New Haven Register (New Haven, CT)
Non-conference slate will be test
Throughout his Hall of Fame coaching career, Geno Auriemma has never shied away from testing his UConn women’s basketball teams early and often during the regular season.
This year is no exception. UConn will once again play one of the most challenging non-conference schedules in the country.
The Huskies will face six non-conference opponents who finished last season in the top 25 of the NCAA NET Rankings: South Carolina
(4), Louisville (6), UCLA (8), Oregon (10), Tennessee (16) and Arkansas (24), a team which defeated UConn in the regular season last year.
“I think this team is young and has a lot of energy,” Auriemma said in a