UConn releases basketball schedule
The UConn men's basketball schedule is out.
A post-season ban means the Huskies will end their season on March 9 in the regular season finale against Providence at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs.
It is one of only seven regular season games on campus this season, including the home opener Nov. 13 against Vermont in Storrs.
UConn starts the 2012-13 season playing Michigan State in the Armed Forces Classic Nov. 9 at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
The Huskies also play in the Virgin Islands Paradise Jam from Nov. 16-19.
Their Big East opener is Jan. 1 at Marquette.
They play Pittsburgh and Syracuse for the final time as Big East foes, visiting Pittsburgh on Jan. 19 and hosting Syracuse on Feb. 13 in Hartford.
Here's the complete schedule:
Nov. 1 – AIC, exhibition, Storrs, TBA
Nov. 4 – UMass-Lowell, exhibition, Hartford, TBA
Nov. 9 – Michigan St., Ramstein Air Base, Germany, 5:30 p.m.
Nov. 13 – Vermont, Storrs, TBA
Nov. 16 – Wake Forest, Virgin Islands Paradise Jam, 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 17/18 – Iona or Quinnipiac, TBA, Paradise Jam
Nov. 19 – New Mexico or George Mason, Mercer or Illinois-Chicago, TBA, Paradise Jam
Nov. 25 – Stony Brook, Gampel, TBA
Nov. 29 – New Hampshire, Hartford, TBA
Dec. 4 – vs. North Carolina State, Jimmy V Classic, Madison Square Garden, 9 p.m.
Dec. 7 – Harvard, Storrs, TBA
Dec. 17 – Maryland-Eastern Shore, Hartford, TBA
Dec. 21 – Fordham, Hartford, TBA
Dec. 29 – Washington, Hartford, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 1 – at Marquette, 8 p.m.
Jan. 8 – DePaul, Storrs, TBA
Jan. 12 – at Notre Dame, 2 p.m.
Jan. 14 – Louisville, Hartford, 7 p.m.
Jan. 19 – at Pittsburgh, noon or 1 p.m.
Jan. 27 – Rutgers, Hartford, 2 p.m.
Jan. 31 – at Providence, 7 p.m.
Feb. 3 – South Florida, Storrs, 2 p.m.
Feb. 6 – at St. John's, MSG, 7 p.m.
Feb. 10 – at Seton Hall, Prudential Center, Newark, N.J., TBA
Feb. 13 – Syracuse, Hartford, 7 p.m.
Feb. 16 – Villanova, Hartford, noon
Feb. 21 – Cincinnati, Hartford, 7 p.m.
Feb. 23 – at DePaul, Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Ill., 8 p.m.
Feb. 27 – Georgetown, Storrs, 7 p.m.
March 2 – at Cincinnati, 2 p.m.
March 6 – at South Florida, 9 p.m.
March 9 – Providence, Storrs, noon
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