Dawn Plitzuweit will coach her first Big Ten game for the Gophers women's basketball team on Dec. 10 against Purdue at Williams Arena.
Gophers women's basketball to face Iowa and Caitlin Clark twice, including Feb. 28 at Williams Arena
The Big Ten announced its schedule Thursday, with the Gophers and new coach Dawn Plitzuweit opening conference play Dec. 10 against Purdue.
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Twenty days later, the Gophers will play at Iowa, and those Hawkeyes, with star Caitlin Clark, visit Williams Arena on Feb. 28.
The Big Ten announced its women's basketball schedule on Thursday, and those were some of the notables for the Gophers. Plitzuweit's first season as their coach opens Nov. 8 at home against Long Island University.
The highlights of Minnesota's non-conference schedule are a home game against Paige Bueckers and UConn (Nov. 19) and a road game at Kentucky (Dec. 6).
After opening Big Ten play against Purdue four days later, the Gophers will play two more nonconference games before getting into the thick of the Big Ten schedule.
The Gophers finish the regular season March 3 at Penn State, and the Big Ten women's basketball tournament returns to Target Center, from March 6-10.
Gophers coach P.J. Fleck and Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz, both steeped in the rivalry’s tradition, have seen the past three meetings decided by 10 points combined.
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