On Tuesday the University of Minnesota announced the 2017 non-conference portion of the Gopher Basketball schedule. Then on Wednesday afternoon the Big Ten portion of the 2017-18 schedule was announced. You can see the full schedule in the tweets below:
We will have a deeper analysis of the Gophers schedule on Thursday but here are a few first thoughts and things to know:
Nine Home Non-Conference Games
The Gophers have nine home non-conference games this season not including the exhibition against DII Concordia St Paul. The Big Ten/ACC Challenge game against Miami is the highest profile home game, but don’t overlook the non-conference closer against Harvard.