NSIC Announces 2020-21 Basketball & Wrestling Schedules

[wscsuperfan]

https://northernsun.org/news/2020/11...schedules.aspx

The men's and women's basketball schedules will be 16-games played over 8 weeks with teams playing the same opponent at one site on back-to-back days. The season will start with two non-conference games against one NSIC out-of-division opponent. The conference schedule will then consist of 14 games with teams playing each member of its division twice. For this season, the NSIC will only crown a North Division and South Division champion.

The conference will continue to monitor the landscape and conditions surrounding the pandemic, locally, regionally, and nationally, and make any decisions or announcements, at a later date, as necessary.

Link: MBB Schedule

Link: WBB Schedule

As of now, appears there will be no conference tournament.....

[wscsuperfan]

WSC's schdule

Jan. 2/3 - Northern State
Jan. 8/9 - Concordia-St. Paul
Jan. 15/16 - at Minnesota State-Mankato
Jan. 22/23 - Upper Iowa
Jan. 29/30 - at Winona State
Feb. 5/6 - at Sioux Falls
Feb. 12/13 - Southwest Minnesota State
Feb. 19/20 - at Augustana

[vikingfaithful]

For these cash strapped athletic departments an economical schedule. playing same team twice on a weekend, Augustana has a weekend in Fayette IA. Maybe they could tour the Shrimptastic store!

[Moorhead123]

WSC's schdule

Jan. 2/3 - Northern State
Jan. 8/9 - Concordia-St. Paul
Jan. 15/16 - at Minnesota State-Mankato
Jan. 22/23 - Upper Iowa
Jan. 29/30 - at Winona State
Feb. 5/6 - at Sioux Falls
Feb. 12/13 - Southwest Minnesota State
Feb. 19/20 - at Augustana

That is a very difficult schedule.

[DapperDan]

That is a very difficult schedule.

The players are going to be pretty hungry for action come January. What's that, like three months of practice without a game?

[wsuguy87]

Interesting twist in the WSU schedule. They are scheduled to play at USF and Augie in back-to-back weekends. Do they stay all week in Sioux Falls? The conference living up to their new name (Sioux Falls Sun Conference) by driving more money into the local economy? Seems like a conspiracy I can post about endlessly for another year! :)

[laker]

Interesting twist in the WSU schedule. They are scheduled to play at USF and Augie in back-to-back weekends. Do they stay all week in Sioux Falls? The conference living up to their new name (Sioux Falls Sun Conference) by driving more money into the local economy? Seems like a conspiracy I can post about endlessly for another year! :)

That schedule makes no sense to me at all.

[Moorhead123]

That schedule makes no sense to me at all.

Anymore word on Kobe king at Mankato?

[wscsuperfan]

WSC plays at Augie and at USF too.....hmmmmmm

[laker]

Anymore word on Kobe king at Mankato?

Not even a whisper. I've got a dental appointment in North Mankato Monday. Not sure if I'll bother going to campus- I'm trying to get a plumber to come out after replacing my washer on Friday. The connecting pipe is leaking.

[wsuguy87]

WSC plays at Augie and at USF too.....hmmmmmm

I love that others are starting to see what I have been screaming about. All the favors being done for the Sioux Falls teams is sad. :)

[wsuguy87]

That schedule makes no sense to me at all.

In all seriousness, I agree. I don't get the wisdom in that unless schools plan to just sit tight in Sioux Falls. If most classes are online, the players could do classes from the hotel and have some "together time," but I guess it makes little sense outside that.

[simple as a $3 bill]

Not sure if many programs could take the hit of being on the road that long. Especially in todays budget crunch.

[DapperDan]

In all seriousness, I agree. I don't get the wisdom in that unless schools plan to just sit tight in Sioux Falls. If most classes are online, the players could do classes from the hotel and have some "together time," but I guess it makes little sense outside that.

The drive from Winona to Sioux Falls is about 4 hours straight freeway. That's no big deal. They will not be sheltering in place in Sioux Falls.

[wsuguy87]

The drive from Winona to Sioux Falls is about 4 hours straight freeway. That's no big deal. They will not be sheltering in place in Sioux Falls.

Then the scheduling makes even less sense. Sending a team back and forth in less than 3 or 4 days is dumb.