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Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Some advance planning

For those of you considering hitting the road to watch UConn in the postseason, I offer up these thoughts.

First, barring a remarkable turnaround by Pittsburgh, I would have to think UConn would be sent to play the first and second rounds in the Steel City. The Panthers are currently 1-7 in Big East play and no Big East team with a losing conference record has ever reached the NCAA tournament. The Panthers still have to play at Notre Dame Saturday meaning it they lose that game, they would have to win out to finish 8-8 in conference play. It's possible that Pittsburgh could run the table with wins over Georgetown, Louisville, Villanova, Seton Hall, DePaul, Cincinnati and St. John's but the Panthers have not left themselves much room for error.

If you do the math, it is 501 miles from UConn to Pittsburgh and the same distance from UConn to Norfolk, Virginia. With Old Dominion needing to win the Colonial Athletic Association tournament to get into the tournament, it would seem like those are the top options. It should be noted that Pittsburgh and Norfolk are on the same schedule with first-round games on Mar. 21 and the second round being played on Mar. 23.

Barring any unforseen circumstances, UConn will be sent to the regional in Dayton set to be played on Mar. 28 and 30. It is worth mentioning that it is little more than an hour's drive from Dayton to Columbus and the McDonald's All-American game will be played in Columbus on Mar. 31 so those willing to stay an extra day could probably see a couple of future Huskies in action.

Speaking of all-star games, the WBCA announced that the WBCA High School All-America game will be played on April 3 at 5:30 p.m. (eastern time) at the Alamodome in San Antonio as part of the Final Four festivities.

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