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Gophers Current Schedule

With each opponents final 2018-19 NET ranking.

Nov. 5: #283 CLEVELAND STATE
Nov. 9: vs. #32 Oklahoma (Sioux Falls)
Nov. 12: @ #66 Butler (Gavitt Tipoff)
Nov. 15: @ #97 Utah
Dec. 2: #45 CLEMSON (ACC Challenge)

Dec. 9: @ #40 Iowa*
Dec. 15: #52 OHIO STATE*

Dec. 21: vs. #72 Oklahoma State (Tulsa)

Date TBD: TBD
Date TBD: HOME (Gophers MTE)
Date TBD: HOME (Gophers MTE)
Date TBD: HOME (Gophers MTE)
Date TBD: HOME (Gophers MTE)

Jan. 2: @ #11 Purdue*
Jan. 5: #88 NORTHWESTERN*
Jan. 9: @ #5 Michigan State*
Jan. 12: #10 MICHIGAN*
Jan. 15: #49 PENN STATE*
Jan. 19: @ #96 Rutgers*
Jan. 23: @ #52 Ohio State*
Jan. 26: #5 MICHIGAN STATE*
Jan. 30: @ #105 Illinois*
Feb. 5: #20 WISCONSIN*
Feb. 8: @ #49 Penn State*
Feb. 16: #40 IOWA*
Feb. 19: #56 INDIANA*
Feb. 23: @ #88 Northwestern*
Feb. 26: #25 MARYLAND*
March 1: @ #20 Wisconsin*
March 4: @ #56 Indiana*
March 8: #51 NEBRASKA*

March 11-15 Big Ten Tournament (Indy)
 
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Not one Big Ten Saturday Home game :(
 


Seems like a weird amount of Sunday games, I don't seem to remember the big ten playing that many Sunday games in past years. Luckily most won't clash with NFL season.
 

Too many Sunday games for my taste.

Mine, too. Brutal. You can bet if it isn't a marquee opponent, it will be a 6:00 evening game as well. Really brutal. I'm already out of at least four B1G games, and likely more when the Sunday times are announced. Yuk.
 


Really strange schedule. 6 of the 10 home games are on a Sunday. Not a single Saturday home game in the B1G.

Saturdays are for college sports.
 

How is it possible to have ZERO Saturday Big Ten home games?? Absurd
 





Yeah this sucks. If I was Pitino, I would file a complaint with the Big Ten. It won't change the schedule this year, but it would be a stark reminder to the Big Ten not to do that again. Not having a single Big Ten home game on Saturday is ridiculous. Saturdays just seem perfect for college sports.
 




Gotta love the consistency of the home schedule, very easy to plan the rest of your life around, bummer if one of those two days are a standing conflict though.

I'm curious what this page thinks the perfect home schedule is supposed to look like. Seems to always be a lot of complaints this time of the year, not sure if that is just the minority coming out of the woodwork or if this is actually a real issue that is impacting attendance....

Seem's like this state has a really easy time coming up with excuses on why our sports teams aren't convenient enough for them.
 



https://bigten.org/news/2019/8/23/big-ten-announces-2019-20-mens-basketball-conference-schedule.aspx

Friday, December 6
Iowa at Michigan

Saturday, December 7
Illinois at Maryland
Penn State at Ohio State
Indiana at Wisconsin

Sunday, December 8
Rutgers at Michigan State
Northwestern at Purdue

Monday, December 9
Minnesota at Iowa

Tuesday, December 10
Maryland at Penn State

Wednesday, December 11
Michigan at Illinois
Wisconsin at Rutgers

Friday, December 13
Nebraska at Indiana

Sunday, December 15
Ohio State at Minnesota
Purdue at Nebraska

Wednesday, December 18
Michigan State at Northwestern

JANUARY

Thursday, January 2
Illinois at Michigan State
Minnesota at Purdue

Friday, January 3
Rutgers at Nebraska
Wisconsin at Ohio State

Saturday, January 4
Indiana at Maryland
Iowa at Penn State (at The Palestra, Philadelphia, Pa.)

