2012 UConn Huskies Baseball Schedule Posted to SuperScoreBoard

The UConn "Super Scoreboard" now shows the 2012 baseball schedule. This may not be official, but enjoy.
Edit: It is now listed on the UConn website, though no press release yet. See here.

Big East - Big Ten Challenge:
Fri, Feb. 17: vs. Indiana at St. Petersburg, Fla, 4:00 PM ("away" game)
Sat, Feb. 18: vs. Purdue at St. Pete, 10:00 AM ("away" game)

UConn co-captain Ryan Fuller will look to lead the
Huskies to a repeat Big East regular title in 2012.

Sun, Feb 19: vs. Ohio State at Clearwater, Fla, 1:00 PM  ("home" game)


Cougar Invitational, Mt. Pleasant, SC:
Fri, Feb 24: at Xavier, 1:00 PM
Sat, Feb 25: at College of Charleston, 1:00 PM
Sun, Feb 26: vs. Rhode Island, 11:00 AM



Mississippi State Tournament, Starkville, MS:
Fri, Mar 2: vs. Lipscomb, 2:30 PM
Fri, Mar 2: at Mississippi State, 6:30 PM

He will be joined by fellow captains Billy Ferriter
(above) and Tim Martin. I think Ferriter is underrated
and that he could have a breakout year as a junior.

Sat, Mar 3: at. Charleston Southern, 11:00 AM
Sat, Mar 3: at Mississippi State, 2:30 PM
Sun, Mar 4: vs. Lipscomb, 11:00 AM



Nike Showcase, Eugene, Ore:
 Fri, Mar 9: vs. Oklahoma, 5:00 PM 
Sat, Mar 10: at Oregon State, 10:00 PM
Sun, Mar 11: at Oregon, 6:00 PM


Mon, Mar 12: at Seattle, 7:00 PM

Coastal Tournament, Conway, SC
Fri, Mar 16: at UAB, 12:00 PM
Sat, Mar 17: at Coastal Carolina, 1:00 PM
Sun, Mar 18: vs. Michigan, 11:00 AM


Wed, Mar 21: vs. Yale, 3:00 PM (HOME OPENER)
Fri, Mar 23: at West Virginia, 5:00 PM
Sat, Mar 24: at West Virginia, 3:00 PM
Sun, Mar 25: at West Virginia, 12:00 PM



Tue, Mar 27: vs. Hartford, 3:00 PM
Wed, Mar 28: vs. Central Connecticut State, 3:00 PM

Our first Big East home series is against Seton Hall.
Thankfully, as the road team, the Pirates will not
be wearing these hideous costumes.

Fri, Mar 30: vs. Seton Hall, 3:00 PM
Sat, Mar 31: vs. Seton Hall, 1:00 PM
Sun, Apr 1: vs. Seton Hall, 1:00 PM
Mon, Apr 2: at UMass, 3:00 PM
Tue, Apr 3: at Boston College, 3:00 PM

 Thu, Apr 5: at Pittsburgh, 3:00 PM
Fri, Apr 6: at Pittsburgh, 3:00 PM
Sat, Apr 7: at Pittsburgh, 1:00 PM
Mon, Apr 9: at Quinnipiac, 3:00 PM

Wed, Apr 11: at Brown, 3:15 PM

The Huskies will travel to archrival St. John's April 13-15th.
Those are always exciting games to watch. This could be
the first real test for a young Huskies team. If
we can survive, we'll be in good shape.

