AAC announces venues, TV plans for UConn men’s hoops schedule

The UConn men’s basketball schedule is almost complete for 2015-16. The version released Tuesday includes all but a few game times, which are still to be determined. Dates, venues and television coverage were released by the school and the American Athletic Conference.

For all those interested in TV coverage, UConn will play two games, against Ohio State and Georgetown, on CBS and at least 13 games on the ESPN network family — ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU. The Huskies will have eight games featured on CBS Sports Network and five on SNY. In addition, UConn’s opening game in the Battle 4 Atlantis against Michigan is set for AXS TV, with television coverage for the remaining two games of the tourney still to be determined.

The Huskies will play five AAC games at Gampel Pavilion, including games against Tulsa and the regular-season finale against Central Florida. UConn has four conference games scheduled at the XL Center, including matchups against defending conference champ SMU and longtime opponent Cincinnati. The Huskies will play each of the AAC teams at home except USF and will play each on the road except East Carolina.

Including the previously-announced non-conference schedule, UConn will have 10 home games on campus at Gampel Pavilion and nine home games at the XL Center in Hartford, which include an exhibition game at each venue.

The conference schedule will begin on the road in New Orleans as the Huskies meet Tulane on Jan. 2.

Two games in March complete the regular season, at SMU (March 3) and at home in Gampel Pavilion against UCF (March 6).

The American Athletic Conference Championship is set for March 10-13 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla.

2015-16 University of Connecticut Men’s Basketball Schedule

DATE OPPONENT TV SITE TIME

NOVEMBER

Sun 1 TAMPA (exhibition) Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 2 pm

Sat 7 NEW HAVEN (exhibition) XL Center, Hartford, Conn. 1 pm

Fri 13 MAINE SNY Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 7 pm

Tue 17 NEW HAMPSHIRE SNY Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 7 pm

Sat 21 FURMAN SNY Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. TBD

Wed-Fri 25-27 Battle 4 Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas

Wed 25 vs. Michigan AXS TV Imperial Arena, Paradise Island, Bahamas 9:30 pm

Thu 26 vs. Syracuse/Charlotte TBD Imperial Arena, Paradise Island, Bahamas TBD

Fri 27 vs. TBD TBD Imperial Arena, Paradise Island, Bahamas TBD

DECEMBER

Wed 2 SACRED HEART SNY XL Center, Hartford, Conn. 7 pm

Tue 8 Jimmy V Classic Madison Square Garden New York, N.Y.

Tue 8 vs. Maryland ESPN Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. 9 pm

Sat 12 OHIO STATE CBS Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. noon

Sun 20 UMASS-LOWELL SNY XL Center, Hartford, Conn. 4 pm

Wed 23 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ESPNU XL Center, Hartford, Conn. 12:30 pm

Tue 29 at Texas ESPN2 Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas 9 pm

JANUARY

Sat 2 at Tulane* CBS SN Devlin Fieldhouse, New Orleans, La. TBD

Tue 5 TEMPLE* CBS SN XL Center, Hartford, Conn. 8 pm

Sat 9 MEMPHIS* ESPN2 Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 7 pm

Thu 14 at Tulsa* ESPN/ESPN2 Reynolds Center, Tulsa, Ok. 7 pm

Sun 17 at Houston* CBS SN Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, Texas 2 pm

Tue 19 TULANE* CBS SN XL Center, Hartford, Conn. 7 pm

Sat 23 GEORGETOWN CBS XL Center, Hartford, Conn. noon

Thu 28 CINCINNATI* ESPN/ESPN2 XL Center, Hartford, Conn. 7 pm

Sun 31 at UCF* CBS SN CFE Arena, Orlando, Fla. TBD

FEBRUARY

Thu 4 at Memphis* ESPN2 FedExForum, Memphis, Tenn. 9 pm

Sun 7 EAST CAROLINA* CBS SN Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. noon

Thu 11 at Temple* ESPN/ESPN2 Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pa. 7 pm

Sat 13 TULSA* ESPN2 Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 8 pm

Thu 18 SMU* ESPN/ESPN2 XL Center, Hartford, Conn. TBD

Sat 20 at Cincinnati* ESPN/ESPN2 Fifth Third Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio TBD

Thu 25 at USF* CBS SN Sun Dome, Tampa, Fla. TBD

Sun 28 HOUSTON* CBS SN Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. TBD

MARCH

Thu 3 at SMU* ESPN/ESPN2 Moody Coliseum, Dallas, Texas 9 pm

Sun 6 UCF* ESPNU Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 2 pm

Thu-Sun 10-13 The American Championship ESPN Network Amway Center, Orlando, Fla. TBD

* — American Athletic Conference opponent

Home games in CAPS

All times Eastern Standard

All information subject to change

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