UConn may play NC State on Dec. 5th at Mohegan; Florida game in doubt

[Palatine]

Have we ever played a regular season game at the Sun?

 

[shizzle787]

In future years I would like us to try to schedule brutal out of conference so that as long as we win 18 games total we're in. A typical year should look something like this.

3-game MTE
Florida (H)
Ohio State (A)
Arizona (H)
Tennessee (A)
Yale (H)
Harvard (H)
Quinnipiac (H)
Iona (H)

 

[bendm]

aren't we playing florida in florida?

the title of this thread is "florida game in doubt." if not this year then it will be next year but we talking about future games we could play in FL

 

[ucp990411]

preferably cincy maybe memphis. shouldnt travel to houston for a mid major game

No East Carolina?

 

[Travelman6]

Just random but would anyone have interest in retaining an ongoing AAC "rivalry"? Maybe Memphis or Cincy?

I always enjoyed keeping old BE foes as part of the OOC schedule.

Cincy - absolutely, home and/or away or neutral. The one team I will miss a little from the AAC.
Temple - I would not mind seeing, just because most years it is a solid Northeast team and Philly is a great city to travel to. Even more than Cincy, I would like to keep the regional rivals, like Temple and Cuse alive.
Memphis - sure, every once in awhile, but I don't miss them.
Houston - maybe, if they are good/will be good AND come to Connecticut. If they are not good, stay far away and put them on the list at the bottom.
UCF - If only they still had Tacko, ha. Otherwise, NO! Add them to the list below....
SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, ECU, USF - GOOD RIDDANCE!

I still have to check the standings to make sure I get every AAC team because it is easy to forget. You don't have to do that with the BIG east.

 

[bmayuc]

Just random but would anyone have interest in retaining an ongoing AAC "rivalry"? Maybe Memphis or Cincy?

I always enjoyed keeping old BE foes as part of the OOC schedule.

 

[Waquoit]

Just random but would anyone have interest in retaining an ongoing AAC "rivalry"? Maybe Memphis or Cincy?

Cincy +100, Temple maybe, no thanks to the rest

 

[ucp990411]

In future years I would like us to try to schedule brutal out of conference so that as long as we win 18 games total we're in. A typical year should look something like this.

3-game MTE
Florida (H)
Ohio State (A)
Arizona (H)
Tennessee (A)
Yale (H)
Harvard (H)
Quinnipiac (H)
Iona (H)

Looks great on paper but we are now in a conference that will boost our strength of schedule so we don't need or want a loaded non conference schedule.

 

[superjohn]

Why do any of you want anything to do with that conference, we spent years begging to get out of it and you guys want home and homes with AAC schools? There are a whole bunch of good basketball schools we can play that will bring eyeballs. None of those schools are in our recruiting footprint, none are natural rivals, and none really move the needle and bring a lot of eyeballs.

 

[UCSouth]

Why do any of you want anything to do with that conference, we spent years begging to get out of it and you guys want home and homes with AAC schools? There are a whole bunch of good basketball schools we can play that will bring eyeballs. None of those schools are in our recruiting footprint, none are natural rivals, and none really move the needle and bring a lot of eyeballs.

To add to what you said, we can be more selective as to the H/H series that we play because of the trajectory that we are on. We will be the team that benefits their OOC schedule.

 

[Fishy]

Worrying about the schedule this year is pointless.

There are games scheduled that will never be played and there are games that will be played that are not scheduled.

If someone told me that we will end up playing Sacred Heart five times, I would not dismiss the possibility.

 

[Fishy]

There are recruiting benefits of playing in Florida. How about UCF or USF?

lol

 

[superjohn]

DePaul is on our conference slate so that's irrelevant. We already will play DePaul, Marquette, Butler, Creighton, and Xavier for home and homes...we have our fill of Midwest teams.

Cinci only was considered a rival because we both got sent to purgatory. We had some close rockfights but that isn't a rivalry, it's more evidence of how how bad things got for UConn basketball. I want nothing to do with the AAC going forward, would rather pretend none of it ever happened.

 

[UConnJim]

I lump the former BE and AAC teams that could appear on the OOC schedule into 3 categories:

Regular:
Syracuse, BC, Pitt

Occasionally:
Rutgers, Notre Dame, Louisville, UCF, Miami

One off:
Cincinnati, Memphis, USF

 

[bendm]

depaul is going to be much better than cincy going forward. they have the #5 recruiting class for 2021 which is even higher than ours. you should be excited to see us play them, whether it's in CT or Chicago

 

[superjohn]

It's irrelevant because we are playing DePaul because they are in our conference, we don't have a choice in that just like we had no choice in playing Cinci when we were both in the AAC. I don't think you want to go back to the AAC.

 

[superjohn]

Wow, you're still not getting it.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Playing Cincinnati would be fun. They're always a good team, and we developed a providence level rivalry with them. They're the only school I'd do a home and home with.

 

[bendm]

1) the class of 2021 is still gonna be in high school this season; 2) we're not talking about this season anyways; 3) we're talking about future matchups against ooc opponents; 4) depaul is recruiting better than any aac team right now but we arent choosing between cincy or memphis and depaul idk why you even brought depaul up; 5) we'd rather play any other p5 in our recruiting footprint than cincy