University of Minnesota Athletics
Preview: Gophers at Nebraska
1/11/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
| Minnesota (6-10, 0-4) at Nebraska (9-8, 1-3) | |
| Date / Time | Tuesday, January 12 | 8:00 p.m. CT |
| Location | Pinnacle Bank Arena - Lincoln, Neb. |
| Tickets | Click Here |
| TV/Live Video | BTN/BTN2Go |
| Radio | ESPN 1500 |
| Live Stats | |
| Game Notes | Minnesota | Nebraska |
| Official Sites | Minnesota | Nebraska |
| Social Media | @GopherMBB | Facebook |
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Time: 8:00 p.m. CT
Location: Lincoln, Neb.
Arena: Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,147)
TV: BTN - Kevin Kugler (Play-by-Play); Stephen Bardo (Analyst)
Radio: Learfield/1500 ESPN Twin Cities -
Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play); Spencer Tollackson (Analyst)
Satellite Radio: Sirius 132/XM 195
SERIES INFORMATION
Series: 65th Meeting (50-14)
Series (Away): 23rd Meeting (15-7)
Current Streak: W-1
Richard Pitino vs. Nebraska: 1-2
Minnesota vs. Big Ten: 733-790
Richard Pitino vs. Big Ten: 16-28
* - excludes vacated games
GAME DAY TID-BITS
• The University of Minnesota men's basketball team travels to Lincoln to take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Tuesday evening.
• Minnesota is seeking its first conference victory of the season after starting B1G play with losses at Ohio State and Penn State and home losses against Michigan State and Northwestern.
• Nebraska captured its first Big Ten win of the season on Saturday, defeating Rutgers in Piscataway.
• Minnesota head coach Richard Pitino is seeking his 50th win at the helm of Golden Gopher Basketball.
• Joey King currently ranks fifth in the nation in free throw shooting at 92.6 percent. King also crossed the 1,000-career point mark on Tuesday at Penn State.
• Forward Jordan Murphy was recognized by the Big Ten Conference as its Freshman of the Week on Dec. 7
after he posted two double-doubles (24pts/10rbs vs. Clemson, 19pts/17rbs vs. South Dakota).
• Murphy's 18 rebounds against Chicago State set a new Gophers freshman single-game record, and is the most since Trevor Mbakwe had 18 against North Dakota State on Dec. 11, 2012.
• Senior Joey King was named the Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on Nov. 17 after his performances at home in the opening weekend of the season. .
• The University of Minnesota men's basketball team will welcome three new members starting in 2016, as guard Amir Coffey (Hopkins, Minn./Hopkins HS), forward Eric Curry (Little Rock, Ark./Southwest Christian Academy) and guard/forward Michael Hurt (Rochester, Minn./John Marshall HS) signed their National Letters of Intent on Nov. 11. The trio represents the highest-rated signing class in Pitino's tenure, as the group is ranked 17th nationally by 247Sports and 20th in the nation by Scout.com. Both publications have listed the Gophers recruiting class as the third-highest ranked in the Big Ten.
