Non conference sked next year

[Vowelguy]

What are the games?

• FGCU tourney 3 (Ariz St, GaTech, Minn, Charleston, GreenBay, Vandy, Villanova)
• Stanford
• Notre Dame
• Duke
• South Carolina
• 5-6 others?

 

[UConnCat]

Depaul
Rutgers
UC Davis

 

[sarals24]

We should schedule Louisville....what about Maryland again? UNC?

 

[Vowelguy]

Stanford, Davis, and ND are Away
Duke, DePaul, South Carolina are Home

Rutgers not sure

2-3 others

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Rutgers probably in NYC per last I read on RU board.

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

I don't think any ACC Schools other than the recently scheduled ND series are on the OOC schedule for 2014-2015! Contracts have run out on Duke, & MD. If I remember correctly Geno said he'd like to go in a different direction since he's played NoCar, Duke, MD, & FlaSt., in recent years.

 

[Vowelguy]

I don't think any ACC Schools other than the recently scheduled ND series are on the OOC schedule for 2014-2015! Contracts have run out on Duke, & MD. If I remember correctly Geno said he'd like to go in a different direction since he's played NoCar, Duke, MD, & FlaSt., in recent years.

This coming year is last on Duke contract.

 

[triaddukefan]

I don't think any ACC Schools other than the recently scheduled ND series are on the OOC schedule for 2014-2015! Contracts have run out on Duke, & MD. If I remember correctly Geno said he'd like to go in a different direction since he's played NoCar, Duke, MD, & FlaSt., in recent years.

So Wake Forest, Clemson, and NC State are next in line ?

 

[jdubct]

We should schedule Louisville....what about Maryland again? UNC?

Louisville's schedule is set for next season. The coaches want to schedule games beginning in the 2015-16 season.

 

[Sonny44]

We should play an exhibition with the Sun suntime, just for kicks.

 

[Vowelguy]

We should schedule Louisville....what about Maryland again? UNC?

The problem is that UConn needs more home than away games to generate income. So it cant fill its sked with home-and-homes against top teams. It needs some schools that will agree to only play at UConn.

 

[ochoopsfan]

I spoke to a parent of a player at UC Davis ---UConn is supposed to open the season on the first Friday of the season @ UC Davis and then play at Stanford that Sunday or Monday.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

The problem is that UConn needs more home than away games to generate income. So it cant fill its sked with home-and-homes against top teams. It needs some schools that will agree to only play at UConn.

But the larger schools, in general, won't do that (for anyone). Every one of them has the same goal as UConn, "more home games". It is the lesser conference teams (and maybe some lesser teams in better conferences) that make up the folks that agree without a home visit.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

I spoke to a parent of a player at UC Davis ---UConn is supposed to open the season on the first Friday of the season @ UC Davis and then play at Stanford that Sunday or Monday.

That's an old Stanford scenario. I think RU opened the season at Cal and played Stanford a couple of days later at least twice.

Of course, UConn is likely to have much better success than RU did; as RU is never at its best early it lost to Stanford more than just 2 times in the early post-season over the years.

 

[~*Jen*~]

I was still hoping for a homecoming game for Kiah. I think that's my only chance of seeing a game in-person. (Letting go here, just still bummed.)

 

[Marie Diaz]

The seniors aren't getting a homecoming game this year? Why's that?
and I don't think UC Davis and Stanford count as homecoming games for KML.

 

[UConnCat]

The seniors aren't getting a homecoming game this year? Why's that?
and I don't think UC Davis and Stanford count as homecoming games for KML.

UConn tried to schedule a game with UCLA as a homecoming game for Kaleena but they couldn't work out a date. UCLA will likely be on the schedule for 2015-2016. I don't know what's going on with scheduling a homecoming game for Kiah. Univ of Iowa would be the closest (to Kiah's home and is her father's alma mater) but I doubt they're willing to play; same for ISU. As for Banks, Georgia won't play UConn and GaTech may be an opponent in the tournament in Florida.

