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per Vitale:
Every season, I come up with my All-Cupcake non-conference schedule. Some schools like to face challenges in non-league play to push an impressive résumé to the NCAA tournament selection committee. Others put together a cupcake schedule to build as many wins as possible.
This season, it was a two-team battle, both in the Big Ten. Let's look at the finalists, with the records of the opponents from last season:
Nov. 10 vs. Lehigh, 4-11
Nov. 13 vs. Merrimack. 9-9
Nov. 16 vs. NJIT, 7-12
Nov. 18 at DePaul, 5-14
Nov. 22 vs. Lafayette, 9-6
Nov. 27 at UMass, 8-7
Nov. 30 vs. Clemson, 16-8
Dec. 12 at Seton Hall, 14-13
Dec. 18 vs. Rider, 6-17
Dec. 23 vs. CCSU, 5-16
Dec. 29 vs. Maine, 2-7
Nov. 9 vs. Kansas City, 11-13
Nov. 12 vs. Western Kentucky (Asheville, NC), 21-8
Nov. 14 vs. Princeton or South Carolina (Asheville, NC), Princeton DNP/South Carolina 6-15
Nov. 19 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne, 8-15
Nov. 24 vs. Jacksonville, 11-13
Nov. 30 vs. Pittsburgh, 10-12
Dec. 5 at Mississippi State, 18-15
Dec. 14 vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi, 5-19
Dec. 22 vs. Green Bay, 8-17
Dec. 29. vs. Alcorn State, 6-13
And the winner of the 2021 Vitale Cupcake non-conference schedule is ... Minnesota!
Playing two teams with winning records last season (Mississippi State and Western Kentucky) gives new coach Ben Johnson an "edge" in the cupcake schedule. Eight opponents had losing records last season. Five opponents were seven games below .500 or worse.
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Go Gophers!!
Every season, I come up with my All-Cupcake non-conference schedule. Some schools like to face challenges in non-league play to push an impressive résumé to the NCAA tournament selection committee. Others put together a cupcake schedule to build as many wins as possible.
This season, it was a two-team battle, both in the Big Ten. Let's look at the finalists, with the records of the opponents from last season:
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
(DATE / OPPONENT / OPPONENT 2020-21 RECORD)Nov. 10 vs. Lehigh, 4-11
Nov. 13 vs. Merrimack. 9-9
Nov. 16 vs. NJIT, 7-12
Nov. 18 at DePaul, 5-14
Nov. 22 vs. Lafayette, 9-6
Nov. 27 at UMass, 8-7
Nov. 30 vs. Clemson, 16-8
Dec. 12 at Seton Hall, 14-13
Dec. 18 vs. Rider, 6-17
Dec. 23 vs. CCSU, 5-16
Dec. 29 vs. Maine, 2-7
Minnesota Golden Gophers
(DATE / OPPONENT / OPPONENT 2020-21 RECORD)Nov. 9 vs. Kansas City, 11-13
Nov. 12 vs. Western Kentucky (Asheville, NC), 21-8
Nov. 14 vs. Princeton or South Carolina (Asheville, NC), Princeton DNP/South Carolina 6-15
Nov. 19 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne, 8-15
Nov. 24 vs. Jacksonville, 11-13
Nov. 30 vs. Pittsburgh, 10-12
Dec. 5 at Mississippi State, 18-15
Dec. 14 vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi, 5-19
Dec. 22 vs. Green Bay, 8-17
Dec. 29. vs. Alcorn State, 6-13
And the winner of the 2021 Vitale Cupcake non-conference schedule is ... Minnesota!
Playing two teams with winning records last season (Mississippi State and Western Kentucky) gives new coach Ben Johnson an "edge" in the cupcake schedule. Eight opponents had losing records last season. Five opponents were seven games below .500 or worse.
Who wins Dickie V's 'Cupcake City' award for 2021-22?
Two Big Ten teams duked it out for Dickie V's battle for the weakest non-conference schedule in college basketball.
Go Gophers!!
