Huskies face tough non-conference schedule
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 release. “We want them to compete against the top teams in the country. We have a lot of players who haven’t experienced what it is to play in front of a crowd at UConn, so we’re hopeful and excited that will happen this season.”
UConn will compete in the Battle 4 Atlantis from Nov. 20-22 in the Bahamas.
The Huskies will open the tournament vs. Minnesota before facing USF or Syracuse.
The Huskies will get their dose of ACC teams in the first week of December, playing host to former Big East rival Notre Dame on Dec. 5 before traveling to Georgia Tech on Dec. 9 for a game set up as a homecoming for for Winder, Ga.,
native Olivia Nelson-Ododa.
UConn faces UCLA at the Prudential Center on Dec. 11 in the Never Forget Tribute Classic, and take on Louisville at Mohegan Sun Arena on Dec. 19 in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase.
UConn will travel to
Oregon on Martin Luther King Day ( Jan. 17). The game will serve as a homecoming game for senior Evina Westbrook, a native of Salem, Ore.
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