SERIES INFORMATION GAME 169th Meeting (99-69 all-time record) MINNESOTA (13-14 6-14 B1G) vs Home: 57-23 // Road: 38-44 // Neutral: 4-2 // Streak: L-1 B1G Tournament: 5-2 (last: UM won 74-57 on 3/11/2020) NORTHWESTERN (9-14, 6-13 B1G) Richard Pitino vs. Northwestern: 6-7 Head Coach: Wednesday, March 10 Minnesota vs. Big Ten: 780-867* Richard Pitino (Providence, 2005) 28 5:30 p.m. CT Pitino vs. Big Ten regular season games: 54-96 Career Record: 158-135 (9th) Indianapolis, Ind. (Lucas Oil Stadium) Pitino vs. Big Ten (includes postseason games): 60-103 Record at Minnesota: 140-121 (8th) * - excludes vacated games 2020-21 STATISTICAL LEADERS Points: Marcus Carr (19.6) STARTING FIVE Rebounds: Liam Robbins (6.6) BROADCAST INFORMATION 1. Minnesota will play Northwestern in the first round of the Big Assists: Marcus Carr (4.8) TV: BTN – Brandon Gaudin (PXP); Shon Morris (Analyst); Rick Pizzo (Reporter) Ten Tournament. Minnesota is seeded No. 13, while Northwestern Blocks: Liam Robbins (2.6) Tip Time: 5:30 p.m. CT is No. 12. The Gophers and Wildcats met once this season, with Steals: Marcus Carr (1.3) Radio: Learfield IMG College/KTLK Northwestern winning 67-59 in Minneapolis. That game snapped Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play), Spencer Tollackson (Analyst), a four-game win streak for Minnesota against Northwestern, which Dan Rowbotham (Engineer) dated back to 2019 and included a 75-57 win in the 2020 Big Ten Tournament. This is the second time that Minnesota has entered the tournament as the No. 13 seed. Its previous appearance resulted in 2020-21 SCHEDULE a first round loss to No. 12 Illinois in 2016. Head Coach: Chris Collins (Duke, 1996) DATE OPPONENT MN RK/OPP TV TIME/RESULT 2. Minnesota and Northwestern are no strangers when it comes Career Record: 118-133 (8th) 11/25 GREEN BAY BTN + W, 99-69 to the Big Ten Tournament. The teams have met seven times 11/28 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT BTN W, 88-73 Record at Northwestern: 118-133 (8th) previously, making Northwestern the most common opponent for 2020-21 STATISTICAL LEADERS 11/30 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT BTN W, 67-64 Minnesota in the conference tournament. The Gophers are 5-2 Points: Chase Audige (12.6) 12/4 NORTH DAKOTA BTN W, 76-67 against Northwestern in the tournament, posting wins in 2020, Rebounds: Pete Nance (6.6) 12/8 BOSTON COLLEGE + ESPNU W, 85-80 (OT) 2012, 2009, 2008 and 1998. Northwestern’s two wins were in 2011 Assists: Boo Buie (4.0) 12/10 KANSAS CITY FS1 W, 90-61 and 2003. The winner of Wednesday’s game will advance to the Blocks: Pete Nance (.73) 12/15 at Illinois * -/13 ESPN2 L, 65-92 second round and will face fifth-seeded Ohio State. Steals: Chase Audige (1.4) 12/20 SAINT LOUIS -/RV FS1 W, 90-82 The Gophers are 99-69 all-time against Northwestern. If 12/25 IOWA * -/4 BTN W, 102-95 (OT) 3. Minnesota were to win on Wednesday, it would be the team’s 100th victory against the Wildcats. Minnesota has 12/28 MICHIGAN STATE * 21/17 BTN W, 81-56 12/31 at Wisconsin * 21/6 BTN L, 59-71 beaten one other opponent - Iowa - 100 times in program history (U is 102-91 all-time against the Hawkeyes). Minnesota has used six different starting lineups this year and nine different players have started. Many of 1/3 OHIO STATE * 21/25 BTN W, 77-60 4. 1/6 at Michigan * 16/10 BTN L, 57-82 these changes were because of injuries, as Liam Robbins (second leading scorer, leading rebounder and shot 1/10 at Iowa * 16/5 BTN L, 71-86 blocker has missed the last four games), Gabe Kalscheur (third leading scorer and best defensive player has missed the last six games) and Brandon Johnson (fourth leading scorer, has missed one game and played only 1/16 MICHIGAN * 23/7 ESPN2 W, 75-57 1/20 at Nebraska * Postponed 8:57 at Penn State) have all missed time this season. The only Gopher to start all 27 games is Marcus Carr. 1/23 MARYLAND * 17/- BTN L, 49-63 5. Marcus Carr scored a career-high 41 points at Nebraska to become the fifth Gopher to score at least 40 1/30 at Purdue * 21/RV BTN L, 62-81 points in a game (second since 1972). His 41 points is tied for third all-time with Andre Hollins, who