The Gophers men’s basketball team will play at Missouri in mid-November, and travel to southern California to play Stanford and either Santa Clara or St. Louis in a multi-team event over Thanksgiving.

Those contests stand out on Minnesota’s full nonconference schedule for head coach Niko Medved’s first season, released Monday by the school.

Minnesota will play two games before heading south to play the Tigers of the Southeastern Conference on Nov. 12. The season opener against Gardner Webb is set for Nov. 3 at Williams Arena, followed by Alcorn State at The Barn on Nov. 8.

The U’s first game in the Acrisure Invitational will tip off against Stanford at 8:30 p.m. CT on Nov. 27 at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, Calif. Based on results of the first games, the U will then play St. Louis or Santa Clara on Nov. 28.

The Gophers play another neutral court game against San Francisco at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. on Nov. 22.

The opening week of Big Ten Conference play comes in early December, followed by the rest of the league schedule in 2026. The full conference schedule will be announced at a later date.

UMN CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Times TBA unless noted:

Oct. 16 — North Dakota State (exhibition)
Oct. 25 — North Dakota (exhibition)
Nov. 3 — Gardner Webb
Nov. 8 — Alcorn State
Nov. 12 — at Missouri
Nov. 15 — Green Bay
Nov. 18 — Chicago State
Nov. 22 — San Francisco (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
Nov. 27 — Stanford (Palm Desert, Calif.), 8:30 p.m. CT
Nov. 28 — Santa Clara/St. Louis (Palm Desert, Calif.)
Dec. 14 — Texas Southern
Dec. 21 — Campbell
Dec. 29 — Fairleigh Dickinson

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