 

[UcMiami]

The problem is that UConn needs more home than away games to generate income. So it cant fill its sked with home-and-homes against top teams. It needs some schools that will agree to only play at UConn.

Uconn actually seems to pretty much balance their home and away schedule. Much more than most major conference teams.

 

[01Neaggrad02]

Lets do away with the Notre Dame game.. and schedule someone who will not attack UCONN and Geno in the media every chance they get

 

[ThisJustIn]

Lets do away with the Notre Dame game.. and schedule someone who will not attack UCONN and Geno in the media every chance they get

You mean run away from the best rivalry UCONN and women's basketball has? Where's the sense in that? Play'em and beat'em, I say....

 

[Vowelguy]

Uconn actually seems to pretty much balance their home and away schedule. Much more than most major conference teams.

Huh?

This year: 7 home, 4 away, 2 neutral
Last year: 7 home, 3 away, 3 neutral
2011-12: 9 home, 3 away

 

[UcMiami]

Huh?

This year: 7 home, 4 away, 2 neutral
Last year: 7 home, 3 away, 3 neutral
2011-12: 9 home, 3 away

While they are technically home, the HOF challenge and other in season tournaments that Uconn has hosted don't really count in my book as while they were outside sponsored and really are designed to get total regular season games into the 30-31 range as opposed to the max 29 without the tournament. The last three years they happen to have been at Gampel, could have as easily been in FL (next year) or the out of the country (previous years.) And the teams included are I believe not technically being scheduled by Uconn per se, but by the sponsor. Dropping those four games out the schedule from last year was 4 - 4 - 1 plus 18 conference games = 27. And looking at next year as it stands 3 - 3, plus I assume three tournament games in FL.
And the Hartford game is hard to really see as either 'home' or on the rare occasion 'away' as it is local any way it is scheduled.

 

[Vowelguy]

While they are technically home, the HOF challenge and other in season tournaments that Uconn has hosted don't really count in my book as while they were outside sponsored and really are designed to get total regular season games into the 30-31 range as opposed to the max 29 without the tournament..

They are also designed to give UConn 3 home games so it can get that revenue.

 

[01Neaggrad02]

You mean run away from the best rivalry UCONN and women's basketball has? Where's the sense in that? Play'em and beat'em, I say....

Play'em and beat'em..... where is the rivalry in that? Question I have is if it is true that UCONN/Tenn will resume playing if Tenn apologizes for their past comments..... why not make Muffet do the same. She did after all go after the character of Geno and did have some not so nice things to say when Stewie won the player of the year award. It was reported that she did not even clap. So who needs her?

 

[ThisJustIn]

Play'em and beat'em..... where is the rivalry in that? Question I have is if it is true that UCONN/Tenn will resume playing if Tenn apologizes for their past comments..... why not make Muffet do the same. She did after all go after the character of Geno and did have some not so nice things to say when Stewie won the player of the year award. It was reported that she did not even clap. So who needs her?

I appreciate you missing my point. There's a rivalry BECAUSE they have beaten us, or are you choosing to parse the record? There's no guarantee UCONN will beat ND. Likely, but no guarantee. That makes it more of a rivalry than some other games... And silences the UCONN haters...

As for apologies, think Rutgers. Think, has Geno asked? Was there a lawsuit? Silly to equate this with TN's stupidity.

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

So Wake Forest, Clemson, and NC State are next in line ?

No I think Geno was saying he's not scheduling ACC schools (other than ND) in the near future! Go to other areas of the country for OOC opponents!

 

[UcMiami]

Play'em and beat'em..... where is the rivalry in that? Question I have is if it is true that UCONN/Tenn will resume playing if Tenn apologizes for their past comments..... why not make Muffet do the same. She did after all go after the character of Geno and did have some not so nice things to say when Stewie won the player of the year award. It was reported that she did not even clap. So who needs her?

BIG difference. TN was involved with a campaign of lies and innuendo to discredit Uconn and Geno with collateral damage to the Moores, and unsubstantiated accusations of cheating. Muffet on the other hand just didn't play nice.