefit of isolation from the college population

UConn women to play full Big East slate; non-conference games against Baylor, Tennessee, South Carolina and Notre Dame still on schedule as of now

While some uncertainty remains, the UConn women’s basketball team now has a better idea of what its 2020-21 schedule will look like. The Big East will keep 20 league games on the books, with …

www.courant.com

“One good thing that’s come out of this, these guys are so bored they have nothing to do, they are always in the gym," Auriemma said. "There’s this feeling about them like, ‘Please, don’t send me home. Let me stay and play in the playground, don’t send me home.’”

“One good thing that’s come out of this, these guys are so bored they have nothing to do, they are always in the gym," Auriemma said. "There’s this feeling about them like, ‘Please, don’t send me home. Let me stay and play in the playground, don’t send me home.’”
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Boredom can make strange bedfellows. Sometimes that can be a good thing.