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SERIES INFORMATION GAME 74 Meeting (53-20 all-time record) MINNESOTA (11-7, 4-7 B1G) vs Home 38-8 // Road 15-12 // Current Streak: W-1 Richard Pitino vs. Nebraska: 5-7 NEBRASKA (4-9, 0-6 B1G) Minnesota vs. Big Ten: 778-860* Head Coach: Monday, February 8 Pitino vs. Big Ten regular season games: 52-89 Richard Pitino (Providence, 2005) 7:00 p.m. CT Pitino vs. Big Ten (includes postseason games): 58-96 Career Record: 156-129 (9th) * - excludes vacated games 19 Minneapolis, Minn. (Williams Arena) Record at Minnesota: 138-115 (8th) 2020-21 STATISTICAL LEADERS STARTING FIVE Points: Marcus Carr (19.9) BROADCAST INFORMATION 1. Minnesota hosts Nebraska on Monday night at Williams Arena. Rebounds: Liam Robbins (7.1) The Gophers last played at home on Jan. 23 against Maryland, Assists: Marcus Carr (5.2) TV: FS1 – Dave Revsine (Play-by-Play); John Beilein (Analyst) which means that Minnesota has had a 16-day span between home Blocks: Liam Robbins (2.6) Tip Time: 7:00 p.m. CT games (longest span since team also had 16 days between home Steals: Marcus Carr (1.1) Radio: Learfield IMG College/KFAN games from a win against Cleveland State on Nov. 5, 2019 and a Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play), Spencer Tollackson (Analyst), Dan Rowbotham win against Central Michigan on Nov. 21, 2019). Minnesota played (Engineer) at Rutgers last Thursday and is in a stretch of playing four games in 11 days, five games in 14 days and six games in 17 days. Earlier this year, Minnesota had stretches of six games in 16 days and six games 2020-21 SCHEDULE Head Coach: DATE OPPONENT MN RK/OPP TV TIME/RESULT in 18 days. The Gophers are scheduled to play seven games in February, which would be their second busiest month of the season. Fred Hoiberg (Iowa State, 1995) 11/25 GREEN BAY BTN + W, 99-69 126-90 (7th) Minnesota’s busiest months this season have been December (8 Career Record: 11/28 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT BTN W, 88-73 Record at Nebraska: 11-34 (2nd) games), January (6 games) and November (3 games). Minnesota is 11/30 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT BTN W, 67-64 2020-21 STATISTICAL LEADERS 12/4 NORTH DAKOTA BTN W, 76-67 scheduled to play two regular-season games in March. Points: Teddy Allen (17.2) 12/8 BOSTON COLLEGE + ESPNU W, 85-80 (OT) 2. Minnesota is 38-8 all-time against Nebraska at home, which is a Rebounds: Dalano Banton (6.8) 12/10 KANSAS CITY FS1 W, 90-61 winning percentages of 82.6%. That is the third-best for Minnesota Assists: Dalano Banton (4.7) 12/15 at Illinois * -/13 ESPN2 L, 65-92 against current Big Ten programs, although not every game Blocks: Dalano Banton (0.7) 12/20 SAINT LOUIS -/RV FS1 W, 90-82 contested was a Big Ten conference game. Minnesota is 5-0 all-time Steals: Teddy Allen (1.7) 12/25 IOWA * -/4 BTN W, 102-95 (OT) at home against Rutgers (winning percentage of 100%) and is 15-3 12/28 MICHIGAN STATE * 21/17 BTN W, 81-56 against Penn State (winning percentage of 83.3%). Minnesota is 494-308 at home against current Big Ten 12/31 at Wisconsin * 21/6 BTN L, 59-71 opponents (winning percentage of 61.5%) and is above .500 against every team except Maryland (Gophers 1/3 OHIO STATE * 21/25 BTN W, 77-60 are 1-5 all-time at home against the Terrapins). 1/6 at Michigan * 16/10 BTN L, 57-82 3. The Gophers beat Nebraska 107-75 at home on March 8, 2020 (last home game of last season) and made 1/10 at Iowa * 16/5 BTN L, 71-86 a school-record 18 threes in the win. The 107 points were the second most in the Coach Pitino era (beat UNC 1/16 MICHIGAN * 23/7 ESPN2 W, 75-57 Wilmington 108-82 on Dec. 27, 2014) and the most in a Big Ten game. The 107 points were also the most 1/20 at Nebraska * Postponed scored by Minnesota in a Big Ten game since the No. 21 Gophers beat No. 12 Indiana 108-89 on Jan. 28, 1990. 