UConn Basketball 2023-2024 Schedule (*LEAKS*)

[Chief00]

That is some home OOC slate!

Northern Arizona
Stonehill
Miss Valley State
Manhattan
New Hampshire
Arkansas Pine Bluff

Disgraceful and an insult to the most loyal fans and customers. The season ticket holder.

 

[Chief00]

UConn needs to own the XL and The Rent and take responsibility for the success or failure at both locations.

Chief is even willing to take that job on for UConn.

 

[caw]

Very winnable schedule. There aren't any real death stretches like last year. 7 weekend home games.

H- Creighton
@Nova
H- Xavier
H-Providence
@St. John's

Kinda tough, but 3/5 at home and who knows how good Nova/St John's will be.

Marquette
@Creighton
Villanova

Tough games, but again 2/3 home. It's a short turn-aorund to Creighton (Sat to Tues), so maybe pencil that one in as a loss.

We finish @Marq and then @Prov.. Both senior nights. Probably at least 1 loss here, but whatever.

Maybe not a death stretch but that last six is tough.

Marquette
@Creighton
Nova
SHU
@Marquette
@PC

That’s likely 4 top 25 games and @PC.

 

[CL82]

Thanks for doing the checks ! It always seems too long.

Over the last 10 years, this point in the football season has me looking forward to the start of the basketball season.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

Well, last year's Wolfpack had their best attendance in over a decade so I can see why the CDRA would want to give deference to them over the Huskies.

Hartford averaged 4,647 fans in 36 home games and have drawn the highest season average since the 2010-11 season. However, the 2010-11 season drew more as the team hosted an outdoor game, which skewed numbers higher. If you exclude that, then the Rangers affiliate has drawn the highest attendance since the 2006-07 season.

I'm interested to see if attendance is hurt by the new Friday nite hot dog price. From $1 to $2 SMH

 

[John]

I'm interested to see if attendance is hurt by the new Friday nite hot dog price. From $1 to $2 SMH

they still owe the XL a cheap beer night.

 

[Chief00]

Well, last year's Wolfpack had their best attendance in over a decade so I can see why the CDRA would want to give deference to them over the Huskies.

Hartford averaged 4,647 fans in 36 home games and have drawn the highest season average since the 2010-11 season. However, the 2010-11 season drew more as the team hosted an outdoor game, which skewed numbers higher. If you exclude that, then the Rangers affiliate has drawn the highest attendance since the 2006-07 season.

But when you hear UConn complain about all the fixed costs about an XL event, one wonders how 4,647 attendance navigates that threshold or perhaps it doesn’t need to, since the goal may be player development not any game day profit?
Is any event venue with the CDRA involved actually profitable?

 

[August_West]

they still owe the XL a cheap beer night.

How do you figure that? That would be on XL not UConn. XL keeps concessions. UConn has zero say in that. So actually if you want cheap beer at XL you need to petition them, not UConn. Don't hold your breath.

 

[Waquoit]

But when you hear UConn complain about all the fixed costs about an XL event, one wonders how 4,647 attendance navigates that threshold or perhaps it doesn’t need to, since the goal may be player development not any game day profit?

Or UConn is full of shirt.

 

[CL82]

But when you hear UConn complain about all the fixed costs about an XL event, one wonders how 4,647 attendance navigates that threshold or perhaps it doesn’t need to, since the goal may be player development not any game day profit?
Is any event venue with the CDRA involved actually profitable?

I don't know for sure, but I would guess that the Wolfpack pays significantly less for the use of the XL than Connecticut does.

As far as I am aware the CDRA has never shown a profit in any venture it was involved in. That's a pretty telling indictment of them and probably the most salient of the many reasons why the agency should be disbanded.

Even diverting an estimated $7 1/2 million dollars a year from the University, the CDRA's shows a multi million dollar loss every year. How is that acceptable?

 

[John]

How do you figure that? That would be on XL not UConn. XL keeps concessions. UConn has zero say in that. So actually if you want cheap beer at XL you need to petition them, not UConn. Don't hold your breath.

eh, that doesn't hold any water. They've run specials at The Rent in the Big East days.

