Big 10 TV schedule (Gophers' Big 10 schedule)

[SelectionSunday]

http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/081909aad.html

Some quick thoughts:

(1) Gophs getting a lot more ESPN & CBS air time this season.

(2) Road trips to Iowa City (Jan. 2) & Evanston (Feb. 14) made easier with weekend matchups.

(3) 3-game homestand in February (Wisconsin, Indiana & Purdue).

(4) First Sparty-Purdue matchup isn't until Feb. 9, at Breslin.

(5) The Ohio State starts the season with 4 of its first 5 games on the road.

(6) Gophs play final game of the Big 10 season with a 5 p.m. March 7 tilt vs. Iowa at The Barn. Hopefully by then the Gophers have locked up a first-round bye for the Big Ten Tournament.

Tuesday, Dec. 29 -- PENN STATE (8 p.m./ESPN2)
Saturday, Jan. 2 -- at Iowa (3 p.m./BTN)
Tuesday, Jan. 5 -- at Purdue (6 p.m./ESPN or ESPN2)
Saturday, Jan. 9 -- OHIO STATE (2:30 p.m./BTN)
Wednesday, Jan. 13 -- at Michigan State (5:30 p.m./BTN)
Sunday, Jan. 17 -- at Indiana (1:15 or 3:30 p.m./BTN)
Saturday, Jan. 23 -- MICHIGAN STATE (11 a.m./CBS)
Tuesday, Jan. 26 -- NORTHWESTERN (8 p.m./BTN)
Sunday, Jan. 31 -- at Ohio State (noon/CBS)
Saturday, Feb. 6 -- at Penn State (1 p.m./BTN)
Thursday, Feb. 11 -- MICHIGAN (6 p.m./ESPN or ESPN2)
Sunday, Feb. 14 -- at Northwestern (4 p.m./BTN)
Thursday, Feb. 18 -- WISCONSIN (8 p.m./ESPN or ESPN2)
Saturday, Feb. 20/Sunday, Feb. 21 -- INDIANA (3 p.m./7 p.m./11 a.m./ESPN/BTN/CBS)
Wednesday, Feb. 24 -- PURDUE (7:30 p.m./BTN)
Saturday, Feb. 27/Sunday, Feb. 28 -- at Illinois (11 a.m./7 p.m./3 p.m./ESPN/BTN/CBS)
Wednesday, March 3 -- at Michigan (5:30 or 7:30 p.m./BTN)
Sunday, March 7 -- IOWA (5 p.m./BTN)

 

[The Big L]

Still bummed we only play Wisconsin once, and I would have liked to play the Illini at the barn again, that was a fun game to be at last season.

Nice to see us getting more national attention, I expected it, but its nice all the same.

 

[Jike Spingleton]

Along with the BT-ACC Challenge and 76 Classic games, that's 10-12 nationally televised games this season. Less travel to the nearest establishment with BTN for me = a good thing.