[jonnyss]

Because they could really used players like Saylor Poffenberger and Mir Mcclean who are all doing well on their new teams

We've seen teams forfeit. In the PAC-12, it can hurt them for their conference tournament seeding, but does it hurt them for NCAA tournament seeding?  If UConn forfeits a game to South Carolina, will it count as a loss to South Carolina in the NET rankings?  Will the NCAA seed them on the basis of played games, or take into account games they failed to play?  Since it is out-of-conference, it may be that a forfeit has no negative for UConn and no positive for South Carolina, making it a no contest.

If UConn or any Big East team can’t field enough players to play in a game on its originally intended date during the league season, the game will go down as a forfeit and a loss on that team’s conference record. A win will be assigned to the opponent.

-- CTInsider wrote in November 2021

So, why isn't this a forfeit rather than a postponement?  The rule changed a month later.

Moving forward, if a team can’t field at least seven scholarship players and one countable coach, the game will be canceled and the conference will attempt to reschedule it. If the game cannot be made up, it will be designated a no contest.

-- Hartford Courant

So, for Geno, it appears there will be no forfeit, only no contest, whether the missed game(s) are in or out of conference.

Does anyone know if UConn avoids its game with South Carolina (@UConn) or Tennessee (@Tenn), are there contractual commitments for money they have to shell out for the other team's loss of revenue?

that was a covid change in the rules, therefore presumably temporary. perhaps the big east hasn't gotten around to changing the rules back. but uconn is certainly playing loose with the intent as the no contest rather than forfeit was intended for covid absences.

[jonnyss]

Because they could really used players like Saylor Poffenberger and Mir Mcclean who are all doing well on their new teams

We've seen teams forfeit. In the PAC-12, it can hurt them for their conference tournament seeding, but does it hurt them for NCAA tournament seeding?  If UConn forfeits a game to South Carolina, will it count as a loss to South Carolina in the NET rankings?  Will the NCAA seed them on the basis of played games, or take into account games they failed to play?  Since it is out-of-conference, it may be that a forfeit has no negative for UConn and no positive for South Carolina, making it a no contest.

If UConn or any Big East team can’t field enough players to play in a game on its originally intended date during the league season, the game will go down as a forfeit and a loss on that team’s conference record. A win will be assigned to the opponent.

-- CTInsider wrote in November 2021

So, why isn't this a forfeit rather than a postponement?  The rule changed a month later.

Moving forward, if a team can’t field at least seven scholarship players and one countable coach, the game will be canceled and the conference will attempt to reschedule it. If the game cannot be made up, it will be designated a no contest.

-- Hartford Courant

So, for Geno, it appears there will be no forfeit, only no contest, whether the missed game(s) are in or out of conference.

Does anyone know if UConn avoids its game with South Carolina (@UConn) or Tennessee (@Tenn), are there contractual commitments for money they have to shell out for the other team's loss of revenue?

that was a covid change in the rules, therefore presumably temporary. perhaps the big east hasn't gotten around to changing the rules back. but uconn is certainly playing loose with the intent as the no contest rather than forfeit was intended for covid absences.