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More on UConn's schedule
The Atlantic Coast Conference followed the Pac-10's lead by announcing its complete schedule.
As a result, we now know that UConn's game at North Carolina will be on January 17 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day). The game is at 7 p.m. and will air on ESPN2. As previously reported, the Florida State/UConn game is on Dec. 21 although no time has been announced. The Duke at UConn game will be a 7 p.m. tip on Jan. 31 and will also be televised by ESPN2.
Here's UConn's non-conference schedule
Preseason
Franklin Pierce (date, site TBA)
Nov. 10 Indiana (Pa.)
Regular season
Nov. 14 Holy Cross
Nov. 16 Baylor (XL Center), 6 p.m. (ESPN2)
Nov. 21 at Georgia Tech, 2 p.m.
Nov. 26-28 WBCA Classic vs. Howard, Lehigh and LSU (dates of exact matchups have not been announced)
Dec. 5 Sacred Heart
Dec. 19 Ohio State (at Madison Square Garden), 2:30 p.m.
Dec. 21 Florida State
Dec. 28 at Pacific, 10 p.m.
Dec. 30 at Stanford, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)
Jan. 17 at North Carolina, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Jan. 31 Duke, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Feb. 14 Oklahoma
Also, ESPN sent out some details about the game with Baylor.
ESPN2 to Televise State Farm Women’s Tip-Off Classic
Two-time defending National Champion Connecticut and Final Four participant Baylor are set to participate in the 2010 State Farm Women’s Tip-Off Classic from the XL Center in Hartford, Conn., on Tuesday, Nov. 16, at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN2. The game is part of ESPN’s College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon, which will include 20 live games – 19 men’s and one women’s – in a minimum of 25.5 hours across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.
The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame teams up with State Farm and InterSport to present the 18th annual Tip-Off Classic, which has become synonymous with the start of the women’s college basketball season and is the longest-running early-season event on ESPN. This is the fourth appearance for both Baylor and Connecticut in the Classic. In April, the two teams met in the 2010 NCAA Championship Semifinals in San Antonio, in which Connecticut defeated Baylor 70-50.
Three Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductees will be present: Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma (Class of 2006), Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey (Class of 2000) and Baylor assistant coach Leon Barmore (Class of 2003). During halftime, the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2011 will be introduced.
The Huskies captured the last two NCAA Division I National Championships and have won 78-straight games to date, 10 short of the UCLA men's record for consecutive victories in NCAA Division I basketball. UConn returns All-American and National Player of the Year senior Maya Moore, as the Huskies are expected to open the season ranked in the top five.
“We are very excited to be a part of ESPN’s Tip-Off Marathon,” Auriemma said. “Baylor is an outstanding team and the ESPN audience, along with the crowd at the XL Center, should be treated to a great game. Once again State Farm has stepped up to help make this possible and I would like to pass along my thanks to them.”
Baylor is coming off a 27-10 season, and the program’s second Final Four appearance. The Bears are also expected to be a top-five team heading into the 2010-11 campaign. Baylor returns All-American Brittney Griner, a sophomore, who set an NCAA blocked shot record as a freshman with 223 rejections and was named the USBWA Freshman of the Year.
“We are so excited to be playing in our fourth State Farm Women’s Tip-Off Classic,” Mulkey said. “It truly should be a classic with Baylor and Connecticut, two 2010 Final Four teams, matching up. I really appreciate State Farm’s continued support of women’s athletics and women’s basketball in particular.”
Moore and Griner, along with Connecticut’s Tiffany Hayes, have been named to the 2010-11 preseason “Wade Watch” list for The State Farm Wade Trophy, given annually to the top women’s basketball player. Moore has won the award in the last two seasons.
As a result, we now know that UConn's game at North Carolina will be on January 17 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day). The game is at 7 p.m. and will air on ESPN2. As previously reported, the Florida State/UConn game is on Dec. 21 although no time has been announced. The Duke at UConn game will be a 7 p.m. tip on Jan. 31 and will also be televised by ESPN2.
Here's UConn's non-conference schedule
Preseason
Franklin Pierce (date, site TBA)
Nov. 10 Indiana (Pa.)
