Big Ten Tournament - First Round #9 MINNESOTA (20-11, 8-10) vs. B1G TOURNAMENT #8 ILLINOIS (21-11, 8-10) Thursday, March 14 Chicago, Ill. (United Center) MINNESOTA 2013 MINNESOTA GAME INFORMATION MINNESOTA MINNESOTA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Date: Thursday, March 14, 2013 GOLDEN GOPHERS 244 Bierman Field Athletic Building, Minneapolis, MN 55447 Time: 11:00 a.m. CT 2012-13 Record: 20-11 Location: Chicago, Ill. Big Ten Record: 8-10 MATT SLIETER, Associate Director, Athletic Communications Arena: United Center (20,917) AP Head Coach: Tubby Smith (High Point, ‘73) Work: 612-625-4389 • Cell: 612-236-8841 • Email: [email protected] Television: BTN NR Career Record: 510-224 (22nd season) GOPHERSPORTS.com Gus Johnson (Play-by-Play) USA Record at Minnesota: 123-79 (6th season) Shon Morris (Analyst) Today Follow Gopher Basketball on Twitter: twitter.com/GopherBBall Stephanie White (Sideline) NR 2012-13 STATISTICAL LEADERS Radio: Learfield/1500 ESPN Twin Cities Points: Andre Hollins (13.9) Follow Gopher Basketball on Facebook: facebook.com/GoldenGopherBasketball Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play) Rebounds: Trevor Mbakwe (8.7) Spencer Tollackson (Analyst) Assists: Andre Hollins (3.5) Blocks: Trevor Mbakwe (1.5) 2012-13 SCHEDULE SERIES INFORMATION Steals: Austin Hollins (1.7) Date Opponent TV Time/Result Series: 172nd meeting (62-109) Nov. 1 MINNESOTA STATE, MANKATO (exh.) BTN.com W, 81-56 Series (Neutral): 5th meeting (1-3) Nov. 5 SOUTHWEST BAPTIST (exh.) BTN.com W, 86-59 Current Streak: L-1 ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI Nov. 9 AMERICAN BTN.com W, 72-36 Last Meeting: Feb. 10, 2013 (L, 53-57) Nov. 12 TOLEDO BTN.com W, 82-56 Tubby Smith vs. Illinois: 13th meeting (5-7) 2012-13 Record: 21-11 Minnesota vs. Big Ten: 717-760 Nov. 15 TENNESSEE STATE ESPN3 W, 72-43 AP Big Ten Record: 8-10 Tubby Smith vs. Big Ten: 68-75 Nov. 18 RICHMOND BTN W, 72-57 NR Head Coach: John Groce (Taylor University, ’94) Career Record: 106-66 (5th season) GAME DAY TID-BITS USA Record at Illinois: 21-11 (1st season) BATTLE FOR ATLANTIS (Paradise Island, Bahamas) • Minnesota heads into the B1G Tournament with an Today Nov. 22 vs. #5/5 Duke AXS.TV L, 71-89 all-time record of 13-15. The Gophers have not NR 2012-13 STATISTICAL LEADERS Nov. 23 vs. #19/17 Memphis AXS.TV W, 84-75 faced Illinois in the tourney since the 2008 semifi- Points: Brandon Paul (16.2) nals - a 54-50 loss. Tubby Smith is 7-5 in B1G Nov. 24 vs. Stanford AXS.TV W, 66-63 Rebounds: Nnanna Egwu (4.6) Tournament play. Assists: Tracy Abrams (3.4) • Minnesota is the No. 9 seed in the tournament for Blocks: Nnanna Egwu (1.3) Nov. 27 at Florida State (Big Ten/ACC Challenge) ESPN2 W, 77-68 the fourth time in the history of the event. Steals: D.J. Richardson (1.5) Dec. 1 NORTH FLORIDA BTN.com W, 87-59 • The Gophers’ win over Penn State on March 2 gave Dec. 4 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE ESPN3 W, 88-64 Tubby Smith his fifth 20-win season in six seasons at Minnesota. Smith has guided his teams to 20 or Dec. 8 at USC PAC-12 W, 71-57 more wins in 19 of 22 seasons as a head coach, including 17 straight seasons from 1993-94 to 2009-10. Dec. 11 NORTH DAKOTA STATE BTN W, 70-57 • The win over No. 1 Indiana on Feb. 26 gave the Gophers their fifth win on the season over an AP Top 25 team - No. Dec. 22 LAFAYETTE BTN W, 75-50 19 Memphis, No. 18 Michigan State, No. 12 Illinois, No. 20 Wisconsin & the top-ranked Hoosiers. Minnesota joins a Dec. 31 #18/18 MICHIGAN STATE ESPN2 W, 76-63 short list of Indiana (7 wins), Georgetown (6), Michigan State (5) & Wisconsin (5) with at least five wins over top- 25 schools. It is the first time since 1996-97 that the Gophers have defeated five teams ranked