Oregon State adds 11-time national champion Connecticut to its nonconference women’s basketball schedule

Oregon State has its marquee women’s basketball nonconference game for the 2024-25 season.

The Beavers face 11-time national champion Connecticut at the Baha Mar women’s championship tournament Nov. 25-27 at Nassau, Bahamas.

OSU, Connecticut, Mississippi and Boston College play in the Continental Tire portion of the bracket. The other four-team Pink Flamingo bracket includes North Carolina State, LSU, Washington and Southern.

Oregon State plays Connecticut at 2 p.m. Nov. 25, followed by Boston College-Mississippi. The winners play Nov. 27 at 7:30 p.m., preceded by the consolation game at 5 p.m.

All games can be streamed at FloHoops.com.

The Beavers and Huskies have previously played twice. The most notable game came in 2016, when UConn beat OSU 80-51 in the Final Four semifinals. Connecticut also defeated the Beavers 88-70 in 1995.

UConn is coached by Geno Auriemma, who is expected to become the winningest coach in NCAA women’s basketball history in November. Auriemma has 1,213 career wins, three behind leader Tara VanDerveer, who retired following the 2023-24 season at Stanford. OSU is the Huskies’ fifth game of the 2024-25 season.

–Nick Daschel can be reached at 360-607-4824, ndaschel@oregonian.com or @nickdaschel.

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