Unofficial 2012 UConn Baseball Schedule

According to someone I received an email from a reader of this blog, here is a complete (but unofficial) UConn baseball schedule for 2012. It was apparently distributed at the Alumni Baseball game a few weeks ago. After it, you will find some comments by me.

Preseason Tournaments

Feb 17-19 at Clearwater...Purdue, Ohio State and Indiana
Feb24-26 at College of Charleston Xavier, C ofC, Rhode Island
Mar 3-5 at Miss State ..against Lipscomb(Sat), Lipscomb and Miss State (Sunday), Miss State (Monday)
Mar 9-11 at Oregon (Nike Showcase) Oklahoma (9th), Oregon State(10th), Illinois(10th) and Oregon(11th)
Mar 16-18 at Coastal Carolina Coastal, Michigan and UAB

Regular Games (Big East Games have a *)

Mar 13 at Sacred Heart (Harbor Yard, Bridgeport)
Mar 21 Yale

The Huskies no longer have George Springer
 (first photo, right) or Matt Barnes (above)
 but will look to repeat as Big East regular
 season champions and reach the
NCAA Tournament.

Mar 23-25 at WVU *
Mar 27 Hartford
Mar 28 CCSU
Mar 30-Apr 1 Seton Hall *
April 2/Apr 25 at UMass
Apr 3 at Boston College
Apr 5-7 at Pitt *
Apr 9 at Quinnipiac
Apr 11 at Brown
Apr 13-15 at St John's *
Apr 17 at Fairfield
Apr 18/May 9 Northeastern (see below)
Apr 20-22 Rutgers *
Apr 24 Bryant
Apr 28-29 at Louisville (DH on 28th) *
May 5-6 Cincinnati (DH on 5th at Norwich or Dodd) *
May 11-13 at USF *
May 15 vs. URI at Dodd Stadium, 11 AM
May 17-19 Notre Dame (17th and 18th in New Britain or Norwich) *

May 23-27: Big East Tournament, Clearwater, Florida


My Thougts:

• From the last game of the Seton Hall series on April 1st until we host Northeastern on April 18th, we do not have a single home game. Additionally, from March 24th until April 14th, our women's lacrosse team does not have a single home game. (I said this yesterday). I wonder if this is intentional or not. Probably not.
• A game at Sacred Heart on the 13th that is listed on Sacred Heart's schedule is not listed here. I'm not sure if this is a mistake on Sacred Heart's schedule or ours or if the source simply forgot to include it. This was an error by the source. He confirmed this.
• The two Big East teams who we do not face are Georgetown and Villanova, the two worst teams from last year. 
• I'm not sure if the Cincinnati DH is the only game(s) in Norwich/New Britain. I've heard other reports saying we may play one game vs. Rutgers and/or Notre Dame there. Update: It appears we are playing the Irish in New Britain or Norwich on the 17th and 18th.  The game on the 19th will be in Storrs. 
• Our last home game during the academic year is April 24th vs. Bryant. 
• UConn typically releases their baseball schedule very late, so don't expect them to release this via a press release for at least another month. 
• Of course, it's unofficial at this point as well.

Edit: The Northeastern schedule shows the game between us as being on May 9. I cannot confirm which is correct. We will see. It is possible that they moved it to May 9th to add another game on the 18th. We'll see. Schedule should be officially released within the soon future.
Edit 2 (11/27): UMass's baseball schedule says they play us on April 2nd, in contradiction to the previous date of the 25th of April. However, I could find no official announcement on UMass's website so I will assume it is tentative. This would give us five games in five days with Seton Hall x 3 before and Boston College after, plus it would give us eight games in nine days due to the Pitt series, so I'm guessing BC got moved. However, they have not announced their schedule yet. Also, URI's schedule states that their game vs. us on May 15th is at 11:00 AM at Dodd Stadium

2012 Women's Lacrosse Schedule Officially Released

The 2012 UConn Women's Lacrosse Schedule was officially released today (release here), after being posted on the Super Scoreboard per my earlier post. Here is the schedule in its entirety.

Saturday, February 18: vs. Iona, 1:00 PM
Saturday, February 25: vs. Quinnipiac 1:00 PM
Wednesday, February 29: vs. Boston College, 3:00 PM
Saturday, March 3: at Binghamton, 12:00 PM
Wednesday, March 7: at New Hampshire, 3:30 PM
Saturday, March 10: vs. Fairfield, 1:00 PM
Friday, March 16: at Sacred Heart, 3:00 PM
Saturday, March 24: vs. Syracuse, 1:00 PM
Friday, March 30: at Georgetown, 4:00 PM
Sunday, April 1: at Rutgers, 1:00 PM
Saturday, April 7: at Columbia, 1:00 PM
Saturday, April 14: vs. Notre Dame, 12:00 PM
Friday, April 20: at Cincinnati, 3:30 PM
Sunday, April 22: at Louisville, 1:00 PM
Friday, April 27: vs. Villanova, 4:00 PM
Sunday, April 29: vs. Loyola, 1:00 PM

Thursday, May 3: Big East Tournament @ Syracuse
Saturday, May 5: Big East Tournament @ Syracuse


Here are the comments from the original post, as well as some more thoughts.

