UConn's dance card still isn't full

[Carnac]

By Carl Adamec Oct 2, 2020 Updated 7 hrs ago

“We know we’re not going to play as many non-conference games as in the past because there are more conference games than in our previous conference,” Auriemma said on a Zoom call Thursday. “So that knocks out a couple. Then the late start knocks out a couple. Then each conference has its own deal about how many games they can play.

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[Plebe]

By Carl Adamec Oct 2, 2020 Updated 7 hrs ago

“We know we’re not going to play as many non-conference games as in the past because there are more conference games than in our previous conference,” Auriemma said on a Zoom call Thursday. “So that knocks out a couple. Then the late start knocks out a couple. Then each conference has its own deal about how many games they can play.

It's more than a couple on both counts. UConn has played 16 conference games the past several years, so the switch to 20 displaces 4 nonconference games. And the shortened format limits teams to 23 total games plus a multi-team event (or 25 with no MTE), which in effect equates to an additional loss of 4 OOC games. The final balance, if my arithmetic holds up, is a decrease from 13 to 5 nonconference games.

As I questioned elsewhere, I'm not seeing how each of ND, Baylor, SC, and TN can stay on the schedule alongside a 20-game Big East season plus the two-game Mohegan event.

 

[oldude]

As I’ve said before, I’ll take any season, no matter the number of games and opponents, vs no season at all.

 

[Alydar]

I was very happy when I learned there would be a conference season and a tournament. It was going to be a squeeze to get in all the games in 2 months and now they are playing some conference games in December. If you throw in a multi-team tournament and exams that should fill the schedule.
I'm hoping ESPN can talk a bunch of elite teams to meet in a pseudo-bubble setting.

 

[Steelerone]

As I’ve said before, I’ll take any season, no matter the number of games and opponents, vs no season at all.

You said it all Oldude. I'm ready to watch them play the "Little Sisters Of The Poor" (I'm sorry, I meant Notre Dame).