Will we be extending the Georgetown series?

[shizzle787]

With the game coming up, I looked this up and couldn't find any confirmation. I truly believe this game and the Syracuse game should be played every year. So far our OOC schedule for next year is
@ Arizona
@ Auburn
Syracuse @ MSG
3-game tournament in Portland

 

[Tenspro2002]

I think we should be aiming higher. Georgetown just doesn't have the cachet they once did. Maybe fringe Top 25, but usually not.

I'd love to see a series with Michigan State or someone of that caliber. Arizona is a step in the right direction.

 

[gampelcrazies]

I would love to see gonzaga come to storrs

 

[pj]

Trouble with Gonzaga coming to Storrs is that then we'd have to return to Spokane. Tough travel. I'd rather play Georgetown home and home.

 

[James]

I think we should be aiming higher. Georgetown just doesn't have the cachet they once did. Maybe fringe Top 25, but usually not.

I'd love to see a series with Michigan State or someone of that caliber. Arizona is a step in the right direction.

I agree. MSU would be great, or even one of the north carolina teams. Gtown...super mediocre for 4-5 years now.

 

[lange10]

Need some marquee home games next season. This season has ultimately become a wash (trending upwards now, but still) and our "notable" OOC home game was Auburn...

 

[champs99and04]

I think we should be aiming higher. Georgetown just doesn't have the cachet they once did. Maybe fringe Top 25, but usually not.

I'd love to see a series with Michigan State or someone of that caliber. Arizona is a step in the right direction.

If Arizona is a "step in the right direction" then I'm not sure you're gonna be happy with anyone not named Duke or Kansas.

I don't know what else is available, but in a vacuum, Georgetown would be a good team to renew with. They're not going to be bad forever and the irony is that their fans could be having this same discussion about us.

 

[UConnSwag11]

I would rather do a home and home with nova over any other OBE team not named cuse

 

[shizzle787]

I would rather do a home and home with nova over any other OBE team not named cuse

I would do a h/h with Villanova over one with Georgetown but why not have both. We need the SOS.

 

[Dogbreath2U]

I think it may be a generational or age thing, but games with Georgetown mean something because they meant everything at the beginning of the "emergence" under Coach Calhoun. Those games were so epic and remarkable that they have a special place in the history of the UConn/Calhoun era. I would also like to see games with Villanova and Pitt (yes, even Pitt).

 

[businesslawyer]

We became UConn the moment that Nadav demanded the ball, posted up Mourning in the blocks and hit a fadeaway with an "and one" over him. I will always want to play georgetown.

 

[Robertelamin]

I'd be happy playing any of the former BE schools except for maybe Depaul.

 

[UConnSwag11]

I would do a h/h with Villanova over one with Georgetown but why not have both. We need the SOS.

we shouldn't scheuld GTown if that's the case, lousiville?

 

[shizzle787]

we shouldn't scheuld GTown if that's the case, lousiville?

I would. Louisville is a good team to schedule. However, I would rather schedule Virginia if we are going the reasonable to get ACC route.

I've stated this before, and I will again. We need to take advantage of scheduling regulations to get as good a schedule as possible while not too negatively affecting revenues. My plan is simple, you can play 13 non-conference games, so play 13. Ollie only scheduled 12 this year. Lost revenue. With these 13 games, 3 will be a preseason tourney and one will be the Syracuse yearly series at MSG. 4 other games should be h/h series with P6 (including NBE) schools: such as Arizona, Auburn, Georgetown, Michigan St. The other 5 games should be pay games against solid but not great local mid majors:
Yale, Harvard, Quinnipiac, Fairfield, Princeton. We already have the first six games for next year, I'm hoping we can schedule two more h/h series with P6 schools, and then 5 decent pay games.

 

[Ewekon]

I'd sign on for a 3 year plan (with hopes of another rotation) of exCuse home/away/MSG, Puke or NC same rotation then IN, MSU, Zona or UCLA same. Only 1 possible trip west in the 3 year span and maybe then we add a home and home with Gonzaga. A guy can dream but I think every program wins in that scenario. Just love national games on CBS or big espn from The Garden. All the home and homes would be automatic national games too. That's how we stay visible.

 

[shizzle787]

Bump: we need this game next year. Given that we were home last year and away this year, we would be home next year. Why can't this be a series like Cincy/Xavier that is played yearly?

 

[Travelman6]

I think we should be aiming higher. Georgetown just doesn't have the cachet they once did.

Maybe focus on beating GTown FIRST before aiming higher....

 

[zls44]

Why can't this be a series like Cincy/Xavier that is played yearly?

Because Cincy-Xavier is a game between two schools separated by 5 miles?

As far as I've seen, there's no plans to pick this series back up beyond this year.

 

[upstater]

Maybe focus on beating GTown FIRST before aiming higher....

Eh, we beat them last year; still would like to play them though. But it's not like UConn has a great struggle beating G'town.

 

[Matrim55]

We became UConn the moment that Nadav demanded the ball, posted up Mourning in the blocks and hit a fadeaway with an "and one" over him. I will always want to play georgetown.

 

[Jaker]

We need to start a series with Nova