From UConn:
STORRS, Conn. – The University of Connecticut women’s basketball team has finalized dates for its 2015-16 schedule as announced by the American Athletic Conference on Wednesday. The team will play 29 regular-season games, including a home-and-home series with eight American Athletic Conference teams and one game against UCF and Houston.
Following a rigorous non-conference slate that includes games against the other three teams that advanced to the 2015 Final Four and seven games against teams that finished in the top-35 of the 2014-15 RPI, the Huskies will open conference play with a showdown at Cincinnati on Wednesday, December 30.
The American schedule features home-and-home contests against Cincinnati, East Carolina, Memphis, SMU, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, and USF. UConn will play at Houston and will play UCF at home only.
he second annual American Athletic Conference Tournament will be held on March 4-7 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.
Unlisted game times and television information will be announced at a later date.
2015-16 Schedule Notes
– 29 total games
– 13 home games, 14 road contests and two at neutral sites
– 12 nationally-televised contests, nine on the ESPN family of networks and two on CBS Sports Network
– 10 games against 2015 NCAA Tournament teams
– Eight games against teams that advanced to at least the second round of the NCAA Tournament
– Three games against teams that won a conference championship
– Three games against last year’s Final Four Teams
– Nine games against teams ranked in the top-35 of the 2015 RPI
2015-16 Non-conference Schedule Notes
– 11 total games
– Four home games
– Five away games
– Two game at a neutral site
– Seven games against 2015 NCAA Tournament Teams
– Six games against teams that advanced to at least the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament
– Three games against teams that advanced to the 2015 Final Four
– Seven games against teams ranked in the top-35 of the 2015 RPI
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