University of Minnesota Athletics
Golden Gopher Men's Basketball 2006-07 Television Schedule Announced
10/2/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The University of Minnesota men’s basketball program announced its 2006-07 television schedule today. In all, 25 of the 30 regular season games will be broadcast on either a local or national television basis.
The Golden Gophers will appear on national television at least six times this upcoming season, beginning at 1 p.m., on Nov. 23 vs. Marist in the inaugural Old Spice Classic in Orlando. The entire tournament will be shown on either ESPN2 or ESPNU. Minnesota returns home for a nationally televised game on Nov. 29 vs. Clemson as part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. That contest will tip at 8:30 p.m., and be broadcast on ESPN2.
Two other nationally televised home games highlight the schedule in ’06-07. The Gophers play host to Illinois on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 6 p.m., on ESPN2 and Ohio State will visit The Barn on Sunday, Feb. 18 for a game broadcast on CBS at noon.
Fox Sports Net North’s coverage of Golden Gopher Basketball begins with the regular season opener on Monday, Nov. 13 vs. North Dakota State. Other non-conference games on FSN North include Iowa State on Nov. 21, Arizona State on Dec. 2 and Arkansas-Little Rock at noon on Dec. 9. FSN North will carry nine Big Ten Conference matchups, five of those on a tape-delay basis.
Five Big Ten weekend games will be part of ESPN Regional’s coverage of Big Ten Basketball and be televised locally on KSTC Channel 45. The Jan. 6 game at Wisconsin, Jan. 13 at Iowa, Jan. 20 vs. Northwestern, Jan. 27 vs. Penn State and Feb. 24 vs. Michigan can all be seen live on KSTC.
The Gopher’s last Big Ten regular season game at Purdue will be an ESPN pick and could be either Tuesday, Feb. 27 on ESPN or Wednesday, Feb. 28 on FSN North.
