The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) has announced its men’s and women’s basketball schedules for the 2020-21 academic year. The schedules were approved by the NSIC Board of Directors with the health and safety of student-athletes, coaches, and staff as the top priority. The men’s and women’s basketball schedules will begin in January and schools will follow NCAA Sports Science Institute (SSI) guidelines for competition.
To mitigate COVID-19 exposure, schools will only compete against one opponent each week of the season.
The NSIC Men’s and Women’s Basketball schedules will be 16-games played over eight 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.
UMC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Schedules (Subject to change and cancelation)
January 2 – vs. Concordia-St. Paul – 5:30/7:30 p.m. (Non-conference)
January 3 – vs. Concordia-St. Paul – 3:30/5:30 p.m. (Non-conference)
January 8 – at MSU Moorhead – 5:30/7:30 p.m.
January 9 – at MSU Moorhead – 3:30/5:30 p.m.
January 15 – vs. Northern State – 5:30/7:30 p.m.
January 16 – vs. Northern State – 3:30/5:30 p.m.
January 22- vs. Minot State – 5:30/7:30 p.m.
January 23 – vs. Minot State – 3:30/5:30 p.m.
January 29 – at Mary – 5:30/7:30 p.m.
January 30 – at Mary – 3:30/5:30 p.m.
February 5 – vs. Minnesota Duluth – 5:30/7:30 p.m.
February 6 – vs. Minnesota Duluth – 3:30/5:30 p.m.
February 12 – at St. Cloud State – 5:30/7:30 p.m.
February 13 – at St. Cloud State – 3:30/5:30 p.m.
February 19 – at Bemidji State – 5:30/7:30 p.m.
February 20 – at Bemidji State – 3:30/5:30 p.m.
