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The day UConn plays a D2 team in the regular season, on the road no less, will be a sad day.
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Secret scrimmage. Steaks at my house!The day UConn plays a D2 team in the regular season, on the road no less, will be a sad day.
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Just don’t ghost us like that Yarder in Houston. Lol
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Need to breakup Kansas on the road followed by Florida on a neutral court (followed by home against Texas) with a cupcake.
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#326 on kenpom last year. I could do without these 300+ kenpom games but whatever. Not going to make any difference on the season.
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Couldn’t find anyone ranked in the 100s at least?
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Yeah, it's kind of like a palate cleanser.
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Maybe following Kansas playbook whom we always have to face on the road. All or nothing unless these will be home and away.
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Wasn't that the Duke/Syracuse playbook - never play a tough team on the road - neutral court or home only!
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At least this is a local mid-major that has been decent the last few years. New staff and quite a bit of roster turnover, though.
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Interesting after Martelli Jr. complained that UConn wouldn't play them. Maybe Hurley figured we'll throw them a bone now that Martelli is gone. Bryant was very good last year. No idea what they look like for this coming season.
But Bryant University head coach Phil Martelli Jr. made some noise on Monday for suggesting the Huskies may not have wanted to play his team.
In answering a question about scheduling difficulties following Bryant’s win over Division III Springfield College, Martelli appeared to call out the Huskies.
“It’s hard. You have certain dates that you’re trying to fill. We were trying to fill this date, and there’s a team up the road that played tonight, who won a lot of games last year that we were trying to go to. They picked a different team in our league to play tonight,” Martelli told reporters, adding that he was talking about a “high-major” team.
Bryant head coach suggests UConn men declined to play his team
Bryant University men’s basketball head coach Phil Martelli Jr. made some noise on Monday for suggesting UConn may not have wanted to play his team.
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UConn’s Dan Hurley claps back at Bryant on scheduling, says Huskies would play Duke in a home-and-home
UConn's Dan Hurley claps back at Bryant on scheduling, says he'll play Duke in a home-and-home
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32 game schedule coming in 2026-2027.
By going to a 32-game model, the extra game will ease restrictions and allow more opportunity for programs to schedule as needed, with the potential for more high-profile matchups in the regular season. What's more, the additional game should also enable more teams to bring back nonconference opportunities in January or February, something we've seen with Duke playing Illinois in February of this year and Duke facing Michigan in February 2026.
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By going to a 32-game model, the extra game will ease restrictions and allow more opportunity for programs to schedule as needed, with the potential for more high-profile matchups in the regular season. What's more, the additional game should also enable more teams to bring back nonconference opportunities in January or February, something we've seen with Duke playing Illinois in February of this year and Duke facing Michigan in February 2026.
NCAA votes to increase college basketball schedules to 32-game season beginning in 2026-27
The move is being done to encourage even more high-profile nonconference games in November, December ... and January and February
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Love Hurley's response, LOL. Congrats to Martelli for getting the VCU job, well done. But he was in Delusionville thinking UConn was "ducking" Bryant, LMFAO.Interesting after Martelli Jr. complained that UConn wouldn't play them. Maybe Hurley figured we'll throw them a bone now that Martelli is gone. Bryant was very good last year. No idea what they look like for this coming season.
But Bryant University head coach Phil Martelli Jr. made some noise on Monday for suggesting the Huskies may not have wanted to play his team.
In answering a question about scheduling difficulties following Bryant’s win over Division III Springfield College, Martelli appeared to call out the Huskies.
“It’s hard. You have certain dates that you’re trying to fill. We were trying to fill this date, and there’s a team up the road that played tonight, who won a lot of games last year that we were trying to go to. They picked a different team in our league to play tonight,” Martelli told reporters, adding that he was talking about a “high-major” team.
Bryant head coach suggests UConn men declined to play his team
Bryant University men’s basketball head coach Phil Martelli Jr. made some noise on Monday for suggesting UConn may not have wanted to play his team.
UConn’s Dan Hurley claps back at Bryant on scheduling, says Huskies would play Duke in a home-and-home
UConn's Dan Hurley claps back at Bryant on scheduling, says he'll play Duke in a home-and-homewww.nj.com
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Exhibition against Michigan State. Why exhibition vs regular season game?
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Texas in Hartford, Zona in Gampel, MSU exhibition in Hartford per UConn email. Now 9 games at XL and 9 at Gampel so they're charging us more.
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How do people feel about getting forced to pay for an exhibition game? Do you think that should be voluntary and outside the season ticket package?
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I would feel that way, but it's MSU, so it's tolerable.
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It's Michigan State! Exhibition or not, I'd 1000x rather get a surprise of paying for this extra game against a premier program with a Hall of Fame coach than the 3-4 KenPom 250+ games we know are part of our season-ticket package. This is a very pleasant development.
Mixed feelings. It's a top program so it's good. I don't think this administration feels like they force us to do anything and we should be grateful to see another game. Glad it's at XL cause last year the XL Men's opponents were weak.
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Our athletic department needs to get a bit creative for fund raising. All things considered, having to pay to attend an exhibition game against Mich St isn't the worst thing.
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When have you ever heard exhibition games being voluntary purchases as part of season ticket packages. Lets be real here. Every org on earth charges you for preseason games.