As the excitement for next Thursday's massively anticipated football opener against #2 TCU reaches its apex, the Big Ten portion of the Men's Basketball team was released yesterday to little fanfare. Understandably, any basketball news will get lost in the beginning of football season, especially when your basketball team is expected to take a step back while introducing a multitude of freshman and trying to integrate two raw big men into major contributors. Gopher nation is rightfully preoccupied with the beginning of football season, especially with such an intriguing match-up to start the season.
However, the basketball conference schedule was released all the same.