Due to the ongoing government shutdown, the UConn women’s basketball team will no longer open the 2025-26 season at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany, ESPN Events announced Thursday.

The Huskies will still play their first game on Nov. 4 against Louisville with a 5:30 p.m. tipoff on ESPN as previously scheduled, but the teams will now face off at the U.S. Naval Academy’s Alumni Hall in Annapolis, Maryland.

The game will still be part of the Armed Forces Classic , established by ESPN Events in 2012 as part of the network’s annual America’s Heroes: Salute to Veteran’s initiative around Veteran’s Day. UConn and Louisville are the first women’s teams to play a game in the classic, which has been a men’s basketball event since it debuted. This will also be the first time the Naval Academy

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