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Title: Arizona & UCONN agree to home & home games 2025-26
Post by: WILD on February 03, 2025, 04:03:31 PM
https://x.com/JonRothstein/status/1886526863591219386?t=7Ujqc77FTXybB_2GDp9EwA&s=19
Title: Re: Arizona & UCONN agree to home & home games 2025-26
Post by: TooStonedCat on February 03, 2025, 04:59:05 PM
Great news!..BTFD!
Title: Re: Arizona & UCONN agree to home & home games 2025-26
Post by: arxpert on February 04, 2025, 01:02:12 AM
When will Tommy stop ducking Mark Few? Everyone knows they setup their path in the Bahamas to avoid each other.
Title: Re: Arizona & UCONN agree to home & home games 2025-26
Post by: KansasCityCats on February 04, 2025, 01:23:56 AM
Nobody wants to coach against their former staff. Bobby Knight regularly scheduled his assistants but I can't think of anybody else off the top of my head.

This article shows that Lloyd isn't afraid to play against the two time defending champion, even if their coach is a descendant of the whining Hurley family. 
Title: Re: Arizona & UCONN agree to home & home games 2025-26
Post by: arxpert on February 05, 2025, 01:44:09 AM
Quote from: KansasCityCats on February 04, 2025, 01:23:56 AMNobody wants to coach against their former staff. Bobby Knight regularly scheduled his assistants but I can't think of anybody else off the top of my head.

This article shows that Lloyd isn't afraid to play against the two time defending champion, even if their coach is a descendant of the whining Hurley family. 

Every year is different. As far as I am concerned, Tommy ducked UCONN when they were relevant.
Title: Re: Arizona & UCONN agree to home & home games 2025-26
Post by: KansasCityCats on February 05, 2025, 10:32:55 AM
Arizona has the 8th toughest SOS (and 10th toughest non-conference) in D-1.  Our staff can't schedule every Top-25 team every year, so I wouldn't consider it "ducking", especially when we just added the program during the height of their success (current defending champs).
Title: Re: Arizona & UCONN agree to home & home games 2025-26
Post by: Zona Nation on February 05, 2025, 03:30:29 PM
This is awesome,  I can't wait to watch these games
Title: Re: Arizona & UCONN agree to home & home games 2025-26
Post by: arxpert on February 05, 2025, 09:12:33 PM
Quote from: KansasCityCats on February 05, 2025, 10:32:55 AMArizona has the 8th toughest SOS (and 10th toughest non-conference) in D-1.  Our staff can't schedule every Top-25 team every year, so I wouldn't consider it "ducking", especially when we just added the program during the height of their success (current defending champs).

Gonzaga seems to schedule more "top teams". Not sure the excuse.
Title: Re: Arizona & UCONN agree to home & home games 2025-26
Post by: arxpert on February 05, 2025, 09:15:16 PM
Quote from: Zona Nation on February 05, 2025, 03:30:29 PMThis is awesome,  I can't wait to watch these games

I am all for loading up the Out of Conference Slate. I do not ever expect a March Madness Championship so I would rather play at least 25 "Prime Time" level games per season than play 20 "Conference Games" where we get about 75% being mediocre and then around 3 or 4 "Prime Time" level games OOC.

Load it up. Make us on the "esPn", the Uno, 25 times a year.

That's how you gain "exposure" and I once heard a rumor that Recruits love National Exposure... or in other words, the best players love to be Seen by the world... often.
Title: Re: Arizona & UCONN agree to home & home games 2025-26
Post by: AztecWildcat on February 06, 2025, 11:25:14 AM
Quote from: WILD on February 03, 2025, 04:03:31 PMhttps://x.com/JonRothstein/status/1886526863591219386?t=7Ujqc77FTXybB_2GDp9EwA&s=19

Love it.
Title: Re: Arizona & UCONN agree to home & home games 2025-26
Post by: bdroker on February 06, 2025, 05:27:52 PM
My buddy at work is a UCONN alum... we are already working on getting to Storrs next year and Tucson the next
Title: Re: Arizona & UCONN agree to home & home games 2025-26
Post by: Deb on February 07, 2025, 10:25:07 AM
This is awesome! Love the way Lloyd scheds OOC.

Can a Hurley win in McKale?

Nah.
Title: Re: Arizona & UCONN agree to home & home games 2025-26
Post by: Zona Nation on February 08, 2025, 11:10:13 AM
Supposedly Lloyd is trying to schedule another top tier team. I hope it gets done.