Start making your plans for the basketball season. The UConn, defending NCAA champions, announced the complete 2014-15 schedule Thursday. The non-conference portion of the schedule had been previously released. Now we know the AAC part of the story – including a game on Jan. 10 that begins at 11 a.m. – yes, 11 a.m.
Here’s a breakdown of the schedule, from UConn, along with the complete slate:
STORRS, Conn. (Aug. 28, 2014) — Six games against teams that reached the NCAA Tournament, two more against the NIT runner-up, and appearances at the venues of new American Athletic Conference members Tulsa, Tulane and East Carolina highlight the 2014-15 conference schedule of the UConn men’s basketball team, announced today by the league office.
The Huskies will play home-and-home series against conference heavyweights Cincinnati, Memphis, and Tulsa, which all made the NCAA tourney last season, as well as two games against NIT runner-up SMU, one a nationally-televised contest on CBS, and the other as part of ESPN GameDay.
The 2013-14 National Champion Huskies will have a fully-televised schedule, including two games on CBS, one previously announced at Florida on Jan. 3 and the other against SMU at home on March 1. UConn will make its seventh appearance on GameDay at SMU on Feb. 14. UConn will play at least 11 games on ESPN or ESPN2, six on the CBS Sports Network, and five on SNY.tv. The remainder of UConn’s games will be televised by the ESPN family of Networks.
The breakdown of UConn’s home venues as well as game times will be announced at a later date.
UConn will open its conference season on Dec. 31, playing host to Temple at a time to be determined. The Huskies will travel to new AAC member Tulsa on Jan. 13, to Tulane on Feb. 7, and to East Carolina on Feb. 25. Tulsa visits UConn on Feb. 12, Tulane is at UConn on Feb. 22, and East Carolina comes on Feb. 4.
UConn, finished 32-8 last season on its way to a fourth national championship, and posted a 12-6 record in The American, tied for third place. The Huskies reached the championship game of the conference tournament before bowing to Louisville.
This season’s American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship will take place March 12-15 at the XL Center in Hartford.
DATE OPPONENT TV SITE TIME
NOVEMBER
Tue 4 SOUTHERN CONN. STATE UNIVERSITY (exhibition) TBD TBD
Sun 9 ASSUMPTION COLLEGE (exhibition) TBD TBD
Fri 14 BRYANT SNY TBD TBD
20-23 Puerto Rico Tip-Off San Juan, Puerto Rico
Thu 20 vs. College of Charleston ESPNU Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, P.R. 12:30 pm
Fri 21 vs. Dayton/Texas A&M ESPN Networks Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, P.R. TBD
Sun 23 vs. TBD ESPN Networks Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, P.R. TBD
Sun 30 TEXAS ESPN2 TBD noon
DECEMBER
Fri 5 YALE SNY TBD TBD
Sun 14 COPPIN STATE SNY TBD TBD
Thu 18 vs. Duke ESPN IZOD Center, E. Rutherford, N.J. 8 pm
Mon 22 COLUMBIA SNY TBD TBD
Sun 28 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT SNY TBD TBD
Wed 31 TEMPLE* ESPN2 TBD TBD
JANUARY
Sat 3 at Florida CBS O’Connell Center, Gainesville, Fla. 2 pm
Tue 6 at USF* ESPN2 Sun Dome, Tampa, Fla. 7 pm
Sat 10 CINCINNATI* ESPN2 TBD 11 am
Tue 13 at Tulsa* CBS SN Reynolds Center, Tulsa, Ok. TBD
Sat 17 at Stanford TBD Maples Pavilion, Palo Alto, Calif. TBD
Thu 22 UCF* CBS SN TBD 7 pm
Sun 25 USF* CBS SN TBD noon
Thu 29 at Cincinnati* ESPN2 Fifth Third Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio 8 pm
FEBRUARY
Sun 1 at Houston* CBS SN Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, Texas 3 pm
Wed 4 EAST CAROLINA* ESPNU TBD 7 pm
Sat 7 at Tulane* CBS SN Devlin Fieldhouse, New Orleans, La. 6 pm
Thu 12 TULSA* ESPN/ESPN2 TBD 7 pm
Sat 14 at SMU* ESPN Moody Coliseum, Dallas, Texas 9 pm
Thu 19 at Memphis* ESPN/ESPN2 FedExForum, Memphis, Tenn. 9 pm
Sun 22 TULANE* CBS SN TBD 4 pm
Wed 25 at East Carolina* ESPNU Williams Arena, Greenville, N.C. 7 pm
MARCH
Sun 1 SMU* CBS TBD 2 pm
Thu 5 MEMPHIS* ESPN/ESPN2 TBD 9 pm
Sat 7 at Temple* ESPN/ESPN2 Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pa. TBD
Thu-Sun 12-15 American Athletic Championship ESPN Network XL Center, Hartford, Conn. TBD
* — American Athletic Conference opponent
Home games in CAPS
All times Eastern Standard
All information subject to change
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