University of Minnesota Athletics
Men's Basketball Back in Action Against Furman
11/28/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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The Matchup
After a 10 days without any game action, the Golden Gophers get back to business on their home floor against the Furman Paladins. This begins a busy stretch for the Maroon and Gold with five games in the next 13 days. The last time out, Minnesota lost at Utah, 66-54, in the second round of the Preseason NIT. Furman comes to Williams Arena with a 2-1 record with wins over Southern Wesleyan and Greensboro College and a loss at James Madison.
Scouting The Paladins
This will be a homecoming of sorts for three members of the Furman basketball program. Furman assistant coach Niko Medved is a Minneapolis native and was a student manager of the Gopher basketball team from 1992-96. Furman head coach Larry Davis, who is in his seventh season in Greenville, was an assistant coach at Minnesota from 1994-97. Freshman guard Eric Webb is from Grand Rapids, Minn., and played at Grand Rapids High School, the alma mater of former Golden Gopher Dusty Rychart. Webb is third on the team in scoring through three games with a 11.5 ppg average.
The Series
*records involve games later vacated by Minnesota due to NCAA infractions.
Minnesota leads the series 2-1
1973 MN 49 UF 47 (Williams Arena)
1974 UM 66 UF 77 (at Greensville)
1999 UM 71 UF 56 (Williams Arena)
Minnesota is 39-12 in non-conference games under Dan Monson.
Monson is 15-3 in the month of November at Minnesota.
The Golden Gophers are 33-4 in non-conference games at Williams Arena under Dan Monson.
Minnesota is 3-1 all-time vs. the Southern Conference
What's Next
Minnesota travels to Charlottsville, Va., to take on the Virginia Cavaliers as part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The game will be shown nationally on ESPN2 at 8:30 p.m. Central time.
