Maryland vs. Minnesota: Game time, TV schedule, live radio streaming, odds and more

The Maryland men's basketball team visits Minnesota on Thursday night. You can say many things about Minnesota's performance as a team this year. The Golden Gophers have lost all of their conference games. They have terrible numbers statistically across the board. They're a pretty lousy team by all objective markers.

On closer inspection however, you'll see that this Minnesota team is very competitive against other very good teams. Minnesota was down two with three minutes to play at Iowa and lost by only four points. Look at some of their other close games this season.

Oklahoma State (home) - lost by two

Michigan State (home) lost by eight

Michigan (home) - lost by eight

Michigan (away) - lost by five

Indiana (home) - lost by seven

Indiana (away) - lost by six

Purdue (home) - lost by four

Illinois (home) - lost by five

Just saying: This could be a trickier game than some expect.

Records and rankings

No. 6 Maryland (22-4, 10-3 Big Ten)

Minnesota (6-19, 0-13)

Odds: Maryland opened as a 10.5-point favorite.

How to witness

Date: Thursday, Feb. 18.

Time: 8 p.m. EST.

Location: Minneapolis, Minn. / Williams Arena (a.k.a The Barn)

TV: Big Ten Network. Dave Revsine (Play-by-Play) and Jon Crispin (Analyst) will be on the call.

Radio: Terrapin Sports Radio Network - Johnny Holliday (Play-by-Play), Chris Knoche (Analyst); Flagships - WJZ-FM (105.7) / WJZ-AM (1300) / ESPN 980 (D.C.) Sirius 81, XM 81.

Stream: BTN2Go