had 41 2/4 at Rutgers * RV/RV FS1 L, 72-76 points versus Memphis (11/23/12). The school record of 42 points is held by Eric Magdanz at Michigan (3/5/62) 2/8 NEBRASKA * RV/- BTN W, 79-61 and Oliver Shannon versus Wisconsin (3/6/71). Carr (20 points in the first half, 21 in the second) is the second 2/11 PURDUE * RV/24 ESPN2 W, 71-68 Gopher ever to score at least 40 on the road (Magdanz). Carr made 11 field goals, six threes (attempted school 2/14 at Maryland * RV/- FS1 L, 59-72 record 15 threes) and was 13-of-16 at the line. He added four rebounds, four steals and three assists in 40 2/17 at Indiana * BTN L, 72-82 minutes. Carr has scored in double-figures 48 times in his career, including doing so in 24 games this season. 2/20 ILLINOIS * -/5 FOX L, 63-94 Carr has 11 games with 20-plus points this year, four with 30 or more and one 40-point game. 2/25 NORTHWESTERN * BTN L, 59-67 2/27 at Nebraska * BTN L, 74-78 3/3 at Penn State * BTN L, 65-84 MINNESOTA TEAM INFORMATION (2020-21 STATS) 3/6 RUTGERS * FOX L, 70-77 (OT) MOST RECENT STARTERS PPG RPG APG MPG FG% NOTE 3/10 vs. Northwestern (BTT) BTN 5:30 p.m. G 1 Tre’ Williams 5.2 2.2 1.0 17.6 .392 Started last 11 games G 4 Jamal Mashburn, Jr. 7.7 1.5 1.6 21.4 .349 Started last 6 games ACC/Big Ten Challenge // * conference game // all times Central G 5 Marcus Carr 19.6 3.9 4.8 35.6 .392 Eleven 20-plus games F 23 Brandon Johnson 9.1 6.1 0.7 25.7 .473 19 points vs. Rutgers F 24 Eric Curry 3.8 2.8 0.8 15.3 .460 Started last 4 games RESERVES PPG RPG APG MPG FG% NOTE C 0 Liam Robbins (injured) 11.7 6.6 1.0 24.6 .441 Three double-doubles F 2 Martice Mitchell 1.3 0.3 — 3.2 .500 — G 11 Both Gach 6.8 3.8 2.0 22.8 .389 13 pts vs Iowa G 13 Hunt Conroy 0.0 0.3 — 1.4 .000 — G 22 Gabe Kalscheur (injured) 9.2 2.9 1.7 30.8 .316 16 pts 8 rbs vs Purdue C 32 Sam Freeman 0.9 1.3 0.1 6.4 .455 Played in 16 games F 35 Isaiah Ihnen 2.9 3.5 0.4 14.0 .321 Two double-doubles MINNESOTA BASKETBALL GOPHERS & SOCIAL JUSTICE CLUB 500 MEDIA CREDENTIALS • Minnesota wears a ‘Love Us’ BLM patch on its uni- • Marcus Carr has scored 529 points this year in Requests for working media credentials (newspaper, radio, TV, photo) forms and will wear a ‘Unity’ warm up shirt. In addi- 27 games, which already bests his 478 points last for Minnesota home games must be made on-line at gophersports. tion, Lift Every Voice and Sing is played prior to the season in 31 games. It’s the fifth straight season com/media. All credentials for the 2020-21 season will be issued on a National Anthem at home games. that Minnesota has had a 500-point scorer (2019- single-game format. No season-long passes will be granted. Requests 20 Daniel Oturu, 623; 2018-19 Amir Coffey, 599 and for credentials should be made as early as possible due to limited pres KALSCHEUR OUT Jordan Murphy, 520; 2017-18 Murphy, 538 and Nate seating at Williams Arena. Please contact the Athletic Communications • Gabe Kalscheur broke a finger in his right hand Mason, 517; 2016-17 Mason, 518). office for more information regarding credentials. Credentials can be (shooting hand) when the team was practicing at picked up starting two and a half hours before game time at the Williams Maryland on Feb. 16. Kalscheur, who started the 1K Arena media will call gate at the Oak Street Entrance. first 88 games of his career, has missed the last six • Marcus Carr scored 22 points at Penn State, which games and is out indefinitely. The junior is Minneso- gave him exactly 1,000 for his Gopher career. Carr PHOTO AND FILM CREDENTIALS ta’s best defender and team’s third leading scorer now has 529 points this season after totaling 478 Only approved photographers will be permitted into Tier 3 photography (9.2 points per game). He ranks sixth in school histo- last year meaning he has 1,007 as a Gopher. He ry in made threes (180) and attempted threes (521). spent his freshman season at Pittsburgh where he areas, which start in Row 5 and are in sections 112-114 and 118-120. He has scored 916 points for Minnesota and is 84 scored 320 points. For his career he has scored Please adhere to the physical distancing in those sections. shy away of scoring 1,000 for his career.