The
Big Ten Conference announced Thursday evening the full men’s basketball
conference schedule, including the Gophers’ 18-game slate. Game times
and television broadcast information will be announced at a later date.
Minnesota
will begin conference play on the road at Ohio State on Wednesday,
December 30, before its home B1G opener on Saturday, January 2 against
2015 Final Four participant Michigan State, who the Gophers defeated in
East Lansing last season in their lone matchup. The Gophers alternate
home-and-away for their next six games, with midweek road trips to Penn
State (Jan. 5), Nebraska (Jan. 12) and Michigan (Jan. 20) each followed
by Saturday home games against Northwestern (Jan. 9), Indiana (Jan. 16)
and Illinois (Jan. 23). The following Wednesday, the Gophers host Purdue
(Jan. 27) in their first two-game B1G homestand, before closing out
January at Indiana (Jan. 30).
The
only two-game road trip of the conference season, the Maroon and Gold
remain on the road traveling to Northwestern on Thursday, February 4
before their first bye comes on the first weekend of the month. A home
game against Michigan (Feb. 10) is followed by a Valentine’s Day trip to
rival Iowa (Feb. 14), and back-to-back home games against Maryland
(Feb. 18) and Rutgers (Feb. 23). The two contests against the
conference’s new members are split up by Minnesota’s second bye of the
season, also coming on a weekend.
Two
of the Gophers’ final three games come on the road, as Minnesota
travels to Illinois (Feb. 28) for the first time in three years. The
final home game of the year comes on Wednesday, March 2 against rival
Wisconsin, before closing out the regular season at Rutgers three days
later (Mar. 5).
Minnesota will compete for the Big Ten Tournament title from March 9-13 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
2015-16 Minnesota Men's Basketball Big Ten Conference Schedule (all game times TBA)
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12/30/15
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Wed.
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at Ohio State
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1/2/16
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Sat.
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Michigan State
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1/5/16
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Tue.
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at Penn State
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1/9/16
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Sat.
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Northwestern
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1/12/16
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Tue.
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at Nebraska
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1/16/16
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Sat.
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Indiana
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1/20/16
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Wed.
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at Michigan
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1/23/16
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Sat.
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Illinois
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1/27/16
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Wed.
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Purdue
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1/30/16
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Sat.
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at Indiana
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2/4/16
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Thu.
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at Northwestern
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2/10/16
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Wed.
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Michigan
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2/14/16
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Sun.
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at Iowa
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2/18/16
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Thu.
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Maryland
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2/23/16
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Tue.
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Rutgers
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2/28/16
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Sun.
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at Illinois
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3/2/16
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Wed.
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Wisconsin
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3/5/16
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Sat.
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at Rutgers
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3/9/15-
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Wed.-Sun.
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Big Ten Tournament
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3/13/15
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(Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis)
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