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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 5143739, member: 549"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.courant.com/2024/12/14/dom-amores-sunday-read-carolina-connection-helps-central-connecticut-mens-basketball-thrive-how-uconn-landed-in-boston-for-holidays-next-up-for-cooperstown-and-more/[/URL] -> So the American was agreeable to Fenway folk inviting a viable New England independent, and it’s paying off. Tickets sales, as of Friday, were said to be nearing 18,000, already exceeding the previous Fenway Bowls, played in 2022, when Louisville and Cincinnati drew 15,000, and ’23, when BC and SMU drew 16,200. One drawback? Christmas becomes a working holiday. UConn will travel to Boston on Dec. 24, with “media day” at Fenway the 27th, the day before the game, which is a departure from a usual game-week routine. “It lays out well for us, actually,” Huskies coach Jim Mora said. “What we will do is make it make it as family friendly as possible. Morning practice (on Christmas Eve), have a meal, have some meetings, have a chapel and a mass, a social with the parents. “Then on Christmas day, we’ll practice in the morning, some community events, and then a holiday celebration dinner. We’re going to make it special for these kids and their families. My concern is for these kids having a great experience at the bowl, and the families still feeling like they can celebrate the holidays together.” <- [/QUOTE]