Try Feb. 18, 2013 at the XL Center in Hartford. That's when Baylor comes visiting. Baylor won all 40 of its games last year on the way to a second national championship.
That's a good place to start. But there's an early test at Texas A&M, the women's Paradise Jam is loaded, UConn plays Maryland in the Jimmy V Classic, Penn State, a West Coast trip to Stanford and Oregon, and Duke comes to Gampel Pavilion.
Coach Geno Auriemma believes the Huskies are in for an exciting period in program history. There's certainly nothing boring about the schedule.
UConn's athletics communications provides the following highlights:
2012-13 Regular Season Conference Schedule Notes
- 30 games, plus two exhibition contests
- 15 home games, 12 away games and three neutral site contests
- 15 games against teams that qualified for the 2012 NCAA Tournament
- Eight games against teams that finished ranked in the top-10 of last year’s RPI
- 13 games against teams that finished ranked in the top-20 of last year’s RPI
- Four games against teams that advanced to the 2012 NCAA Final Four
- Six games against teams that advanced to the 2012 NCAA Elite Eight
-Eight games against teams that advanced to the 2012 NCAA Sweet 16
- 14 non-conference games, 16 BIG EAST contests
- Nine games on national television, including seven on ESPN2 or ESPNU, one on CBS and one on CBS SN.
2012-13 Non-Conference Schedule Notes
- Eight of UConn's 14 non-conference opponents qualified for the 2012 NCAA Tournament
- Five opponents won or shared their league's regular-season title
- Five opponents finished ranked in the top-10 of the RPI
- Seven opponents finished ranked in the top-20 of the RPI
- Two opponents advanced to the 2012 Final Four and Baylor won the National Championship
- Four opponents advanced to the 2012 Elite Eight
- Six opponents advanced to the 2012 Sweet 16
- Four true road games, seven homes games and three neutral site contests
The 2012-13 UConn women’s basketball schedule listing, date, opponent, site, time and TV. Starting times and television plans for some games will be announced soon.
NOVEMBER
2 – Indiana University (Pa.) (exhibition), Gampel Pavilion, 7 p.m.
7 – Holy Family, (exhibition), XL Center, 7 p.m.
11 – College of Charleston, Gampel Pavilion, TBA
18 – at Texas A&M, 2:30 p.m., ESPN2
22 – Wake Forest at Paradise Jam, U.S. Virgin Islands, 6 p.m., TBA
23 – Marist at Paradise Jam, U.S. Virgin Islands, 8:15 p.m., TBA
24 – Purdue at Paradise Jam, U.S. Virgin Islands, 8:15 p.m., TBA
28 – Colgate, XL Center, TBA
DECEMBER
3 – Maryland (Jimmy V Classic), XL Center, 7 p.m. ESPN2
6 – Penn State, Gampel Pavilion, TBA
19 – Oakland (Mich.), XL Center, TBA
22 – at Hartford, TBA
29 – at Stanford, 4 p.m., ESPNU
31 – at Oregon (Knight Classic/Nike), TBA
JANUARY
5 – Notre Dame, Gampel Pavilion, 4 p.m., CBS
9 – at Georgetown, TBA
12 – at Marquette, TBA
15 – Louisville, XL Center, 9 p.m., CBS Sports Network
19 – Syracuse, XL Center, TBA
21 – Duke, Gampel Pavilion, 7 p.m., ESPN2.
26 – at Cincinnati, TBA
29 – Villanova, XL Center, TBA
FEBRUARY
2 – at St. John’s, TBA
5- Marquette, Gampel Pavilion, TBA
10 – DePaul, Gampel Pavilion, 3:30 p.m., ESPNU
12 – at Providence, TBA
16 – at Rutgers, TBA
18 – Baylor, XL Center, 9 p.m., ESPN2
23- Seton Hall, ,Gampel Pavilion, TBA
26 – Pittsburgh, XL Center, TBA
MARCH
2 – at South Florida, TBA
4 – at Notre Dame, 7 p.m., ESPN2
8-12 – Big East Tournament, XL Center, TBA. ESPNU/ESPN