Breaking down UConn's 2017-18 schedule. It's a good one:
Monday, Oct. 30 vs.
Merrimack (XL Center, 7 p.m.)
An
exhibition game
Sunday, Nov. 5 vs.
Queens College (Gampel Pavilion, 5:30 p.m.)
Exhibition will be first game
under new roof at Gampel
Friday, Nov. 10 vs.
Colgate (GP, 7 p.m., SNY)
UConn
has won seven straight vs. Patriot League foes, dating back to 1974
Tuesday, Nov. 14 vs.
Stony Brook (XL, 7 p.m., SNY)
Part of the PK80 Invitational …
sort of.
Sunday, Nov. 19 vs.
Boston Univ. (XL, 6 p.m., SNY)
New Haven’s Walter Whyte should
be impact freshman for Terriers
Thursday, Nov. 23 vs.
Oregon (Moda Center, 9 p.m., ESPNU)
Ducks
lost three NBA draft picks from Final Four team that beat UConn in Maui last
November
Friday, Nov. 24 vs.
Michigan State/DePaul (Veterans Col., TBD)
Huskies
will face either Tom Izzo’s Spartans or Dave Leitao’s Blue Demons in PK80
Invitational bout
Sunday, Nov. 26 TBD
UConn will play third and final
game of PK 80 Invitational vs. either defending champ North Carolina, Oklahoma, Arkansas or Portland
Wednesday, Nov. 29 vs.
Columbia (GP, 7 p.m., SNY)
UConn is 8-2
all-time against Lions
Saturday, Dec. 2 vs.
Monmouth (XL, 4 p.m., SNY)
King Rice’s
Hawks have been a MAAC powerhouse last few years
Tuesday, Dec. 5 vs.
Syracuse (MSG, 9 p.m., ESPN)
Old Big East rivals will play
for third time in three years, this time at Jimmy V Classic in Madison Square
Garden
Saturday, Dec. 9 vs.
Coppin State (GP, TBD, ESPN2/ESPNU)
Last
time Huskies played Eagles, Amida Brimah scored career-high 40 points
Thursday, Dec. 21 at
Arizona (McKale Center, TBD, TBD)
Beginning
of home-and-home series with Wildcats, who will be preseason No. 1 on a lot of
lists
Saturday, Dec. 23 at
Auburn (Auburn Arena, 2:30 p.m., ESPN2)
Bruce
Pearl’s Tigers popped UConn in OT last December in Hartford
Saturday, Dec. 30 vs.
Wichita State (XL, noon, CBS)
This will be first-ever AAC game
and first visit to Connecticut by new AAC mates, who’ll be a preseason national
top-10
Wednesday, Jan. 3 at
Tulsa (Reynolds Center, 7 p.m, ESPNews)
Will
Huskies visit the Bob Dylan Archives center on campus during their visit?
Saturday, Jan. 6 vs.
East Carolina (XL, noon, ESPNews)
Pirates have one of AAC’s better
all-around players in Kentrell Barkley
Wednesday, Jan. 10 vs.
UCF (GP, 7 p.m., CBSSN)
Knights
are led by the long (7-foot-6 Tacko Fall) and short (high-scoring guard B.J.
Taylor) of it
Saturday, Jan. 13 at
Tulane (Devlin Fieldhouse, 1 p.m., ESPNews)
Led
by talented Cameron Reynolds, Mike Dunleavy, Sr.’s Green Wave should be
improved
Tuesday, Jan. 16 at
Memphis (FedExForum, 9 p.m., CBSSN)
The
Lawson brothers (AAC top rebounder Dedric, rookie of the year K.J.) are now in
Kansas
Saturday, Jan. 20 vs.
Villanova (XL, noon, CBS)
Start of
three-game series vs. former Big East foes
Thursday, Jan. 25 vs.
SMU (GP, 7 p.m., CBSSN)
UConn
gets reprieve, won’t travel to Dallas for its annual thrashing by the Mustangs
this season
Sunday, Jan. 28 at
Temple (Liacouras Center, 8 p.m., ESPN2)
Jalen
Adams’ last-second layup beat Owls in Philly last February
Wednesday, Jan. 31 at
UCF (CFE Arena, 9 p.m., CBSSN)
Watch
out for coach Johnny Dawkins’ son, Aubrey, who might be league’s best newcomer
Saturday, Feb. 3 vs.
Cincinnati (GP, noon, ESPN/ESPN2)
This
will be a homecoming for East Hartford native/Sacred Heart transfer Caine Broome
Wednesday, Feb. 7 vs.
USF (GP, 7 p.m., ESPNU)
Just
about everybody’s gone from last year’s 7-23 train wreck
Saturday, Feb. 10 at
Wichita State (Koch Arena, TBD, ESPN)
UConn’s
only previous meeting vs. Shockers was in 2010 Maui Invitational. Kemba
happened.
Thursday, Feb. 15 vs.
Tulsa (XL, 7 p.m., ESPNU)
Golden Hurricane
has nearly everyone back from last year’s 15-17 team
Sunday, Feb. 18 at ECU (Minges Coliseum, 3 p.m., ESPNews)
Site
of one of UConn’s more disheartening league losses last March
Thursday, Feb. 22 at
Cincinnati (BB&T Arena, 7 p.m., ESPN)
High-powered
Bearcats will give Wichita State a run for its money at top of league standings
Sunday, Feb. 25 vs.
Memphis (GP, 2/4 p.m., ESPN/ESPNU)
Tubby
Smith’s Tigers were decimated by transfer, graduation last spring
Wednesday, Feb. 28 vs.
Temple (GP, 7 p.m., CBSSN)
Led by Obi
Echeniyonia, Shizz Alston, Quinton Rose, Owls should be much-improved this
season
Sunday, March 4 at
Houston (TBD, 4 p.m., CBSSN)
Game
will be played either at Texas Southern or Toyota Center, home of Houston
Rockets
Thursday-Sunday, March 8-11 AAC Championships (ESPN)
At
the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida – where UConn won its only other AAC title
two years ago