University of Connecticut Athletics
UConn WBB Season Opener to Move to U.S. Naval Academy
10/23/2025 8:37:00 PM | Women's Basketball
STORRS, Conn. – The UConn women's basketball's team's 2025-26 season opener vs. Louisville on Tuesday, Nov. 4, as part of the Armed Forces Classic has relocated to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
As the first-ever women's basketball matchup in the Armed Forces Classic, the Huskies and Cardinals will still tipoff at 5:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.
This will be the 10th edition of the Armed Forces Classic. Owned and operated by ESPN Events, the Armed Forces Classic was created in 2012 as part of ESPN's annual America's Heroes: Salute to Veteran's initiative, which dedicates a week of multiplatform programming for Veterans Day.
Statement from Clint Overby, VP, ESPN Events
"We've made the decision to move the 2025 Peraton Armed Forces Classic to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. For more than a decade, this event has celebrated the lives and contributions of our military, and we're appreciative of the Naval Academy for helping provide a first-class venue for this first-ever women's college basketball matchup that will showcase perennial powers Louisville and UConn."
