The UConn Huskies will kick off their season this Friday, with all of us hoping Kevin Ollie’s squad can move forward following the program’s worst season in 30 years and a rough-and-tumble off-season to boot. An ideal outcome for the team in this situation would be to make the NCAA Tournament and break that... uh ... one year drought afflicting the fanbase.
For that to happen, the Huskies are going to need to get some impressive wins in the non-conference slate. Here are their best chances.
The Huskies’ first big test of the season will be a rematch of their Maui Invitational finalé last year, where UConn played a hard-fought contest after losing two of its best players but couldn’t overcome a bad start and took a 10-point loss.