1/23 MARYLAND * 17/- BTN L, 49-63 4. Marcus Carr will play in his 50th career game as a Gopher on Monday. Carr, who played his freshman 1/30 at Purdue * 21/RV BTN L, 62-81 season at Pittsburgh, averages 17.1 points per game, 6.1 assists per game and 4.9 rebounds per game as a 2/4 at Rutgers * RV/RV FS1 L, 72-76 Gopher. Those are historically good numbers. At this point in his career, his 17.1 points per game would rank 2/8 NEBRASKA * BTN 7:00 p.m tenth in school history (minimum 40 games played) and would be the best career scoring average for a Gopher 2/11 PURDUE * FS1 7:00 p.m. since Mychal Thompson averaged 20.8 points from 1975-78. His average of 6.1 assists per game would rank 2/14 at Maryland * BTN TBA first in school history (minimum 40 games played) ahead of Ray Williams who averaged 5.7 from 1976-77. 2/17 at Indiana * BTN TBA Gabe Kalscheur ranks sixth in school history in made threes (174) and attempted threes (501). 2/20 ILLINOIS * FS1 1 or 2:30 p.m 5. 2/27 NORTHWESTERN * BTN TBA 3/3 at Penn State * BTN TBA 3/6 RUTGERS * FS1 TBA MINNESOTA TEAM INFORMATION (2020-21 STATS) MOST RECENT STARTERS PPG RPG APG MPG FG% NOTE + - ACC/Big Ten Challenge *- conference game C 0 Liam Robbins 13.6 7.1 1.0 25.8 .471 Two double-doubles all times Central • schedule subject to change G 1 Tre’ Williams 3.4 1.9 0.9 12.2 .396 Started last 2 games G 5 Marcus Carr 19.9 4.2 5.2 36.0 .415 Seven 20-plus games G 22 Gabe Kalscheur 8.9 2.5 1.9 30.4 .310 13 pts vs. Ohio State F 23 Brandon Johnson 8.3 6.1 0.7 24.3 .471 12 points in OT vs Iowa RESERVES PPG RPG APG MPG FG% NOTE F 2 Martice Mitchell 1.5 0.2 — 3.1 .500 — MINNESOTA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS G 4 Jamal Mashburn, Jr. 5.4 1.0 1.4 16.3 .337 10 pts vs Ohio State PAUL ROVNAK G 11 Both Gach 8.9 4.7 2.4 26.5 .421 13 pts vs Iowa [email protected] • 651-592-5741 [c] G 13 Hunt Conroy 0.0 0.3 — 1.4 .000 — F 24 Eric Curry 3.8 1.9 0.7 12.4 .473 sat out last year to injury Bierman Athletic Center, Room 225 C 32 Sam Freeman 1.1 0.9 — 3.7 .600 — Minneapolis, MN 55455 F 35 Isaiah Ihnen 2.1 3.4 0.5 14.1 .271 first double-double vs SLU MINNESOTA BASKETBALL TEST DRIVE only two times this season that Minnesota did not MEDIA CREDENTIALS • Marcus Carr scored only six points at Purdue, which win when it was leading at the half. Minnesota is Requests for working media credentials (newspaper, radio, TV, photo) was his lowest output of the season (also snapped an now 10-2 when leading at the half and 1-5 when trail- for Minnesota home games must be made on-line at gophersports. 18-game streak for Carr scoring in double figures). Carr ing. Minnesota’s lone win when trailing at the half com/media. All credentials for the 2020-21 season will be issued on a scored 18 points at Rutgers, which was Minnesota’s came against Boston College. The Gophers trailed single-game format. No season-long passes will be granted. Requests next game after playing Purdue. The bounce-back per- the Eagles 31-30, but won 85-80 in overtime. for credentials should be made as early as possible due to limited pres formance is typical for Carr. Prior to the game at Purdue, seating at Williams Arena. Please contact the Athletic Communications his last sub-10 point-performance was at Indiana on DOUBLE DIGITS office for more information regarding credentials. Credentials can be March 4, 2020. Carr scored less than 10 points in seven • Brandon Johnson scored 10 points at Rutgers, picked up starting two and a half hours before game time at the Williams different games last season and never in consecutive hitting the double-figure mark in points for the sixth Arena media will call gate at the Oak Street Entrance. games. He typically followed up a less than 10-point time this season. game with a memorable output, averaging 20.28 points PHOTO AND FILM CREDENTIALS per game in the next game. TWO IN THE TOP 10 Only approved photographers will be permitted into Tier 3 photography • Marcus Carr and Liam Robbins were both recently areas, which start in Row 5 and are in sections 112-114 and 118-120. 15 AND 5 names top ten candidate for the Bob Cousy Point Please adhere to the physical distancing in those sections. • Liam Robbins had 16 points and 10 rebounds at Rut- Guard of the Year Award (Carr) and the Kareem gers. It was his second double-double of the season, as Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award (Robbins). MEDIA PASS GATE he had 27 points and 14 rebounds in a win against Ohio Minnesota and Illinois (Ayo Dosunmu - Cousy, Kofi The media pass gate is located at Oak Street Entrance.