Now that Nov. 25 has been announced as the official start date for the college basketball season, programs are scurrying around chaotically trying to cobble together some semblance of a schedule. Obviously, considerations of health and safety are going to be paramount in 2020-21.
Assuming those important health and safety questions are answered satisfactorily, we can then turn to the matter of trying to schedule entertaining nonconference games that will require minimal travel. Below are suggested matchups that have two key advantages.
First, these teams are all ranked highly in Bart Torvik's 2020-21 preseason projections.