UConn venturing into new territory
This is truly one road trip that will be accompanied by a sense of the unknown.
The days of playing in familiar haunts as part of the conference schedule came to an end thanks to the ever-changing world of conference realignment. As a result the Huskies now play fellow American Athletic Conference teams in North Carolina, Texas and Tennessee.
UConn will leave for a two-game road trip tomorrow. First up will be the Huskies first trip to Tulsa and then on Monday the Huskies play at Tulane.
"We have been to New Orleans a bunch of times (for the Final Foue) but we obviously have never played there, we have practiced there," Auriemma said after Thursday's practice. "It will be a little familiar when we get there but in terms of what to expect game wise, it is like it has been for a number of years when we come in there is a curiosity factor there, they want to see us play, they heard about it. It is an opportunity for us to bring our game to a part of the country they haven't seen. I hope it is a huge crowd at both places, I hope it is sold out at both places. I hope the fans get to see Tulsa and Tulane and I hope they make a lot of new fans because of that. I'd like to come out of this trip 2-0 and feeling like we did a lot to help grow the game and help make our league better."
The days of playing in familiar haunts as part of the conference schedule came to an end thanks to the ever-changing world of conference realignment. As a result the Huskies now play fellow American Athletic Conference teams in North Carolina, Texas and Tennessee.
UConn will leave for a two-game road trip tomorrow. First up will be the Huskies first trip to Tulsa and then on Monday the Huskies play at Tulane.
"We have been to New Orleans a bunch of times (for the Final Foue) but we obviously have never played there, we have practiced there," Auriemma said after Thursday's practice. "It will be a little familiar when we get there but in terms of what to expect game wise, it is like it has been for a number of years when we come in there is a curiosity factor there, they want to see us play, they heard about it. It is an opportunity for us to bring our game to a part of the country they haven't seen. I hope it is a huge crowd at both places, I hope it is sold out at both places. I hope the fans get to see Tulsa and Tulane and I hope they make a lot of new fans because of that. I'd like to come out of this trip 2-0 and feeling like we did a lot to help grow the game and help make our league better."
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