When the UConn women's basketball team's schedule is put together, coach Geno Auriemma usually has just one thought.

Whenever and wherever his Huskies are scheduled to play, they'll be there.

But with the COVID-19 pandemic still playing havoc, there are few things known about UConn and the 2020-21 season other than the first day it can play a game is Nov. 25.

"We know we're not going to play as many non-conference games as in the past because there are more conference games than in our previous conference," Auriemma said on a Zoom call Thursday. "So that knocks out a couple. Then the late start knocks out a couple. Then each conference has its own deal about how many games they can play.

"We'll get the results soon."

Auriemma confirmed that the Huskies will play 20 Big East games — twice against each of their 10 league rivals — as originally planned. He added three or four of those games will be played in December.

UConn played 16 league games during its time in the American Athletic Conference.

But the Huskies' original plan was to play 11 non-league games and that's where the questions are. Auriemma said games against rivals Notre Dame, Baylor, South Carolina, and Tennessee are still on, as is the Hall of Fame Women's Challenge at Mohegan Sun Arena Nov. 28-29 which will have UConn taking on Quinnipiac in the opener and then either Mississippi State or Maine on day two.

Contractually, UConn was to visit Notre Dame, Baylor, and Tennessee, while playing host to South Carolina in 2020-21.

Auriemma hopes those will go on though no dates are set.

"We haven't heard from anybody that says, 'Hey, we're off the schedule, we're not playing,' " Auriemma said. "Until somebody does that, which they haven't, then we have those games."

Also up in the air is whether fans will be allowed to attend, if any at all.

The Huskies have been among the nation's leaders in attendance for a quarter-century.

"That has always been one of our biggest strengths," Auriemma said. "Our crowds are great, our fans are loyal, and they're passionate whether it's here (on campus at Gampel Pavilion or at the XL Center. For us not to have them ... Maybe for some other teams they're not quite sure what it is that they're missing because they have never had it to that extent. But for us, it's big. It's really big."