University of Minnesota Athletics
Saturday, March 16
Chicago, Ill.
2:30 PM
University of Minnesota
vs
Michigan
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Gophers Set for Saturday Semifinal Meeting with Michigan
3/16/2019 9:58:00 AM | Men's Basketball
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, March 16, 2019
Time: 2:30 p.m. CT
Location: Chicago, Ill.
Arena: United Center (20,917)
TV: CBS – Jim Nantz (Play-by-Play); Bill Raftery (Analyst); Grant Hill (Analyst); Tracy Wolfson (Sideline)
Radio: Learfield/KFAN 100.3 FM –
Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play); Spencer Tollackson (Analyst)
National Radio: Compass Media Networks –Â
Gregg Daniels (Play-by-Play); Doug Gottlieb (Analyst)
Satellite Radio: Sirius 84/XM 84
SERIES INFORMATION
Series: 150th Meeting (60-89)*
Series (Neutral): Fifth Meeting (1-3)*
Current Streak: L-4
Richard Pitino vs. Michigan: 1-9
Minnesota vs. Big Ten: 761-833*
Richard Pitino vs. Big Ten: 44-71
* - excludes vacated games
STARTING FIVE
• The seventh-seeded Minnesota men's basketball team continues play in the 2019 Big Ten Tournament, facing the third-seeded Michigan Wolverines in the semifinals. This is the second time in three years that the two teams have met in the semifinals. Michigan swept the season series.Â
• Thursday saw a Gophers' victory over Penn State, 77-72, in overtime, marking the fourth time in six seasons that head coach Richard Pitino's squad has earned a victory in their opening game at the Big Ten Tournament.  The win over Purdue matches the highest seed (No. 2) defeated by a Gopher team at the Big Ten Tournament.Â
• A pair of Gophers earned All-Big Ten honors, as senior forward Jordan Murphy was named to the first team (media) and second team (coaches), while junior guard Amir Coffey earned a spot on both panels' third team. It is the third straight season that the Gophers have earned an All-Big Ten honoree.Â
• Coffey also picked up more awards on Monday as he repeated as the Big Ten's Player of the Week, sharing the award with Indiana's Juwan Morgan. In the win over Big Ten co-champion Purdue, Coffey poured in a career high-tying 32 points and added eight rebounds, three assists and three steals. He followed that up with game highs of 23 points and six assists to go with three rebounds and a steal at Maryland. He has scored 20 or more points in five straight games.Â
• Murphy, a two-time Big Ten Player of the Week, finished second in Big Ten play in rebounding, pulling down 10.8 boards per game, and leads in overall rebounding with 11.7 rebounds per game on the season, fifth in the nation. His 1,294 career rebounds ranks second in Big Ten Conference history. His 22 double-doubles is second in the nation. With 1,774 career points, Murphy is fourth among all-time Gophers, needing three points to tie Randy Breuer for third place (1,777).
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Date: Saturday, March 16, 2019
Time: 2:30 p.m. CT
Location: Chicago, Ill.
Arena: United Center (20,917)
TV: CBS – Jim Nantz (Play-by-Play); Bill Raftery (Analyst); Grant Hill (Analyst); Tracy Wolfson (Sideline)
Radio: Learfield/KFAN 100.3 FM –
Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play); Spencer Tollackson (Analyst)
National Radio: Compass Media Networks –Â
Gregg Daniels (Play-by-Play); Doug Gottlieb (Analyst)
Satellite Radio: Sirius 84/XM 84
SERIES INFORMATION
Series: 150th Meeting (60-89)*
Series (Neutral): Fifth Meeting (1-3)*
Current Streak: L-4
Richard Pitino vs. Michigan: 1-9
Minnesota vs. Big Ten: 761-833*
Richard Pitino vs. Big Ten: 44-71
* - excludes vacated games
STARTING FIVE
• The seventh-seeded Minnesota men's basketball team continues play in the 2019 Big Ten Tournament, facing the third-seeded Michigan Wolverines in the semifinals. This is the second time in three years that the two teams have met in the semifinals. Michigan swept the season series.Â
• Thursday saw a Gophers' victory over Penn State, 77-72, in overtime, marking the fourth time in six seasons that head coach Richard Pitino's squad has earned a victory in their opening game at the Big Ten Tournament.  The win over Purdue matches the highest seed (No. 2) defeated by a Gopher team at the Big Ten Tournament.Â
• A pair of Gophers earned All-Big Ten honors, as senior forward Jordan Murphy was named to the first team (media) and second team (coaches), while junior guard Amir Coffey earned a spot on both panels' third team. It is the third straight season that the Gophers have earned an All-Big Ten honoree.Â
• Coffey also picked up more awards on Monday as he repeated as the Big Ten's Player of the Week, sharing the award with Indiana's Juwan Morgan. In the win over Big Ten co-champion Purdue, Coffey poured in a career high-tying 32 points and added eight rebounds, three assists and three steals. He followed that up with game highs of 23 points and six assists to go with three rebounds and a steal at Maryland. He has scored 20 or more points in five straight games.Â
• Murphy, a two-time Big Ten Player of the Week, finished second in Big Ten play in rebounding, pulling down 10.8 boards per game, and leads in overall rebounding with 11.7 rebounds per game on the season, fifth in the nation. His 1,294 career rebounds ranks second in Big Ten Conference history. His 22 double-doubles is second in the nation. With 1,774 career points, Murphy is fourth among all-time Gophers, needing three points to tie Randy Breuer for third place (1,777).
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