UConn-Washington To Play Next Two Seasons

[zls44]

First game is in CT

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskymensbasketballblog/2017678368_ross_wroten_mak.html

 

[jfuchs91]

They've got some talent on that team, and it always seems like it's a good game when the Huskies meet each other. I like this.... a lot.

 

[Brochacho]

Better than Southwest North Carolina State A&M.

 

[alexd]

....and the inaugural college hoops game at the new arena in Brooklyn will be Michigan v. WVU.

 

[Walker11]

Love it. We are playing 3 of the top teams in the West next year in San Diego St., Arizona, and Washington. This makes up for the lame pre-season tournament we are playing in.

 

[61cygni]

Hamilton, HAMILTON!

 

[Robertelamin]

Their fans must be so butt hurt about the games UConn has pulled off against them, '98, '06...

 

[Huskies4ever]

They've got some talent on that team, and it always seems like it's a good game when the Huskies meet each other. I like this.... a lot.

I like it too, however, I would like to see Carolina again or UK, Florida, MSU. You know Duke aint coming up here.

 

[tzznandrew]

I like it too, however, I would like to see Carolina again or UK, Florida, MSU. You know Duke aint coming up here.

I agree.

What is the logistics of some of these games. Kentucky plays UNC, Indiana, and Louisville every year. St. John's plays Duke every year. Why doesn't UConn have an OOC rival they play every year like the big boys?

 

[Robertelamin]

In my limited memory UConn has had series with UNC, Kansas, Michigan St, Michigan, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Indiana, Vanderbilt, Arizona. I think that is pretty good. We are never going to have a series with Duke...

 

[NOTaDIME]

Our series with Duke are usually made up of us bouncing their ass late in the NCAA tournament.

 

[zls44]

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Why doesn't UConn have an OOC rival they play every year like the big boys?

UConn is a very big boy, but Syracuse, a pretty big kid, hasn't left the BE yet.

 

[upstater]

Arkansas looks like it's turning the corner. These are two decent OOC games.

 

[RuffRuff]

Nice series and gets JC/Ollie the LA kid some traction out west with recruitment exposure. You can bet that's part of the thinking here. Going old school with national recruiting from back in the 90s when with guys like Donny Marshall, Travis Knight, Brian Fair and KO. The West in general has always been so good to this program.

 

[HuskyBballFan]

Arkansas looks like it's turning the corner. These are two decent OOC games.

Don't think Arkansas was a home-and-home. It was just our matchup in the Big East-SEC Challenge.

 

[ruskin]

somewhat of an OT observation, but would be happy if there was a quid-pro-quo to tie this deal to a football 1-and-1 somewhere down the road. pretty sure we haven't played a Pac-12 yet in football.

 

[dsturdy5]

Is Boise State coming for all sports or just football? At one point in time during this whole mess I seem to remember reading that if it were just football, to entice them to come, the BE football schools would do a home and home in hoops with them.

 

[upstater]

Don't think Arkansas was a home-and-home. It was just our matchup in the Big East-SEC Challenge.

Right, I forgot about that.

 

[Penfield]

Is Boise State coming for all sports or just football? At one point in time during this whole mess I seem to remember reading that if it were just football, to entice them to come, the BE football schools would do a home and home in hoops with them.

Boise St should be coming for just football.

There was an article (from Boise) that came out around the time they announced Memphis was joining. It said that both Memphis and UConn had agreed to play a home and home bball series with Boise St.