The folks over at INU tell us what they think we should know about the Wildcats. Will other Gopher teams add the Tommies to their schedule? I think gradually over time yes. Former Gopher head coach Don Lucia is now the CCHA commissioner and has a great relationship with St. Thomas athletic director Phil Esten who spent several years as an assistant AD at the U. If you want to play D1 soccer as a player in Minnesota—you need to leave the state. Ferris State and Bowling green would complete the eight team conference. How will this affect the Gophers? Assuming the schedule is set up the same way that it was when North Dakota was the 8th team in the Women’s WCHA, the Gophers and Tommies will play four times each season—twice at Ridder Arena and twice at St. Thomas Ice Arena in Mendota Heights. Most overlap with programs the U has (women’s soccer, volleyball, track and field, baseball, softball, etc). Is there potential 10-15 years down the road for a really good basketball rivalry series? The official 2020 Football schedule for the St. Thomas University Bobcats The Tommies would join the two other Minnesota schools in the conference in Minnesota State and Bemidji State in one trio along with a trio in the UP of Michigan in Michigan Tech, Northern Michigan and Lake Superior State. Baseball Baseball: Schedule Baseball: Roster Baseball: News Basketball Basketball: Schedule Basketball: Roster Basketball: News Cross Country Cross Country: Schedule Cross Country: Roster Cross Country: News Football Football: Schedule Football: Roster Football: News Golf Golf: Schedule Golf: Roster Golf: News Soccer … Currently St. Thomas does offer a men’s soccer team while Minnesota does not.

St. Thomas is still trying to figure out where they would play as well. One interesting thing to watch will be to see how big some of the programs that St. Thomas might offer that the U does not have do.

It would make too much sense for it not to happen. Big Ten punishes Minnesota with three Friday night games, Enemy Dispatch: Bucky’s 5th Quarter Previews Wisconsin, Gophers set for 6:30 p.m. kickoff against Michigan. Also. St. Thomas is a D3 power, but instead of joining a league like the Missouri Valley Conference with the North and South Dakota schools, St. Thomas will be joining the non-scholarship Pioneer League instead joining schools like Drake, Bradley, Butler and other very very far flung schools like San Diego and Jacksonville. There will be no recruiting battles between the two schools. Main Navigation Menu. Depending on your relation to St. Thomas you are either excited (probably a grad), annoyed (A St. Johns/St. In the short term the only program that will be significantly impacted by St. Thomas’s rise to Division 1 will be the women’s hockey team as they will now both be members of the WCHA. This is where I think there is the most potential for a pair of programs that while a step down from a Big Ten program in Minnesota, there could end up being a natural rivalry. The location of the Tommies football stadium would be a perfect location for a new basketball/hockey arena as well. Consider the Tommies at best on the level of a Minnesota State—who the Gophers have an all-time record of 93-3-3 against and have won 48 straight games over. University of St. Thomas (MN) Tommies Schedule 2020 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 hidden Add to Calendar Minnesota regularly plays Summit league schools in the non-conference and while the Gophers may want to see the Tommies get their feet under them for a few season before putting them on the schedule, I have no doubt they will be making a trip to Williams Arena in the near future. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019.

The U helped grow other startup D1 schools in Minnesota in hockey and the Tommies will not be the 6th team in that group joining Bemidji, Mankato, UMD, St Cloud and the Gophers. The true answer—not too much at least initially.

There is no way Minnesota will add the Tommies to the schedule. Will the Gophers be fighting with the Tommies for any recruits? The St. Thomas ice arena holds only 900 people—not big enough for a D1 men’s team. Beginning in the 2021-2022 season the Tommies will no longer be a member of the Division 3 MIAC but will begin play in Division 1 in at least three and most likely four different conferences depending on the sport. But initially—not a chance. On Thursday the WCHA confirmed that St. Thomas will become the 8th member of the Women’s WCHA beginning in 2021-22. St. Thomas receives @NCAA waiver to join The Summit League in 2021-22 The Tommies will be the league's 10th member#ReachTheSummit | #RollToms ️: https://t.co/wPICO7ctWz pic.twitter.com/2Y1iLFjjRT. I think it’s possible. Let’s break down in groups of sports just how Minnesota will deal with St. Thomas going forward from the most interaction to the least.

But it would take a lot to get to the place were the Gophers are with the other in-state schools.


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