in the top-25. Jan. 6 NORTHWESTERN BTN W, 69-51 • Andre Hollins leads the Gophers in scoring at 13.9 ppg and assists at 3.5 apg. He holds a career free throw per- Jan. 9 at #12/13 Illinois BTN W, 84-67 centage of .845 (185-219), the highest free throw percentage in the history of the program. Jan. 12 at #5/5 Indiana BTN L, 81-88 • Rodney Williams grabbed five rebounds against Wisconsin on Feb. 14 to go over 500 in his career. He became the Jan. 17 #5/5 MICHIGAN ESPN L, 75-83 19th player in Gopher history to amass at least 1,000 career points and 500 career rebounds. He will head into the Jan. 23 at Northwestern BTN L, 48-55 Big Ten Tournament with career numbers of 1,126 points & 527 rebounds. • Trevor Mbakwe has contributed 10 double-doubles on the season, tops in the Big Ten Conference, and has 33 career Jan. 26 at Wisconsin BTN L, 44-45 double-doubles, also tops amongst Big Ten players. He led the B1G Conference in rebounding this season at 8.7 Jan. 29 NEBRASKA BTN W, 84-65 rpg, the second time he has accomplished that feat. Feb. 3 IOWA BTN W, 62-59 • Mbakwe currently holds a career field goal percentage of .578 (292-505) and is now the Gophers all-time leader in Feb. 6 at #12/8 Michigan State BTN L, 50-61 that category, bettering Randy Breuer’s career percentage of .570 (681-1194). Feb. 10 ILLINOIS BTN L, 53-57 MINNESOTA TEAM INFORMATION Feb. 14 #20/19 WISCONSIN ESPN W, 58-53 (OT) PROBABLE STARTERS PPG RPG APG MPG FG% OTHER Feb. 17 at Iowa BTN L, 51-72 G 1 Andre Hollins 13.9 3.4 3.5 29.7 .405 .401 3-PT% Feb. 20 at #18/18 Ohio State BTN L, 45-71 G 11 Joe Coleman 8.9 3.7 1.5 26.5 .480 1.2 spg Feb. 26 #1/1 INDIANA ESPN W, 77-73 G 20 Austin Hollins 10.4 3.2 2.5 29.5 .394 1.7 spg Mar. 2 PENN STATE BTN W, 73-44 F 32 Trevor Mbakwe 10.0 8.7 1.1 24.8 .566 1.5 bpg Mar. 6 at Nebraska BTN L, 51-53 F 33 Rodney Williams 10.5 5.2 1.6 28.2 .488 1.4 bpg Mar. 9 at Purdue BTN L, 73-89 RESERVES PPG RPG APG MPG FG% OTHER Big Ten Tournament (Chicago, Ill.) G 00 Julian Welch 3.3 1.4 1.6 13.5 .376 0.7 spg F 10 Oto Ošenieks 2.4 1.8 0.8 9.0 .313 .852 FT% Mar. 14 vs. #8 Illinois BTN 11:00 a.m. CT G 13 Maverick Ahanmisi 3.6 0.8 1.0 10.8 .427 .811 FT% F 15 Maurice Walker 2.3 2.0 0.4 6.7 .420 --- F 30 Andre Ingram 1.7 1.7 0.1 9.8 .452 0.5 spg C 55 Elliott Eliason 2.3 3.6 1.0 13.8 .474 1.2 bpg GOPHERS VS. ILLINOIS FACTS GOPHERS VS. ILLINOIS (ALL-TIME) LAST GOPHER WIN Jan. 9, 2013 (Minnesota 84, Illinois 67) Overall: 62-109 LAST ILLINOIS WIN Feb. 10, 2013 (Illinois 57, Minnesota 53) Home: 42-42 w Away: 19-64 w Neutral: 1-3 COACHES 1906 2/7 H W 31-19 1965 2/13 H W 105-90 1906 2/28 A W 27-25 1966 2/19 A L 89-100 TUBBY SMITH VS. ILLINOIS 5-7 1907 1/31 H W 42-3 1966 2/26 H W 94-92 1907 3/1 A W 36-29 1967 2/11 H W 93-81 JOHN GROCE VS. MINNESOTA 1-1 1908 2/15 H L 15-16 1967 2/27 A L 71-84 1908 3/12 A L 20-22 1968 1/13 H L 60-61 STREAKS 1909 1/22 H W 18-17 1969 1/4 A L 58-80 B1G TOURNAMENT 1909 2/10 A L 20-21 1970 2/7 H W 82-72 CURRENT STREAK Illinois W-1 1910 1/15 A W 22-9 1970 2/28 A L 73-75 WINS OVERALL 13 (Feb. 27, 1971-Feb. 16, 1978) 1911 1/20 H L 18-19 1971 2/6 A L 78-93 1911 3/2 A L 12-22 1971 2/27 H W 80-64 LOSSES OVERALL 20 (March 4, 1999-March 15, 2008)* 1912 1/12 H W 22-16 1972 3/4 H W 91-62 HOME WINS 8 (Feb. 7, 1970-Jan. 19, 1978) 1912 2/10 A L 10-13 1973 2/19 A W 82-73 HOME LOSSES 8 (Feb. 17, 2000-Feb. 12, 2008) 1913 2/8 A L 12-19 1974 2/11 H W 80-61 1913 2/22 H L 10-20 1974 2/25 A W 72-52 AWAY WINS 6 (Feb. 19, 1973-Feb. 16, 1978) 1914 1/23 A L 16-18 1975 1/6 H W 75-47 AWAY LOSSES 16 (Feb. 17, 1979-Feb. 22, 1995) 1914 2/21 H L 11-26 1975 2/3 A W 56-50 2013 MINNESOTA *Includes vacated games 1915 2/15 H L 10-20 1976 1/8 H W 77-68 1915 3/8 A L 11-26 1976 2/2 A W 72-62 1916 2/21 H L 22-27 1977 1/13 A W 83-69 MISC.