2020-2021 schedule

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I think all we know is:

Air Force Reserve Hall of Fame Tip-Off in Uncasville, CT: 2 of Marquette, Rhode Island, UCF

Air Force Reserve non-bracketed game(s): 1 or 2 home games

ACC Challenge (likely road)
 
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I was like, what the heck is Uncasville, CT ??

Okay, giant casino that has a giant arena attached to it! Carry on
 


I wonder if he will schedule differently next year. I think we all applauded his schedule this year, but it led to some early losses. By the time we got around to the first Big Ten game we had people screaming Year Seven! I wonder if he would be better served winning a few games early to hold off the negative speculation.
 


golfing18now said:
I wonder if he will schedule differently next year. I think we all applauded his schedule this year, but it led to some early losses. By the time we got around to the first Big Ten game we had people screaming Year Seven! I wonder if he would be better served winning a few games early to hold off the negative speculation.
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We can afford to carry a tougher schedule if our team is better but it makes no sense to schedule a bunch of tough games if we are just going to get blown out. I would be in favor for an easier non-conference schedule until they can get this group some confidence and go on from there.

A few early losses, and the wolves will be howling. For the first time, Pitino will enter the season on the hot seat.
 

I would be shocked if we dont have cupcakes out the wazoo this year. You know Pitino is going to want to get that record nice so he can say how awesome he is. Look at are 12-2! I mean SOS is 338 but who cares we are great this year.
 

leib0039 said:
I would be shocked if we dont have cupcakes out the wazoo this year. You know Pitino is going to want to get that record nice so he can say how awesome he is. Look at are 12-2! I mean SOS is 338 but who cares we are great this year.
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I'm 100% in favor of that. Will help the recruiting difficulties of being on the hot seat to have early perceived success, and will be important to get live game time for our youth movement.
 

tjgopher said:
No return game for DePaul. It was a straight one-off to be played at Williams. Not a home-and-home.

Our year to be out of Gavitt.
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So basically we have the ACC game and maybe Marquette. He's got to add at least a couple to that.
 



I’d guess 7 home, 3 neutral, 1 road next season.

Home (7)
2 for Air Force Reserve tourney
1 start of home & home with decent opponent
4 cupcakes

Neutral (3)
2 of Marquette/Rhode Island/UCF
1 random opponent at Target Center

Road (1)
ACC Challenge
 

SelectionSunday said:
1 random opponent at Target Center
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What’s the thinking behind this? Just curious if you’ve heard something in the works about this or if just a guess. I know we’ve had those neutral games in Sioux Falls and that one at US Bank as a warm up for the FF.

Target Center could be fun for a game!
 

SelectionSunday said:
I’d guess 7 home, 3 neutral, 1 road next season.

Home (7)
2 for Air Force Reserve tourney
1 start of home & home with decent opponent
4 cupcakes

Neutral (3)
2 of Marquette/Rhode Island/UCF
1 random opponent at Target Center

Road (1)
ACC Challenge
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What's the Air Force Reserve Tourney? One of those non bracketed exempt events? Does it give us a neutral site game or two against decent opponent?

I know I'm in the minority, but if we can avoid Marquette, I would. We should not give Garcia a chance to showcase his talents for another team when we recruited him hard.
 




GopherPharmaBiz said:
What’s the thinking behind this? Just curious if you’ve heard something in the works about this or if just a guess. I know we’ve had those neutral games in Sioux Falls and that one at US Bank as a warm up for the FF.

Target Center could be fun for a game!
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Just a guess. Target Center hosts Midwest Regional next year. Perhaps have a game there as a dry run for the folks running the regional.
 

Holy Man said:
What's the Air Force Reserve Tourney? One of those non bracketed exempt events? Does it give us a neutral site game or two against decent opponent?

I know I'm in the minority, but if we can avoid Marquette, I would. We should not give Garcia a chance to showcase his talents for another team when we recruited him hard.
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4-team bracketed tourney preceded by 1 or 2 home games, presumably cupcakes.
 


SelectionSunday said:
Just a guess. Target Center hosts Midwest Regional next year. Perhaps have a game there as a dry run for the folks running the regional.
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SS, do most regional finals get played in arenas now? For awhile there, stadiums were getting some too. Wondering why not US bank?
 

JimmyJamesMD said:
SS, do most regional finals get played in arenas now? For awhile there, stadiums were getting some too. Wondering why not US bank?
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That would be awesome to see the NCAAs come to MN for a regional. I'd prefer Target Center to US Bank as a fan but I doubt the NCAA or MN reps would go that route.

I know they just had the Final 4 here but a lot easier to get tickets to regionals.
 

skiumah1 said:
That would be awesome to see the NCAAs come to MN for a regional. I'd prefer Target Center to US Bank as a fan but I doubt the NCAA or MN reps would go that route.

I know they just had the Final 4 here but a lot easier to get tickets to regionals.
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You get your wish. Target Center hosting Midwest Regional, March 25 & 27, 2021.

Past protocol is Gopher season-ticket holders get first crack at purchasing tickets to 1st/2nd round & regionals hosted by the U of M.
 
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SelectionSunday said:
You get your wish. Target Center hosting Midwest Regional, March 25 & 27, 2021.

Past protocol is Gopher season-ticket holders get first crack at purchasing tickets to 1st/2nd round & regionals hosted by the U of M.
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I think that the priority is actually determined by Gopher Loyalty Score rather than by season ticket status.
 

SelectionSunday said:
You get your wish. Target Center hosting Midwest Regional, March 25 & 27, 2021.

Past protocol is Gopher season-ticket holders get first crack at purchasing tickets to 1st/2nd round & regionals hosted by the U of M.
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Awesome. Hopefully somebody posts in here as soon as they come available. I'll be looking out for them. I'm not a season-ticket holder.
 



MplsGopher said:
Would Gophers not be allowed to play in that one if they made the tourny. Can't remember the rules.
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You can't play in a region where you are the host. In the past at the Dome, the U has been the host so wouldn't be able to play there. I would guess that's the case at Target Center as well.
 

2nd Degree Gopher said:
You can't play in a region where you are the host. In the past at the Dome and US Bank, the U has been the host so wouldn't be able to play there. I would guess that's the case at Target Center as well.
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But St Thomas could, if they were in DI, eligible, and won the Summit League? Or any of the Dakota schools, for that matter.

I guess I already know the answer to that question, as NDSU played at the Humpty Dome I think in 2009.
 

MplsGopher said:
But St Thomas could, if they were in DI, eligible, and won the Summit League? Or any of the Dakota schools, for that matter.

I guess I already know the answer to that question, as NDSU played at the Humpty Dome I think in 2009.
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Yes. In the future, St. Thomas (or the Summit League) could also act as host, then the U would be eligible to play locally. That's how the North Carolina schools can play in Greensboro seemingly every year.
 

St Thomas should host at Xcel. Another benefit of them moving up.

I bet Marquette hosts in Milwaukee.
 

I can't find it anywhere but for some reason I had in my head it wasnt who hosted but it couldnt be within so many miles of the stadium. I want to say it was something dumb like 8-10 miles so the Gophers in theory could host because all of the stadiums are within 8-10 miles of campus so they couldnt play there anyway. Which is why Greensboro is no issue, its like an hour away from Durham/Chapel Hill type thing. I could certainly be wrong on that but seems to stick in my head.
 

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