UConn’s 2022 season starts against an old friend (or foe, depending on who you ask). UConn and USF shared a conference for seven years as members of the American Athletic Conference, a quality baseball conference, before the Huskies bolted to the new version of the Big East. And as conferences change, some priorities change — UConn expects to win the conference this year, same as last year — but some remain the same.
“Our expectations are the same as every year,” head coach Jim Penders said. “The expectation is to get to [NCAA] tournament and to win the national championship, that’s where we have been for a while now.