A Nov. 30 date with Connecticut, the three-time defending national champion, highlights a 14-game home slate for this year’s University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team.
The 2015-16 schedule was released Tuesday.
The Mocs, who finished 29-4 and were ranked as high as No. 17 last season, will start the new season in the Preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament at home against McNeese State on Nov. 13. After a home date with Butler on the 15th, they will continue in the WNIT, playing either Indiana or Tennessee State.
The schedule, which could include another game or two before November, also lists away games against Tennessee and Stanford, who lost to the Mocs in McKenzie Arena last season, as well as South Florida. UTC will play in the UNC Wilmington tournament right before Christmas.
“It’s a very difficult preseason schedule, but you get better by playing better teams,” UTC coach Jim Foster said. “Scheduling has become very, very difficult. The fact we have only 14 conference games makes it more difficult, so we have to get outside the box to create scenarios to get games.”