University of Connecticut Athletics
UConn Announces 2008-09 Men's Basketball Schedule
9/4/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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STORRS, Conn. (September 4, 2008)-- The University of Connecticut announced its 2008-09 men’s basketball schedule Wednesday, a demanding slate that features 12 nationally-televised regular season contests and a grueling 18-game BIG EAST Conference schedule.
Local television broadcast plans for the remainder of the schedule will be announced at a later date.
The BIG EAST Conference features an 18-game regular season schedule for the second consecutive season. Each league school plays every school once and three opponents twice, one home and one away. The Huskies play Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Seton Hall twice.
The home schedule features eight contests at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on the UConn campus in Storrs. That includes the exhibition opener on Wednesday, November 5 against American International College. Highlighting the Gampel Pavilion schedule will be nationally televised contests against Michigan (2/7, ESPN), Syracuse (2/11, ESPN) and Notre Dame (2/28, CBS). It will be the second ever meeting between UConn and Michigan in the sport of men’s basketball, the last coming in the 1939-40 season.
The Huskies will play 10 contests at the XL Center, including one exhibition contest against UMass-Lowell on Sunday, November 9. Headlining the XL Center schedule will be nationally televised games against Georgetown (12/29, ESPN) and Pittsburgh (2/16, ESPN). The Huskies will also host Stony Brook University on December 15, the return of former UConn captain and assistant coach Steve Pikiell, entering his fourth season as head coach of the Bobcats.
The Husky non-conference road slate will include a trip to Seattle for a neutral site contest with Gonzaga University to be televised nationally on CBS on December 20. UConn will also compete in the 2008 US Virgin Islands Paradise Jam. The Huskies will take on LaSalle in the opening contest on Friday, November 21. The field also includes Wisconsin, Miami (Fla.), Southern Mississippi, Iona, Valparaiso and San Diego in the event to be held at the University of the Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas.