Sunday, January 5
Purdue at Illinois
Michigan at Michigan State
Northwestern at Minnesota

Tuesday, January 7
Ohio State at Maryland
Iowa at Nebraska
Penn State at Rutgers

Wednesday, January 8
Northwestern at Indiana
Illinois at Wisconsin

Thursday, January 9
Purdue at Michigan
Minnesota at Michigan State

Friday, January 10
Maryland at Iowa

Saturday, January 11
Rutgers at Illinois
Ohio State at Indiana
Nebraska at Northwestern
Wisconsin at Penn State

Sunday, January 12
Michigan at Minnesota
Michigan State at Purdue

Tuesday, January 14
Iowa at Northwestern
Nebraska at Ohio State
Maryland at Wisconsin

Wednesday, January 15
Penn State at Minnesota
Indiana at Rutgers

Friday, January 17
Michigan at Iowa
Wisconsin at Michigan State

Saturday, January 18
Northwestern at Illinois
Purdue at Maryland
Indiana at Nebraska
Ohio State at Penn State

Sunday, January 19
Minnesota at Rutgers

Tuesday, January 21
Maryland at Northwestern
Illinois at Purdue
Nebraska at Wisconsin

Wednesday, January 22
Rutgers at Iowa
Penn State at Michigan

Thursday, January 23
Michigan State at Indiana
Minnesota at Ohio State

Friday, January 24
Wisconsin at Purdue

Saturday, January 25
Illinois at Michigan
Nebraska at Rutgers

Sunday, January 26
Maryland at Indiana
Michigan State at Minnesota
Ohio State at Northwestern

Monday, January 27
Wisconsin at Iowa

Tuesday, January 28
Michigan at Nebraska
Purdue at Rutgers

Wednesday, January 29
Northwestern at Michigan State
Indiana at Penn State

Thursday, January 30
Minnesota at Illinois
Iowa at Maryland

FEBRUARY

Saturday, February 1
Rutgers at Michigan (Super Saturday at Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.)
Penn State at Nebraska
Purdue at Northwestern
Indiana at Ohio State
Michigan State at Wisconsin

Sunday, February 2
Illinois at Iowa

Tuesday, February 4
Rutgers at Maryland
Ohio State at Michigan
Penn State at Michigan State

Wednesday, February 5
Wisconsin at Minnesota
Iowa at Purdue

Friday, February 7
Maryland at Illinois

Saturday, February 8
Purdue at Indiana
Nebraska at Iowa
Michigan State at Michigan
Minnesota at Penn State

Sunday, February 9
Northwestern at Rutgers
Ohio State at Wisconsin

Tuesday, February 11
Michigan State at Illinois
Nebraska at Maryland
Penn State at Purdue

Wednesday, February 12
Michigan at Northwestern
Rutgers at Ohio State

Thursday, February 13
Iowa at Indiana

Saturday, February 15
Maryland at Michigan State
Wisconsin at Nebraska
Purdue at Ohio State
Northwestern at Penn State
Illinois at Rutgers

Sunday, February 16
Indiana at Michigan
Iowa at Minnesota

Tuesday, February 18
Northwestern at Maryland
Illinois at Penn State
Purdue at Wisconsin

Wednesday, February 19
Indiana at Minnesota
Michigan at Rutgers

Thursday, February 20
Ohio State at Iowa
Michigan State at Nebraska

Saturday, February 22
Michigan at Purdue

Sunday, February 23
Penn State at Indiana
Minnesota at Northwestern
Maryland at Ohio State
Rutgers at Wisconsin

Monday, February 24
Nebraska at Illinois

Tuesday, February 25
Iowa at Michigan State

Wednesday, February 26
Maryland at Minnesota
Rutgers at Penn State

Thursday, February 27
Wisconsin at Michigan
Ohio State at Nebraska
Illinois at Northwestern
Indiana at Purdue