 

[Ports21]

FWIW I went on stubhub and they're showing both St. John's and Marquette at XL

 

[Rocktheworld]

FWIW I went on stubhub and they're showing both St. John's and Marquette at XL

Hell yeah, any times?

 

[Ports21]

Hell yeah, any times?

Nah all home games have TBD next too it. I would take it all with a grain of salt as it has every single OOC home game in Storrs at the moment.

 

[August_West]

eh, that doesn't hold any water. They've run specials at The Rent in the Big East days.

Good Luck!

 

[John]

Nah all home games have TBD next too it. I would take it all with a grain of salt as it has every single OOC home game in Storrs at the moment.

Make it so.

 

[Ports21]

I mean it can't take more than a few days to decide what venue the games are at...right?

 

[BlueMAB]

I don't know for sure, but I would guess that the Wolfpack pays significantly less for the use of the XL than Connecticut does.

As far as I am aware the CDRA has never shown a profit in any venture it was involved in. That's a pretty telling indictment of them and probably the most salient of the many reasons why the agency should be disbanded.

Even diverting an estimated $7 1/2 million dollars a year from the University, the CDRA's shows a multi million dollar loss every year. How is that acceptable?

Not an argument for or against the organization, but aren't they a non-profit?

 

[MrSec224]

I mean it can't take more than a few days to decide what venue the games are at...right?

They are supposedly waiting on the conference to announce tip times. Which makes no sense since the conference doesnt control the OOC tip times.

That being said, conference had tip times announced last year when schedule came out so no clue what they are waiting on

 

[Chief00]

I don't know for sure, but I would guess that the Wolfpack pays significantly less for the use of the XL than Connecticut does.

As far as I am aware the CDRA has never shown a profit in any venture it was involved in. That's a pretty telling indictment of them and probably the most salient of the many reasons why the agency should be disbanded.

Even diverting an estimated $7 1/2 million dollars a year from the University, the CDRA's shows a multi million dollar loss every year. How is that acceptable?

That would close about 1/5th of the deficit with no apparent downside.

 

[Chief00]

Not an argument for or against the organization, but aren't they a non-profit?

Not a non profit from an employee compensation viewpoint - lol
Just a guess, their goal is to pay their politically connected employees, no money left for UConn, they don’t exactly lose sleep over.

 

[CL82]

Not an argument for or against the organization, but aren't they a non-profit?

Don't know, but it's not particularly relevant. And the point is that the organization even with the university as a captive tenant that gets charged above market lease rates, shows a multi million dollar loss every year.

 

[CL82]

That would close about 1/5th of the deficit with no apparent downside.

Keep in mind that the deficit this year since it is no longer including replenishing the pension fund and does not include Ollies settlement will likely be about 23 million. So 7 1/2 million is roughly 1/3 of that.

 

[Chief00]

Keep in mind that the deficit this year since it is no longer including replenishing the pension fund and does not include Ollies settlement will likely be about 23 million. So 7 1/2 million is roughly 1/3 of that.

Good points.

 

[shizzle787]

I have said it time and again: we can schedule 7 P5 opponents in our OOC. They don't all have to be bruisers, but it allows us to at least have two home OOC games against high level competition.

Example for 24/25 going forward:
1. Yale (H)- the administration needs to stop balking on this game: it's good for the state, and Yale is a solid, recognizable opponent
2. Michigan State (A)- Gavitt game (we need to be in this year every year if it is extended (looks like it will be)
3. Harvard (H)- another local game against a team people have heard of; one of the better programs traditionally in the Ivy League
4. MTE #1
5. MTE #2
6. MTE #3
7. Princeton (H)- another local Ivy team that is solid
8. Syracuse (H)- we should be playing them home and home every year
9. Boston College (A)- another local P5 and scheduling them could help us get them to schedule us again home and home in football
10. Kansas (H)- Big East/Big 12 challenge: this better be happening next year or our administration got played
11. Norfolk State (H)- if we are going to play an HBCU, we better play one of the better ones

This is a doable schedule that gives us two OOC home games: Kansas and Syracuse. One game each for the XL Center and Gampel.