BLOOMINGTON Minn. — The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference approved a return to competitive Division III athletics. Basketball and hockey will begin a seven-game conference schedule February 6 in a single round-robin format, each team playing every other team once. . League competition had been dormant because of the pandemic. At Saint Mary’s basketball begins February. 6 with the men’s team hosting Bethel and the women’s team on the road against Bethel.  That same day the men’s hockey team hosts Concordia. with the women’s team at Bethel

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Augsburg, Bethel, Carleton, Concordia, Gustavus Adolphus, Hamline, Macalester, Saint Benedict, Saint Catherine, Saint John’s, Saint Mary’s, St. Olaf, St. Thomas.