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Television Coverage Announced for 2021-22 Gopher Men's Basketball Season
10/5/2021 12:49:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The University of Minnesota men's basketball team will be televised at least 25 times during the regular season, announced today by the Big Ten Conference office. The Golden Gophers are slated to be on Big Ten Network 18 times, while the remaining seven games will be highlighted on FS1 or ESPN networks.
Start times and television designations for the 2021 Big Ten/ACC Challenge will be announced at a later date and will be carried on ESPN networks. The Asheville Championship will air on the ESPN family of networks on Friday, November 12 and Sunday, November 14, with a time announced at a later date. The remainder of Minnesota's nonconference game times will also be announced shortly.
BTN will televise the first 10 games of the 2022 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament (March 9-13), with CBS Sports broadcasting the semifinals and championship game on CBS for the 25th consecutive year.
Minnesota also announced the start of the Concordia St. Paul exhibition game for a 7 p.m., tip.
All BTN, FOX and FS1 on-air games can be streamed nationwide via the web, smartphones, tablets and connected devices through the FOX Sports App. Those games airing on an ESPN network will also be available to authenticated pay TV subscribers to stream on the ESPN App on smartphones, tablets, connected streaming devices or espn.com/watch, while the CBS Sports' broadcast coverage will be available to stream on Paramount+.
Date, Opponent, Time, Coverage
Nov 1 Concordia-St. Paul, 7 p.m., BTN +
Nov 9 Kansas City, TBA
Nov 12 vs Western Kentucky, TBA ESPN Networks
Nov 14 vs South Carolina or Princeton, TBA, ESPN Networks
Nov 19 Purdue Fort Wayne, TBA
Nov 24 Jacksonville, 8 p.m., BTN
Nov 30 at Pittsburgh, TBA, ESPN Networks
Dec 5 at Mississippi State, TBA
Dec 8 Michigan State, 8 p.m., BTN
Dec 11 at Michigan, 5:30 p.m. FS1
Dec 14 Texas A&M - Corpus Christi, 7 p.m., BTN
Dec 22 Green Bay, TBA
Dec 29 Alcorn State, TBA
Jan 2 Illinois, 5 p.m., BTN
Jan 9 at Indiana, 11 a.m., FS1
Jan 12 at Michigan State, 6 p.m., BTN
Jan 16 Iowa, TBA, BTN
Jan 19 at Penn State, 5:30 p.m., BTN
Jan 22 Rutgers, 11 a.m., BTN
Jan 27 Ohio State, 6 p.m., ESPN2
Jan 30 at Wisconsin, 12 p.m., BTN
Feb 2 Purdue, 6 p.m., BTN
Feb 6 at Iowa, TBA, BTN
Feb 9 at Nebraska, 8 p.m., BTN
Feb 12 Penn State, 7:30 p.m., BTN
Feb 15 at Ohio State, 7:30 p.m., BTN
Feb 19 Northwestern, 3 p.m., BTN
Feb 23 Wisconsin, 8 p.m., BTN
Feb 27 Indiana, 5 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU
Mar 2 at Maryland, 8 p.m., BTN
Mar 6 at Northwestern, 6:30 p.m., BTN
Mar 9-11 Big Ten Tournament, TBA, BTN
Mar 12 Big Ten Tournament Semis, CBS
Mar 13 Big Ten Tournament Championship, CBS
* all times listed Central
Start times and television designations for the 2021 Big Ten/ACC Challenge will be announced at a later date and will be carried on ESPN networks. The Asheville Championship will air on the ESPN family of networks on Friday, November 12 and Sunday, November 14, with a time announced at a later date. The remainder of Minnesota's nonconference game times will also be announced shortly.
BTN will televise the first 10 games of the 2022 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament (March 9-13), with CBS Sports broadcasting the semifinals and championship game on CBS for the 25th consecutive year.
Minnesota also announced the start of the Concordia St. Paul exhibition game for a 7 p.m., tip.
All BTN, FOX and FS1 on-air games can be streamed nationwide via the web, smartphones, tablets and connected devices through the FOX Sports App. Those games airing on an ESPN network will also be available to authenticated pay TV subscribers to stream on the ESPN App on smartphones, tablets, connected streaming devices or espn.com/watch, while the CBS Sports' broadcast coverage will be available to stream on Paramount+.
Date, Opponent, Time, Coverage
Nov 1 Concordia-St. Paul, 7 p.m., BTN +
Nov 9 Kansas City, TBA
Nov 12 vs Western Kentucky, TBA ESPN Networks
Nov 14 vs South Carolina or Princeton, TBA, ESPN Networks
Nov 19 Purdue Fort Wayne, TBA
Nov 24 Jacksonville, 8 p.m., BTN
Nov 30 at Pittsburgh, TBA, ESPN Networks
Dec 5 at Mississippi State, TBA
Dec 8 Michigan State, 8 p.m., BTN
Dec 11 at Michigan, 5:30 p.m. FS1
Dec 14 Texas A&M - Corpus Christi, 7 p.m., BTN
Dec 22 Green Bay, TBA
Dec 29 Alcorn State, TBA
Jan 2 Illinois, 5 p.m., BTN
Jan 9 at Indiana, 11 a.m., FS1
Jan 12 at Michigan State, 6 p.m., BTN
Jan 16 Iowa, TBA, BTN
Jan 19 at Penn State, 5:30 p.m., BTN
Jan 22 Rutgers, 11 a.m., BTN
Jan 27 Ohio State, 6 p.m., ESPN2
Jan 30 at Wisconsin, 12 p.m., BTN
Feb 2 Purdue, 6 p.m., BTN
Feb 6 at Iowa, TBA, BTN
Feb 9 at Nebraska, 8 p.m., BTN
Feb 12 Penn State, 7:30 p.m., BTN
Feb 15 at Ohio State, 7:30 p.m., BTN
Feb 19 Northwestern, 3 p.m., BTN
Feb 23 Wisconsin, 8 p.m., BTN
Feb 27 Indiana, 5 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU
Mar 2 at Maryland, 8 p.m., BTN
Mar 6 at Northwestern, 6:30 p.m., BTN
Mar 9-11 Big Ten Tournament, TBA, BTN
Mar 12 Big Ten Tournament Semis, CBS
Mar 13 Big Ten Tournament Championship, CBS
* all times listed Central
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