Gametime: Saturday noon CST
TV: CBS
The gophers, riding a four game win streak, will have their first rematch with a Big Ten foe, travel to West Lafeyette, IN to take on Purdue. The boilermakers are coming off a game in Columbus in which they got absolutely run out of the building. Other than JaJuan Johnson, most other boiler, most notably senior E'Twaun Moore, continued to struggle from the field.
The gophers will once again be without senior leader Al Nolen. I was surprised in the Northwestern game in how much of the game Tubby had Iverson, Sampson III, and Mbakwe on the floor at the same time. Because Purdue is stronger inside than Northwestern, I see Chip and Maverick getting a few more minutes in this game. The gophers have a pretty impressive resume going into the game. With a record of 16-4 (5-3), an RPI of 23, and a couple quality non-conference wins, all the gophers are really missing is a marquee road victory. This is as good an opportunity as they're going to get.
For a recap of the Minnesota/Purdue game earlier in the month follow this link.
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