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CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Twelve games against teams that appeared in the postseason last year and a home date with five-time national champion Connecticut highlight the University of Cincinnati's 2006-07 women's basketball schedule.
The Bearcats will play seven teams that reached the NCAA Tournament and five WNIT participants. Six of those teams will play in Fifth Third Arena, including Elite 8 finisher Connecticut (Jan. 30) and crosstown rival Xavier (Jan. 17).
UC opens the regular season at Youngstown State on Nov. 10, then plays the next four games at home, starting with Arkansas Pine-Bluff (Nov. 14) and including Dayton (Nov. 16).
The Bearcats open December by participating in the 23rd annual Mildred and Roger L. White Invitational, hosted by Northwestern (Dec. 1-2). UC will open against Northern Illinois and will face the host Wildcats or 2006 Ivy League co-champion Princeton.
The Bearcats play three of the next four at home, including a match-up with Tennessee Tech (Dec. 21), which won 23 games last year and reached the WNIT. The one road contest in this stretch is the 2006-07 BIG EAST opener at rival Louisville on Dec. 14. The year closes with a trip to face Arkansas on Dec. 28.
After opening the new year by hosting Georgetown (Jan. 3), UC plays three straight against 2006 NCAA Tournament teams. The Bearcats visit USF (Jan. 6) and Notre Dame (Jan. 10) and return home to play DePaul (Jan. 13). That stretch is immediately followed by the annual game against Xavier in Fifth Third Arena.
January closes with home match-ups against WNIT runner-up Marquette (Jan. 27) and Connecticut, the first time the Bearcats will host the Huskies. February opens with three of four on the road vs. NCAA teams Rutgers (Feb. 3) and St. John's (Feb. 17) and WNIT semifinalist Pittsburgh (Feb. 13).
The regular season closes at home against Syracuse on Feb. 26 before the 2007 BIG EAST Tournament in Hartford, Conn.
2006-07 SCHEDULE NOTES
Cincinnati's 2006-07 opponents compiled a 450-383 record in 2005-06 for a .540 winning percentage.
The Bearcats play 11 teams ranked in the top 56 of the final 2005-06 RPI ratings and 13 in the top 100. Ten opponents won 20 games or more.
UC plays 12 teams that advanced to postseason play last season. The Bearcats face seven NCAA Tournament teams: Connecticut, DePaul, Louisville, Notre Dame, Rutgers, St. John's and USF. UC also has five games against WNIT participants Marquette, Pittsburgh, Tennessee Tech, Villanova and Xavier.
Cincinnati opens its home season against Arkansas Pine-Bluff on Nov. 14. The Bearcats have won their last 10 home openers.
UC will face first-time opponents Alabama A&M, Arkansas Pine-Bluff, Murray State, Northwestern and Princeton.
Of UC's 28 possible opponents, 15 return at least eight letterwinners from last year and 13 teams return at least four starters.