University of Connecticut Athletics
Women's Basketball Announces 2004-05 Schedule
9/8/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
STORRS, Conn. (September 8, 2004) — Six nationally-televised games, including home contests against Tennessee and Texas, highlight 2004-05 University of Connecticut women's basketball schedule, which was released today.
The three-time defending national champions will open the regular season at home on Friday, Nov. 19 when they host the University of Buffalo at Gampel Pavilion.
The Huskies will play a total of 16 regular-season home games in 2004-05, highlighted by a pair of nationally-televised contests against Tennessee and Texas.
UConn will face the Lady Vols on Saturday, Jan. 8 at the Hartford Civic Center in a rematch of last season's national championship game. The Huskies have won each of their last six meetings with Tennessee. CBS will broadcast the game to a national audience beginning at 2:00 p.m. (ET).
Texas will visit the Hartford Civic Center on Monday, Jan. 17 for the Huskies for a 5:00 p.m. (ET) tip that will be nationally-televised on ESPN2. The Huskies last met the Longhorns in the 2003 national semifinals, a 71-69 UConn win.
The Huskies will play three non-conference games away from home beginning with a trip to Raleigh, N.C., for the Jimmy V Classic, which will see Connecticut battle North Carolina on Sunday, Nov. 21 in an ESPN nationally-televised contest.
UConn will also face Arizona State (Dec. 21) and Colorado State (Dec. 23) on the road.
Other home non-conference games include matchups with future BIG EAST member South Florida (Dec. 1), Holy Cross (Dec. 5), Hartford (Dec. 7), George Mason (Dec. 27) and Michigan State (Dec. 29).
Connecticut's BIG EAST schedule begins on Sunday, Jan. 2 at St. John's. The Huskies will open their home BIG EAST slate on Tuesday, Jan. 4 when they host Providence at Gampel Pavilion.
The Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) broadcast schedule will be announced in the near future.
The Huskies won at least 30 games for each of the last five seasons, advancing to the Final Four in each of those years, while claiming four national championships.
