University of Minnesota Athletics
Preview: Gophers at Rutgers
2/10/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
| Minnesota (17-7, 5-6) at Rutgers (13-12, 2-10) | |
| Date / Time | Saturday, Feb. 11 | 11 a.m. |
| Location | Piscataway, N.J. - The RAC |
| Tickets | Click Here |
| TV/Live Video | ESPNU/WatchESPN |
| Radio | 1500 ESPN |
| Live Stats | |
| Game Notes | Minnesota | Rutgers |
| Official Sites | Minnesota | Rutgers |
| Social Media | @GopherMBB | Facebook |
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, February 11, 2017
Time: 12:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. CT
Location: Piscataway, N.J.
Arena: The RAC (8,000)
TV: ESPNU - Clay Matvick (Play-by-Play);
Sean Harrington (Analyst)
Radio: Learfield/1500 ESPN -
Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play); Spencer Tollackson (Analyst)
Satellite Radio: Sirius 135/XM 195 (Rutgers Broadcast)
SERIES INFORMATION
Series: Seventh Meeting (5-1)
Series (Away): Second Meeting (0-1)
Current Streak: L-1
Richard Pitino vs. Rutgers: 3-1
Minnesota vs. Big Ten: 740-809*
Richard Pitino vs. Big Ten: 23-47
* - excludes vacated games
STARTING FIVE
• The Gophers travel east to face off with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights Saturday afternoon in the Garden State. Minnesota is in the midst of a stretch of five straight games against teams they'll only face once during the regular season.
• The Gophers have won two straight, including Wednesday's double-overtime thriller over Iowa. More of the superlatives from that game can be found on page 3.
• In the latest edition of the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) as of Feb. 10, the Gophers stand in 23rd place. Minnesota is the third-highest ranked Big Ten team in the RPI rankings, behind Wisconsin (18th) and Purdue (20th).
• Redshirt junior Reggie Lynch sits among the nation's leaders in blocked shots. The Edina, Minn. native now has 74 blocks on the season, leading both the team and the Big Ten Conference and third nationally with an average of 3.2 blocks per game. He is spearheading the Minnesota team blocking effort which leads the Big Ten and ranks second in Division I at 6.8 blocks per game. Lynch is also steadily moving up the single-season records, as he is currently seventh among all-time Gophers in blocked shots. Randy Breuer holds the record of 87 blocks in the 1982-83 season.
• The Gophers have split their time between home and road games over the past three weeks. The Gophers will not have back-to-back Big Ten games at home until February 15 and 19 against Indiana and Michigan. Minnesota, along with Rutgers, is the only Big Ten team that will not have a two-game homestand until February - although the Scarlet Knights hosted Wisconsin on Jan. 28 at nearby Madison Square Garden in New York City and then hosted Iowa three days later in Piscataway.
