2016-17 Men’s Basketball Schedule Announced
The
Minnesota men’s basketball team will take the court 21 times this
upcoming season, as the Gophers 2016-17 schedule was unveiled Thursday
in conjunction with the Big Ten Conference schedule announcement.
Unless otherwise listed, game times and television broadcast information will be announced at a later date.
The
season will unofficially begin on Thursday, November 3, as the Gophers
welcome Bemidji State for an exhibition. Eight days later, Minnesota
opens its 2016-17 campaign hosting Louisiana Lafayette (Fri., Nov. 11).
In
a busy week at the Barn, the Gophers will host Texas-Arlington (Mon.,
Nov. 14) and Mount St. Mary’s (Wed., Nov. 16) before their first
competition as part of the Gavitt Tipoff Games. On Friday, November 18,
the Maroon and Gold will host St. John’s from the BIG EAST Conference,
a game that will be televised live at 8:00 p.m. on BTN.
Another
major conference opponent will come to Williams Arena four days later,
as the Gophers will host Arkansas from the Southeastern Conference on
Tue., Nov. 22. On Fri., Nov. 25, Minnesota finishes the season-opening
six-game homesstand against Southern Illinois.
Three days later,
the Gophers travel to Tallahassee for the ACC/Big Ten Challenge against
Florida State (Mon., Nov. 28, 6:00 p.m., ESPNU), and will make a return
to Sioux Falls later in the week to face Vanderbilt at the Sanford
Pentagon on Sat., December 3.
Minnesota will host five straight
opponents at the Barn to conclude non-conference play, beginning with
NJIT (Tue., Dec. 6, 7:00 p.m., BTN) and Georgia Southern (Fri., Dec. 9,
8:00 p.m., BTN). A Sunday date with Northern Illinois (Dec. 11) is
followed by a Wednesday home game against LIU Brooklyn (Dec. 14),
before a nine-day break for exams. The non-conference schedule
concludes at home on Fri., Dec. 23 hosting Arkansas State (6:00 p.m.,
BTN).
A home opener against perennial power Michigan State kicks
off the nine home Big Ten Conference games for the Minnesota men’s
basketball team.
The Gophers begin B1G play on Tuesday, December
27 hosting the Spartans, and will be followed by a two-game road trip.
Minnesota visits Purdue on New Year’s Day Sunday, followed by a trip to
Northwestern on Thursday, January 5.
A break from the road comes
on Sunday, January 8 when the Gophers host Ohio State. Three days
later, Minnesota travels to East Lansing for a January 11 matchup with
Michigan State, and a trip to Penn State on Saturday, January 14
follows.
The first of two battles with border rival Wisconsin
comes to Williams Arena on Saturday, January 21, followed by a visit to
Columbus to play Ohio State on Wednesday, January 25. A home date
against Maryland on Saturday, January 28 closes out the month.
Minnesota
will have its first of two midweek byes before traveling to Illinois on
Saturday, February 4. The following Wednesday, February 8, the Gophers
will welcome Iowa in their lone regular-season meeting. Three days
later, Minnesota’s only matchup with Rutgers will come on Saturday,
February 11 in Piscataway.
Back-to-back home games against
Indiana on Wednesday, February 15 and versus Michigan on Sunday,
February 19 will heat up the Barn, followed by a trip to College Park
to face Maryland on Wednesday, February 22.
Two straight games
close out the home schedule, with the Gophers hosting Penn State on
Saturday or Sunday, February 25 or 26. Minnesota’s final home game will
be Thursday, March 2, in the lone meeting against Nebraska.
The regular season concludes on Sunday, March 5, in Madison as the Gophers travel to face the Badgers.
This
year, the Big Ten Tournament shifts eastward to a new location, as the
14 teams will battle for the conference’s automatic berth in
Washington, D.C. The outcome will be decided over five days beginning
Wednesday, March 8 at the Verizon Center, home of the NBA’s Washington
Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals.2016-17 MINNESOTA MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE (as of 8/25) Date Day Opponent Time TV 11/3/16 Thu. Bemidji State (exhibition) 11/11/16 Fri. Louisiana Lafayette 11/14/16 Mon. Texas-Arlington 11/16/16 Wed. Mount St. Mary’s 11/18/16 Fri. St. John’s (N.Y.) [Gavitt Tipoff Games] 8:00 p.m. BTN 11/22/16 Tue. Arkansas 11/25/16 Fri. Southern Illinois 11/28/16 Mon. at Florida State [ACC/Big Ten Challenge] 6:00 p.m. ESPNU 12/3/16 Sat. vs. Vanderbilt [Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, S.D.] 12/6/16 Tue. NJIT 7:00 p.m. BTN 12/9/16 Fri. Georgia Southern 8:00 p.m. BTN 12/11/16 Sun. Northern Illinois 12/14/16 Wed. LIU Brooklyn 12/23/16 Fri. Arkansas State 6:00 p.m. BTN 12/27/16 Tue. Michigan State 1/1/17 Sun. at Purdue 1/5/17 Thu. at Northwestern 1/8/17 Sun. Ohio State 1/11/17 Wed. at Michigan State 1/14/17 Sat. at Penn State 1/21/17 Sat. Wisconsin 1/25/17 Wed. at Ohio State 1/28/17 Sat. Maryland 2/4/17 Sat. at Illinois 2/8/17 Wed. Iowa 2/11/17 Sat. at Rutgers 2/15/17 Wed. Indiana 2/19/17 Sun. Michigan 2/22/17 Wed. at Maryland 2/25/17 or Sat. or Penn State 2/26/17 Sun 3/2/17 Thu. Nebraska 3/5/17 Sun. at Wisconsin 3/8/17 - Wed.- Big Ten Tournament 3/12/17 Sun. (Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.) Home games at Williams Arena in BOLD All times Central
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