University of Minnesota Athletics
Preview: Gophers at #24 Maryland
2/21/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
| Minnesota (20-7, 5-6) at #24/24 Maryland (22-5, 10-4) | |
| Date / Time | Wednesday, Feb. 22 | 7:30 p.m. |
| Location | College Park, Md. - Xfinity Center |
| Tickets | Click Here |
| TV/Live Video | BTN/BTN2Go |
| Radio | 1500 ESPN |
| Live Stats | UMTerps.com |
| Game Notes | Minnesota | Maryland |
| Official Sites | Minnesota | Maryland |
| Social Media | @GopherMBB | Facebook |
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Time: 8:30 p.m ET/7:30 p.m. CT
Location: College Park, Md.
Arena: Xfinity Center (17,950)
TV: BTN - Kevin Kugler (Play-by-Play); Dan Bonner (Analyst)
Radio: Learfield/1500 ESPN - Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play); Spencer Tollackson (Analyst)
Satellite Radio: Sirius 134/XM 195 (Maryland Broadcast)
SERIES INFORMATION
Series: Eighth Meeting (1-6)
Series (Away): Fourth Meeting (0-3)
Current Streak: L-1
Richard Pitino vs. Maryland: 1-2
Minnesota vs. Big Ten: 743-809*
Richard Pitino vs. Big Ten: 26-47
* - excludes vacated games
STARTING FIVE
• The Minnesota men's basketball team takes its five-game winning streak on the road to the East Coast, facing the 24th-ranked Terrapins in their penultimate road game.
• With a record of 20-7 to date, the Gophers are the NCAA's most improved team (as of Feb. 20). The Gophers have also now tallied four road wins in conference play, their most since 2004-05 when they also won four games away from home in the Big Ten. The Gophers once again received votes in the Associated Press poll this week.
• In the latest edition of the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) as of Feb. 17, the Gophers stand in 23rd place. Minnesota is the third-highest ranked Big Ten team in the RPI rankings, behind Maryland (19th) and Purdue (21st).
• Redshirt junior Reggie Lynch sits among the nation's leaders in blocked shots. The Edina, Minn. native now has 81 blocks on the season, leading both the team and the Big Ten Conference and fourth nationally with an average of 3.1 blocks per game. He is spearheading the Minnesota team blocking effort which leads the Big Ten and ranks second in Division I at 6.6 blocks per game. Lynch is also steadily moving up the single-season records, as he is currently tied for fourth with Joel Przybilla among all-time Gophers in blocked shots. Randy Breuer holds the record of 87 blocks in the 1982-83 season.
• The Gophers captured their 20th victory of the season on Sunday against the Wolverines. It's the second time under head coach Richard Pitino that Minnesota has tallied a 20+ win season, and the earliest a Gopher team has done it since Feb. 17, 1977. In doing so, the Gophers also snapped a stretch of nine straight losses to the Maize and Blue, marking the first victory over Michigan in Pitino's tenure. He has now earned wins over all 13 other Big Ten institutions.
