SU Women's Basketball Announces 2003-04 Schedule
9/15/2003 4:03:15 PM | Women's Basketball
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - At least 12 games versus 2003 NCAA Tournament teams, including a home game with defending national champion Connecticut, highlight the 2003-04 Syracuse women's basketball schedule released on Monday, September 15.
The Orangewomen will play 10 non-conference games, eight of them away from Manley Field House. SU opens the season on Nomvember 22 at Binghamton. The home opener follows on November 25 versus Massachusetts. The Orangwomen's only other home non-conference game is versus Yale on December 7.
Syracuse will play three games in Honolulu at the Rainbow Wahine Classic hosted by the University of Hawaii. SU will face Montana, a 2003 WNIT qualifier, on November 28 in the first round. Other potential opponents in Hawaii include Hartford, Hawaii, Navy, Arizona, Virginia and 2003 Final Four participant Texas.
The Orangewomen play road non-conference games at George Washington on December 4, Cornell on December 20, Colorado on December 30 and Vanderbilt on January 2. The Colonials, Buffaloes and Commodores all advanced to at least the second round of last season's NCAA Tournament.
The BIG EAST schedule starts on January 7 at Pittsburgh. It will be the Orangewomen's first trip to the Petersen Events Center. SU's first conference home game is on January 10 versus St. John's. Syracuse will play home-and-home series with Rutgers, Notre Dame and West Virginia.
Syracuse plays six of the seven BIG EAST teams that made the NCAA Tournament last season at home. The Orangewomen will face Rutgers (Jan. 14), Notre Dame (Jan. 21), West Virginia (Jan. 24), Virginia Tech (Jan. 31), Connecticut (Feb. 11), Miami (Feb. 18) and Boston College (Feb. 28) at Manley Field House.
The BIG EAST road schedule features games at Providence (Jan. 17), Villanova (Jan. 27), Rutgers (Feb. 3), West Virginia (Feb. 7), Seton Hall (Feb. 14), Georgetown (Feb. 25), and Notre Dame (March 2).
The 2004 BIG EAST Tournament will be held at the Hartford Civic Center March 6-9.
The Orangewomen have two exhibiton games. SU will face Team Concept on November 8 and Syracuse AAU on November 13.
