Northwestern to Travel to Butler for Gavitt Tipoff Games
EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern will travel Butler Wednesday, Nov. 16 as part of the second-annual Gavitt Tipoff Games the Big Ten and BIG EAST Conferences announced Tuesday.
Game times and television assignments for all eight contents of this year’s event will be announced at a later date.
The Gavitt Tipoff Games is a unique early-season series played between the two conferences and named in honor of Dave Gavitt, founder of the BIG EAST and basketball visionary. The BIG EAST home games will be telecast on FS1, while Big Ten home games will air on BTN or an ESPN network.
The contest between the Wildcats and the Bulldogs at Hinkle Fieldhouse will be the 27thall-time meeting between the schools with Northwestern holding a 16-10 series lead. The teams last met Dec. 6, 2014 in Indianapolis with Butler holding off the ’Cats for a 65-56 win.
Butler posted a 22-11 record during the 2015-16 season, including a 10-8 mark in BIG EAST play. The Bulldogs participated in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, defeating Texas Tech in the first round before falling to Virginia.
Northwestern is coming off a 20-12 campaign, matching the school record for wins in a season. The Wildcats are slated to return three starters and 10 letterwinners overall from last year’s squad.
The complete 2016 Gavitt Tipoff Games schedule follows.
Monday, Nov. 14
Villanova at Purdue
Tuesday, Nov. 15
Maryland at Georgetown
Wisconsin at Creighton
Wednesday, Nov. 16
Northwestern at Butler
Thursday, Nov. 17
Seton Hall at Iowa
Providence at Ohio State
Rutgers at DePaul
Friday, Nov. 18
St. John’s at Minnesota
Scheduled through 2022, the Gavitt Tipoff Games will be played on consecutive days in the first full week of the college basketball season. The series will span eight years, with games played at home sites. Each BIG EAST team will participate a minimum of six times, while Big Ten programs will take part a minimum of four times. Teams from both conferences already meet in some traditional rivalry games, and those matchups will continue in the upcoming seasons.
The unique series between the two conferences is named to honor the late Gavitt, who had a profound and lasting influence on the sport of basketball on the collegiate, professional and Olympic levels. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern will travel Butler Wednesday, Nov. 16 as part of the second-annual Gavitt Tipoff Games the Big Ten and BIG EAST Conferences announced Tuesday.
Game times and television assignments for all eight contents of this year’s event will be announced at a later date.
The Gavitt Tipoff Games is a unique early-season series played between the two conferences and named in honor of Dave Gavitt, founder of the BIG EAST and basketball visionary. The BIG EAST home games will be telecast on FS1, while Big Ten home games will air on BTN or an ESPN network.
The contest between the Wildcats and the Bulldogs at Hinkle Fieldhouse will be the 27thall-time meeting between the schools with Northwestern holding a 16-10 series lead. The teams last met Dec. 6, 2014 in Indianapolis with Butler holding off the ’Cats for a 65-56 win.
Butler posted a 22-11 record during the 2015-16 season, including a 10-8 mark in BIG EAST play. The Bulldogs participated in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, defeating Texas Tech in the first round before falling to Virginia.
Northwestern is coming off a 20-12 campaign, matching the school record for wins in a season. The Wildcats are slated to return three starters and 10 letterwinners overall from last year’s squad.
The complete 2016 Gavitt Tipoff Games schedule follows.
Monday, Nov. 14
Villanova at Purdue
Tuesday, Nov. 15
Maryland at Georgetown
Wisconsin at Creighton
Wednesday, Nov. 16
Northwestern at Butler
Thursday, Nov. 17
Seton Hall at Iowa
Providence at Ohio State
Rutgers at DePaul
Friday, Nov. 18
St. John’s at Minnesota
Scheduled through 2022, the Gavitt Tipoff Games will be played on consecutive days in the first full week of the college basketball season. The series will span eight years, with games played at home sites. Each BIG EAST team will participate a minimum of six times, while Big Ten programs will take part a minimum of four times. Teams from both conferences already meet in some traditional rivalry games, and those matchups will continue in the upcoming seasons.
The unique series between the two conferences is named to honor the late Gavitt, who had a profound and lasting influence on the sport of basketball on the collegiate, professional and Olympic levels. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
