STrib: Pitino wants Gophers 'to get better early'; mystery game could be added

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Richard Pitino’s basketball team will face what likely will be the toughest early season test of his coaching tenure during a grueling stretch in November and early December. Minnesota’s nonconference schedule was released Thursday, and the five games between the Nov. 6 season opener and Dec. 2 Big Ten opener will signal whether the Gophers are ready to bounce back from a disappointing season.

And there could be one more game to come in that tough month. While full team schedules were released Thursday, there is a possibility that Minnesota could add another game.

Two Gophers home games that were part of an agreement to play in the Vancouver Showcase were not agreed upon this summer as expected. Minnesota scrambled to add one home game in time for the schedule release, and a second game might be added soon. However, sources told the Star Tribune that the game might not be a home game.

Minnesota could end up playing an extra game in Vancouver during their long-scheduled Nov. 18-20 Vancouver Showcase trip. The Gophers play Texas A&M (Nov. 18) and either Washington or Santa Clara (Nov. 20), and a third game could be added for Nov. 21.

“We’re trying to make it right for everybody,” Vancouver Showcase spokesman Jon Albaugh said. “We’re coming up with solutions that can meet everybody’s objectives.”

http://www.startribune.com/with-gru...ts-his-gophers-to-get-better-early/492630091/

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