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Minnesota Basketball
Schedule
The
University of Minnesota
men's basketball program announced its 2005-06
schedule today. In all, 22 of the 27 regular season games will
be broadcast
on either a local or national television basis.
The Golden Gophers will appear on national television at least
four times
this upcoming season, beginning on Nov. 30 at Maryland as part
of the Big
Ten/ACC Challenge. Minnesota's game at Arizona State will be
shown
nationally on Fox Sports Net, beginning at 9:30 p.m., local time
on Dec. 5.
The Border Battle with Wisconsin has been selected by ESPN as a
national
broadcast on Tuesday, Jan. 10, at 6 p.m., at Williams Arena. The
Gophers
will be back on CBS for the first time since 2003-04 with a home
game on
Sunday, Jan. 29, vs. Indiana scheduled to tip at noon.
FSN North will carry 13 games this season, nine of those Big Ten
Conference
contests. FSN North has the home opener vs. North Dakota State
on Friday,
Nov. 18 as well as games versus UNLV on Dec. 10 and UAB on Dec.
14.
KSTP-Ch.5 or KSTC-Ch. 45 will carry five Saturday
intra-conference games as
part of the ESPN Regional Big Ten basketball weekend package.
Minnesota will begin regular season play with three games at
home in
November with North Dakota State, Tennessee-Chattanooga and
Gardner-Webb
visiting the friendly confines of Williams Arena before
traveling to College
Park, Md., for their its first meeting with the Maryland
Terrapins since
1961. Minnesotašs other nonconference road game will be at
Arizona State on
Monday, Dec. 8. The Gophers then return home for a seven-game
homestand
which extends through the Christmas holidays and the beginning
of the Big
Ten season.
Minnesota begins the Big Ten slate at home vs. Northwestern on
Saturday,
Jan. 7, and plays host to Wisconsin on Jan. 10. Minnesota will
play Ohio
State and Penn State only once on the road in Columbus and State
College. The Gophers will not have to travel to East Lansing,
Mich., or Bloomington, Ind., but will host Michigan State and
Indiana at Williams Arena. The Big Ten Tournament returns to
Indianapolis this season from March 9-12 at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Day
Date Opponent Time
Local TV
Sat. Nov. 5 SW Minnesota State (exh.) TBA
Thu. Nov. 10 Minnesota-Duluth (exh.) 7:00 p.m.
Fri. Nov. 18 North Dakota State 6:00 p.m. FSN
North
Sat. Nov. 26 Tennessee-Chattanooga 3:00 p.m. FSN
North
Mon. Nov. 28 Gardner-Webb 7:00 p.m.
Wed. Nov. 30 at Maryland (Big Ten/ACC) 6:30 p.m. ESPN2
Sat. Dec. 3 Coastal Carolina 12:00 p.m.
Mon. Dec. 5 at Arizona State 9:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Net
Sat. Dec. 10 UNLV 12:00
p.m. FSN North
Wed. Dec. 14 UAB 7:00
p.m. FSN North
Wed. Dec. 21 Grambling 7:00 p.m.
Fri. Dec. 23 South Dakota State 7:00 p.m.
Sat. Dec. 31 Oral Roberts 1:00 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 7 Northwestern 1:00 p.m.
Ch. 5/45
Tue. Jan. 10 Wisconsin 6:00 p.m.
ESPN
Sat. Jan. 14 at Purdue 7:00
p.m. FSN NorthTape Delay
Wed. Jan. 18 at Iowa 7:00
p.m. FSN North
Sat. Jan. 21 Michigan 7:00 p.m.
FSN North
Wed. Jan. 25 at Illinois 8:00
p.m. FSN North
Sun. Jan. 29 Indiana 12:00
p.m. CBS
Sat. Feb. 4 at Ohio State 2:00
p.m. Ch. 5/45
Wed. Feb. 8 at Penn State 7:00
p.m. FSN North
Sat. Feb. 11 Michigan State 1:30 p.m.
Ch. 5/45
Wed. Feb. 15 at Michigan 6:00
p.m. FSN North
Sat. Feb. 18 Iowa 3:30
p.m. Ch. 5/45
Wed. Feb. 22 Purdue 8:00
p.m. FSN North
Sun. Feb. 26 at Wisconsin 1:00 p.m.
FSN North
Tue./Wed. Illinois
TBA TBD
Sat. Mar. 4 at Northwestern 7:00
p.m. FSN North
Thu.-Sun. Mar. 9-12 Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis,
Ind.) ESPN/CBS
Thu.-Sun. Mar. 16-19 NCAA First/Second Rounds
Thu.-Sun. Mar. 23-26 NCAA Regionals
Sat., Mon. Apr. 1, 3 NCAA Final Four
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