Regular season
Nov. 14 Holy Cross
Nov. 16 Baylor (XL Center), 6 p.m. (ESPN2)
Nov. 21 at Georgia Tech, 2 p.m.
Nov. 26-28 WBCA Classic vs. Howard, Lehigh and LSU (dates of exact matchups have not been announced)
Dec. 5 Sacred Heart
Dec. 19 Ohio State (at Madison Square Garden), 2:30 p.m.
Dec. 21 Florida State
Dec. 28 at Pacific, 10 p.m.
Dec. 30 at Stanford, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)
Jan. 17 at North Carolina, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Jan. 31 Duke, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Feb. 14 Oklahoma
Also, ESPN sent out some details about the game with Baylor.
ESPN2 to Televise State Farm Women’s Tip-Off Classic
Two-time defending National Champion Connecticut and Final Four participant Baylor are set to participate in the 2010 State Farm Women’s Tip-Off Classic from the XL Center in Hartford, Conn., on Tuesday, Nov. 16, at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN2. The game is part of ESPN’s College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon, which will include 20 live games – 19 men’s and one women’s – in a minimum of 25.5 hours across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.
The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame teams up with State Farm and InterSport to present the 18th annual Tip-Off Classic, which has become synonymous with the start of the women’s college basketball season and is the longest-running early-season event on ESPN. This is the fourth appearance for both Baylor and Connecticut in the Classic. In April, the two teams met in the 2010 NCAA Championship Semifinals in San Antonio, in which Connecticut defeated Baylor 70-50.
Three Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductees will be present: Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma (Class of 2006), Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey (Class of 2000) and Baylor assistant coach Leon Barmore (Class of 2003). During halftime, the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2011 will be introduced.
The Huskies captured the last two NCAA Division I National Championships and have won 78-straight games to date, 10 short of the UCLA men's record for consecutive victories in NCAA Division I basketball. UConn returns All-American and National Player of the Year senior Maya Moore, as the Huskies are expected to open the season ranked in the top five.
“We are very excited to be a part of ESPN’s Tip-Off Marathon,” Auriemma said. “Baylor is an outstanding team and the ESPN audience, along with the crowd at the XL Center, should be treated to a great game. Once again State Farm has stepped up to help make this possible and I would like to pass along my thanks to them.”
Baylor is coming off a 27-10 season, and the program’s second Final Four appearance. The Bears are also expected to be a top-five team heading into the 2010-11 campaign. Baylor returns All-American Brittney Griner, a sophomore, who set an NCAA blocked shot record as a freshman with 223 rejections and was named the USBWA Freshman of the Year.
“We are so excited to be playing in our fourth State Farm Women’s Tip-Off Classic,” Mulkey said. “It truly should be a classic with Baylor and Connecticut, two 2010 Final Four teams, matching up. I really appreciate State Farm’s continued support of women’s athletics and women’s basketball in particular.”
Moore and Griner, along with Connecticut’s Tiffany Hayes, have been named to the 2010-11 preseason “Wade Watch” list for The State Farm Wade Trophy, given annually to the top women’s basketball player. Moore has won the award in the last two seasons.
posted by Jim Fuller at
12:05 PM
2 Comments:
It's getting pretty late in the day for recruiting next year's class, and UConn still only has two players signed. Does the lack of signed recruits signal another thin season like two years ago when the staff only managed to land Kelly Farris?
Other schools have loaded up, especially Stanford. Is UConn's annual recruiting effort a "boom or bust" affair?
Not sure I would categorize September 8 as "getting pretty late for recruiting." UConn has one of its prime uncommitted prospects (Sara Hammond) visiting this weekend. Another one (Kiah Stokes) is visiting from Oct. 15-17 while there's a very good chance Betnijah Laney will be making an official visit to UConn as well. They could get all three or none of the three and that's the risk of being as picky as UConn normally is in the recruiting process.
Seven national titles, back to back undefeated seasons, seven players and the head coach in the U.S. national team program would lead me to think the people at UConn seem to know what they are doing when it comes to recruiting.
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