The Gophers are a win over Wisconsin away from being the 2 seed for the Big Ten Tournament. Wrap your head around that for a second. With Iowa's win at Madison tonight, Gophers fans are rooting for Maryland on Saturday. If they can beat Sparty, the Gophers are a top 4 seed regardless of the Wisconsin outcome. That said, BEAT BUCKY.
Kind of a sloppy start, but still a 13-point lead at half and put it away in the second half. It's really been outstanding to watch Murphy develop this year and embrace a role Pitino emphasized that started the win streak in the Big 10. It's not flashy, but it puts Murphy in a spot to do what he does best. Be aggressive, defend, rebound and get buckets at the rim. The more it works, the more he embraces it.
Nate Mason should be 1st Team All-Big Ten. Don't know if it will happen, but he deserves it. Another fantastic game tonight. Sounds like Springs might have been battling a back issue tonight, but still got some good minutes in. We'll need him the rest of the way, so hopefully he's OK with some rest. And my goodness McBrayer, keep playing with confidence. These guys are a match-up nightmare right now.