Saturday, February 29
Penn State at Iowa
Michigan State at Maryland

MARCH

Sunday, March 1
Indiana at Illinois
Northwestern at Nebraska
Michigan at Ohio State
Minnesota at Wisconsin

Tuesday, March 3
Purdue at Iowa
Michigan State at Penn State
Maryland at Rutgers

Wednesday, March 4
Minnesota at Indiana
Northwestern at Wisconsin

Thursday, March 5
Nebraska at Michigan
Illinois at Ohio State

Saturday, March 7
Wisconsin at Indiana
Penn State at Northwestern
Rutgers at Purdue

Sunday, March 8
Iowa at Illinois
Michigan at Maryland
Ohio State at Michigan State
Nebraska at Minnesota

2020 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.)

Wednesday, March 11
Big Ten Tournament Game #1
Big Ten Tournament Game #2

Thursday, March 12
Big Ten Tournament Game #3
Big Ten Tournament Game #4
Big Ten Tournament Game #5
Big Ten Tournament Game #6

Friday, March 13
Big Ten Tournament Game #7
Big Ten Tournament Game #8
Big Ten Tournament Game #9
Big Ten Tournament Game #10

Saturday, March 14
Big Ten Tournament Semifinal #1
Big Ten Tournament Semifinal #2

Sunday, March 15
Big Ten Tournament Championship

All dates subject to change.
Times and TV designations to be announced at a later date.
 

Seems like a weird amount of Sunday games, I don't seem to remember the big ten playing that many Sunday games in past years. Luckily most won't clash with NFL season.

Any true Gopher fan would pick the Gophers over the ViQueens everyday of the week and twice on Sundays.
 

Any true Gopher fan would pick the Gophers over the ViQueens everyday of the week and twice on Sundays.

But I shouldn’t have to. Really tired of every sport/league thinking they should schedule every day of the week.
 

But I shouldn’t have to. Really tired of every sport/league thinking they should schedule every day of the week.
Queen season will be over by the time were in the meat and potatoes of conference play

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I'm curious what this page thinks the perfect home schedule is supposed to look like.

I may have said this before, but if I was commissioner every bye would be a weekday slot. Normal week:

2 Tuesday
2 or 3 Wednesday
1 or 2 Thursday
0 or 1 Friday
4 (11am, 1:30, 4, 7 in a block on BTN)
3 Sunday (one prime noon game on CBS, 2:30 & 5pm on BTN)

No reason to ever have a Monday game as every team will be playing Sat or Sun.

There are 28 byes or 14 games missed over the course of 11 weeks of conference play. So there would be 3 weeks where there would be only 5 games midweek. Friday games are very rare and only if the home team would rather play Friday than on the weekend for some reason. With Hockey on Fridays, no need for BTN programming. Women's hoops get priority on the network on Mondays or Thursdays.

Seems too easy to put together to me.
 

Speaking of BTN, Are Gopher games going to be on Hulu again this season? I'm out in Ca. with-out TV. I only watch stuff on-line, so there was no BTN available because I don't use cable TV. Used Hulu last season to watch Gophers hoops, but man it's expensive. Is YouTube a better value?
 

Speaking of BTN, Are Gopher games going to be on Hulu again this season? I'm out in Ca. with-out TV. I only watch stuff on-line, so there was no BTN available because I don't use cable TV. Used Hulu last season to watch Gophers hoops, but man it's expensive. Is YouTube a better value?
YouTube TV will have them

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I’m sick of summer, wake me up in November.
 

Yeah this sucks. If I was Pitino, I would file a complaint with the Big Ten. It won't change the schedule this year, but it would be a stark reminder to the Big Ten not to do that again. Not having a single Big Ten home game on Saturday is ridiculous. Saturdays just seem perfect for college sports.

Pitino is likely thrilled with this schedule. Why would he want more weeknight games when no one shows up (especially when most are 8 o'clock)? Sunday games gives way more opportunity for fans to get to games. Vikings are likely over or close to over by the time the meat of the Big Ten onslaught of Sunday games arrives. Has there ever been fewer weeknight conference home games? That's a good thing. Play those on the road.
 