Fri, Apr 13: at. St. John's, 3:00 PM
Sat, Apr 14: at St. John's, 1:00 PM
Sun, Apr 15: at St. John's, 1:00 PM



Tue, Apr 17: at Fairfield, 3:30 PM
Fri, Apr 20: vs. Rutgers, 3:00 PM
Sat, Apr 21: vs. Rutgers, 1:00 PM (at Dodd)
Sun, Apr 22: vs. Rutgers, 1:00 PM


Tue, Apr 24: vs. Bryant, 3:00 PM
Fri, Apr 27: at Louisville, 6:00 PM
Sat, Apr 28: at Louisville, 1:00 PM
Sun, Apr 29: at Louisville, 1:00 PM


Sat, May 5: DH vs. Cincinnati at Dodd, 3:00 and 6:00 PM
Sun, May 6: vs. Cincinnati, 12:00 PM

Wed, May 9: vs. Northeastern, 3:00 PM
Fri, May 11: at USF, 7:00 PM
Sat, May 12: at USF, 6:00 PM
Sun, May 13: at USF, 1:00 PM

Tue, May 15: vs. Rhode Island, 11:00 AM (at Dodd)
Thu, May 17: vs. Notre Dame, 3:00 PM
Fri, May 18: vs. Notre Dame, 6:00 PM (in New Britain)
Sat, May 19: vs. Notre Dame, ??? (time is listed as 10:00 PM, I'm guessing either 1:00 PM or 10:00 AM)

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

Some notes:

Tim Martin could be a pleasant surprise
this year as well. If he is inspired
by  his Captain role, he could
by our #1 player in more than
just his uniform.

• We have five home games in six days in late March, then none for 19 days. Strange. 
• I will be on campus for the Seton Hall and Rutgers series. No word yet on whether buses will be provided to students to Dodd. Unlikely though, during Spring Weekend, if they stick with they "no school sanctioned events" policy. 
• Let's hope the home opener doesn't end in a tie again. If it does though, it's a Wednesday so I don't have night class.
• Speaking of which, I have a class Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 PM next semester, which means if any games are called 2-2 at 7:02 PM in the 16th inning, I'll have to leave early. Once again, let's hope that doesn't happen.
• I have never seen UConn home baseball games against any of the teams that come to Storrs this year. 
• In the same vein, in that vein I have seen no UConn games in ANY sport against CCSU, Rutgers, or Bryant. However, with women's basketball playing the Scarlet Knights on February 4th, it appears I will see RU for the first time prior to April 20th.
• Rutgers is the only Big East team I have yet to see against UConn.
• However, I did see their Field Hockey team play Syracuse in the Big East semifinals
• Looking forward to a great season. Go Huskies!

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

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.

UConn Baseball Schedule Speculation and Facts

I posted earlier about known baseball games for next season. Here is what I said we have in print is happening:

Mon. March 5: At Mississippi State (MSU Schedule)
Oregon Tournament (TBD, Fri-Sat. March 3-11): vs. Oregon, Oregon State, Oklahoma, Illinois (Courant Website)
Tuesday, March 13th: at Sacred Heart (Pioneers Athletic Website)
Fri-Sun, April 13-15: at St. John's (Blankmeyer releases Big East Portion of 2012 schedule)
Sat-Sun, May 5 (DH)-6: vs. Cincinnati (Bearcats "Super Scoreboard" - baseball page still lists last year's schedule)
Tues. May 24th: vs. Bryant, 3:30 PM (athletic website)
No Games: Villanova, Georgetown

Additionally, the Yale website now confirms we are playing the Bulldogs on Wednesday, March 21 at 3:00 PM.

Finally, this was posted on the UConn Fan site, The Boneyard. I do not know how much of it is true.

Here are some additional games:
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

Possible games at either Norwich or New Britain:
Rutgers - April 20
Cincinnati - May 5
Notre Dame - May 17 & 18

First scheduled home game - March 21 - Yale

Supposing this to be true, that would mean we host Rutgers April 20-22 and Notre Dame May 17-19. (The last Big East series of the season is Thursday-Saturday). It also means we will not be home on finals weekend unless they give us three in a row. Assuming the Rutgers and Notre Dames to be accurate, we know the Cincinnati date is accurate, which means Seton Hall is the only one we're waiting on.

Additionally, we will likely play non-conferencr weekday games against Brown, Hartford, CCSU, Holy Cross, etc. Stay tuned!