• It's good to see we're opening in the afternoon this time instead of on 4:00 PM on a rainy, dreary day. Let's hope the sun is shining when we take the field against Iona.


• The game against Quinnipiac is the same day as College Gameday comes to Storrs for the basketball game vs. Syracuse. Gameday will go off air at noon, and the ticket hallway back to Sherman provides a good exit strategy. Plus, you get to see the game. Interestingly, that's supposed to be Senior Night for the Men's Ice Hockey team as well. If the women aren't hosting a Hockey East quarterfinal, that may get bumped up to afternoon. Which could make for a very interesting Saturday.


• I'm guessing the road game at Columbia has some connection to the basketball game they're playing at our place. Those have a funny way of popping up.


• Two games over Finals Weekend this year. Procrastinators, beware. Or happy, for now.


• Outdoor Track also has the "Dog Fight" meet at home on April 14th. What this means for the women's lacrosse vs. Notre Dame, I don't know. They used to play at Morrone, perhaps a game there?
• Of the four teams that made the Big East Tournament last year, we have three of them at home (Syracuse, Loyola, and Notre Dame, but on the road against Georgetown). This should make things a little easier, but we'd still need to see a lot of improvement to go to the Big East Tournament. 
• We host Fairfield the Saturday Spring Break begins (March 10th), but other than that, have no home games during break. 
• We have a three week gap from March 24th until April 14th, where we have no home games. After hosting Syracuse, we play four of our next five Big East games (plus Columbia) on the road, before hosting Villanova and Loyola. That's unusual, to say the least.

Known UConn Baseball Games for 2012 Season (UDPATED 10/13/2011)

Edit: I now have the complete (tentative) 2012 schedule. You can view it here. 

Earlier, I posted about piecing together the UConn 2012 baseball schedule. I mentioned St. John's is hosting us April 13-15 and that we are playing at Sacred Heart on March 13, per their schedule. Well, know I know more. If you find any others through other teams' press releases, contact me using the above links.

February 17-19: Big Ten/Big East Challenge vs. Indiana, Purdue, and Ohio State (citation)
March 3: at Mississippi State (citation)

I will keep this updated.

Update 10/13/2011:

This is the tentative schedule for weekday baseball games, excluding preseason tournaments. Of course, it is subject to change. My source is a member of The Boneyard, who got it from someone at the alumni game. It is, of course, still subject to change as the official schedule has not been released. All home games are at JOC Field, except for Sacred Heart which will be at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport.

Sacred Heart – 3/13
Yale – 3/21
Hartford – 3/27
CCSU – 3/28
at Boston College – 4/3
at Quinnipiac -4/9
at Brown – 4/11
at Fairfield – 4/17
Northeastern – 4/18
Bryant – 4/24
at UMass – 4/25
URI – 5/15

Second Update 10/13/2011:

Here are some tournaments we will be in early season:

College of Charleston Tournament – Xavier, College of Charleston, URI – Feb 24-26
Mississippi State Tournament – Lipscomb, Mississippi State – March 3-5
Nike Classic – Oklahoma, Oregon State, Illinois, Oregon – March 9-11
Coastal Carolina Tournament – Michigan, Coastal, UAB – March 16-18

Additionally, we have the following Big East baseball games on our schedule:

Fri-Sun, April 13-15: at St. John’s (Blankmeyer releases Big East Portion of 2012 schedule) 
Friday, April 20 - Sunday, April 22 vs. Rutgers (College Baseball Daily. See also Rutgers' schedule)
Sat-Sun, May 5 (DH)-6: vs. Cincinnati (Sean Stires, CollegeBaseball360)
Thursday, May 16 - Saturday, May 18  vs. Notre Dame (unconfirmed, The Boneyard)
No Games: Villanova and Georgetown (Hartford Courant)

Home Big East Games, unknown  date: Seton Hall
Away Big East Games, unknown date: Louisville, West Virginia, South Florida, Pittsburgh

The Big East Tournament will be May 23-27 (Memorial Day Weekend) in Clearwater, Florida at Bright House Field.