There are 35 B1G Saturday games. The Gophers appear in one on the road. The average team appears in 5.
 

No games with 1 day of rest is a huge plus

Gophers have zero games on -1-day rest cycle. Pitino certainly is going to like that.

Not a fan of zero Saturday home games, but not a huge deal to me. Now if most of those Sunday games end up with starts of 3 pm or later, that’s not ideal. I like having my Sunday evenings free, but this stuff happens when TV rules everything.
 

Pitino is likely thrilled with this schedule. Why would he want more weeknight games when no one shows up (especially when most are 8 o'clock)? Sunday games gives way more opportunity for fans to get to games. Vikings are likely over or close to over by the time the meat of the Big Ten onslaught of Sunday games arrives. Has there ever been fewer weeknight conference home games? That's a good thing. Play those on the road.

No Saturday games is brutal. The gap between games may be better for players getting rest, but in the last few years, the only time the arena has really been jumping has been on Saturday, usually afternoons. I've noticed that no matter who the opponent is on a Saturday afternoon, the likelihood of a sellout or close to one, is much greater. The bigger crowds make for a better environment. I don't think those get replicated on Sunday, especially if they are late afternoon/evening. For me it's 50/50 on getting to games on either Saturday or Sunday, with maybe a slight nod to getting there on Saturday. I would be almost willing to bet the gate receipts will be down with all those Sunday games. Much easier for most people to get away on a Saturday than Sunday.
 



There are 35 B1G Saturday games. The Gophers appear in one on the road. The average team appears in 5.

Well, look at the bright side. Big Ten fans who like to watch weeknight and Sunday night games will see us a lot. Hope we play well.
 

I don't think Northwestern, Iowa, and Wisconsin will be that good this year so I'm glad we play all three twice. Hard to say if Indiana will be any better than last year but we play them twice. We only get Nebraska and Rutgers once though.

I expect Purdue and Maryland will still be good and Illinois certainly has the potential to be good; we play them only once. Don't know what to think about Michigan yet.

Mich State is the favorite again and Ohio State should be a top four or five contender; we have to play them twice. Also play Penn State twice and I still think they should be a top half team.
 

No Saturday games is brutal. The gap between games may be better for players getting rest, but in the last few years, the only time the arena has really been jumping has been on Saturday, usually afternoons. I've noticed that no matter who the opponent is on a Saturday afternoon, the likelihood of a sellout or close to one, is much greater. The bigger crowds make for a better environment. I don't think those get replicated on Sunday, especially if they are late afternoon/evening. For me it's 50/50 on getting to games on either Saturday or Sunday, with maybe a slight nod to getting there on Saturday. I would be almost willing to bet the gate receipts will be down with all those Sunday games. Much easier for most people to get away on a Saturday than Sunday.


Attendance last year by day of week in Big Ten home games:

1) Wednesday (only sellout of year - Wisconsin) -- 14,625
2) Saturday (Indiana) -- 11,639
3) Thursday (Michigan) -- 11,639
4) Sunday (Iowa) -- 11,582
5) Saturday (PSU) -- 11,042
6) Saturday (Rutgers) -- 10,837
7) Tuesday (Purdue) -- 10,062
8) Tuesday (Maryland) -- 9,919
9) Wednesday (Nebraska) -- 9,624
10) Wednesday (Illinois) -- 9,565

We only had four weekend Big Ten home games last year. They were four of the top six attended games.

Tuesdays and Wednesdays are no good (even with Purdue, Maryland and Nebraska) easily taking the bottom four spots. Wisconsin saved Wednesday from total embarrassment.

More weekends (even if Sunday) is better than more weeknights. This is why Pitino is likely quite happy with this schedule.

Sunday games against Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Iowa, and Nebraska should draw really, really well. Wednesday games against Wisconsin, Indiana, and Maryland should do reasonably well.

Attendance should be good with this schedule.
 
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