The Gophers males’s basketball group was damage by a poor nonconference schedule final season. It contributed to the Gophers heading to the NIT as an alternative of incomes an at-large bid within the NCAA event.
Minnesota addressed its nonconference slate on Thursday, saying it is going to play within the ESPN Occasions Invitational on Nov. 28-29 at State Farm Subject Home in Kissimmee, Fla.
The four-team discipline contains Florida, Wake Forest and Wichita State. Matchups, sport instances and TV instances will likely be introduced at a later date.
The Gophers went 19-15 total final season, a 10-win enchancment from two years in the past. The U reached the second spherical of the NIT final March earlier than falling to prime total seed Indiana State.
