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>Approved-By:  Indulis R Rutks <[log in to unmask]>
>Date:         Tue, 25 Feb 1997 09:21:48 -0600
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>From:         Indulis R Rutks <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      Minn. non-conference games for 97-98 & 98-99
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>From today's (2/25) St. Paul Pioneer Press (Gregg Wong's column):
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>The Gophers will open the 97-98 season at home with a NC series vs. Maine
>(Oct. 17 & 18)
 
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Once again, Maine lands the good non-conference games.  Playing in Minnesota
with a young team will be a tough challenge for the Bears next year, but it
should help quite a bit since Minnesota is likely to be quite good next year
given they are a young team as well.
 
This is extra important because remember Maine will only have 32 games
scheduled next year, of those 8 will be non-conference and four are already
taken with Governor's Cup and JC Penney Classic games.  If you want to make
the NCAA Tournament you've got to play a good schedule, so this is a good
move IMHO.
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Deron Treadwell ([log in to unmask])