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Minnesota Basketball: NCAA Announces Season Start of November 25th

The NCAA was busy on Wednesday during their Division I Council Meeting. One of the biggest decisions they made was to set the first contest date for both Men’s and Women’s basketball as November 25th, 2020. While no games can be played before that date, teams will be able to have plenty of practice time as the date of the first practice was set as October 14th. Teams will have 42 days to conduct a maximum 30 practices and all schools will have a dedicated dead day on Election Day, November 3rd where no activities can be allowed. During the 42 day preseason period players can work out up to 20 hours per week, for a maximum of four hours per day, and must have one day off per week.