PREVIEW: GOPHERS VS. MIAMI
Nov. 28, 2017
Big Ten/ACC Challenge - #12/12 Minnesota (7-0) vs. #10/13 Miami (5-0) [GOLD OUT]
Date / Time Wednesday, Nov. 29 | 8:15 p.m.
Location Williams Arena - Directions
Tickets MyGopherSports.com
Travel Local Weather | Parking | Preferred Hotels
TV ESPN2
Live Video WatchESPN
Radio KFAN 100.3 FM
Live Stats Gametracker
Game Notes Minnesota | Miami
Official Sites Minnesota | Miami
Social Media Twitter | Facebook | Instagram
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Time: 8:15 p.m. CT
Location: Minneapolis, Minn.
Arena: Williams Arena (14,625)
TV/Live Video: ESPN2 - Clay Matvick (Play-by-Play); Fran Fraschilla (Analyst)
Radio: Learfield/KFAN 100.3 FM - Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play); Spencer Tollackson (Analyst)
SERIES INFORMATION
Series: Third Meeting (1-1)
Series (Home): First Meeting
Current Streak: W-1
Richard Pitino vs. Miami: First Meeting
Minnesota vs. ACC: 38-21*
Richard Pitino vs. ACC: 4-3
* - excludes vacated games
STARTING FIVE
• The 12th-ranked Minnesota men's basketball team faces its second-straight nationally ranked opponent on Wednesday in #10/13 Miami for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
• For the third straight week, Jordan Murphy was named the Big Ten's Player of the Week. Murphy is leading the team and the Big Ten Conference averaging 22 points and 12.3 rebounds per game through the first seven games. Murphy has posted double-doubles in every game thus far this season, and he became the first Gopher to win the award in back-to-back weeks. Murphy is also just the second Gopher to win it three times in the same season.
• The Gophers are ranked 12th nationally in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Poll. It marks the first time that Minnesota has begun the season as a ranked squad since 2009, when the Gophers were 25th in the AP poll. The Gophers have not been this highly ranked since 2012-13, when they were as high as eighth. The Gophers received votes in each of the preseason polls from 2011-13 and 2015. Wednesday's game is the first game with both Minnesota and its opponent in the top-15 since Jan. 17, 2013 (#5 Michigan 83, #9 Minnesota 75).
• Head coach Richard Pitino won his 100th career game on Saturday against Alabama. Pitino is one of five active Division I head coaches who have reached the 100 career victory mark in their sixth season or sooner.
• Miami is the highest-ranked non-conference opponent to come to the Barn in 19 years, when then-No. 4 Cincinnati defeated the 17th-ranked Gophers on Dec. 16, 1998. The result of that game was later vacated. Officially, Miami is the highest-ranked non-conference team to play at Williams Arena since 1977, a win by No. 4 Marquette on Dec. 6, 1977.
SCOUTING THE HURRICANES
• Miami has won all five of its games this season and has been ranked in the top-15 since the season's outset.
• Dewan Huell leads the Hurricane offense with 13.4 points per game, one of two Miami scorers in double figures.
• Miami is playing its first true road game of the season, with its only trip away from Coral Gables thus far a 57-46 neutral-site win over La Salle in Reading, Pa.
GOPHERS VS. THE ACC
• The Gophers have amassed a record of 33-40 against the current membership of the Atlantic Coast Conference, excluding vacated games.
• Series records vs. ACC teams are as follows: 2-1 vs. Clemson, 1-2 vs. Duke, 6-5 vs. Florida State, 2-1 vs. Georgia Tech, 3-2 vs. Louisville, 1-1 vs. Miami, 2-2 vs. UNC, 0-2 vs. N.C. State, 8-14 vs. Notre Dame, 1-2 vs. Pittsburgh, 1-1 vs. Syracuse, 2-4 vs. Virginia, 1-0 vs. Virginia Tech, 4-3 vs. Wake Forest.
• Minnesota has faced all but one of the 15 ACC schools at least one time, with Boston College the outlier.
GOPHERS IN THE ACC/B1G CHALLENGE
• The Gophers are 9-9 all-time in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
• This is the third meeting between the Gophers and the Hurricanes in the Challenge, but the first time they have met in Minneapolis. The two teams split the previous games in Coral Gables.
• Until last year's loss at Florida State, Minnesota had won five straight B1G/ACC Challenge games, its longest win streak in the series. The Gophers have a 3-1 mark under head coach Richard Pitino in the Challenge.
• The Gophers' full Challenge history is below.
1999 vs. Virginia (W, 74-62)
2000 at Florida State (W, 76-71)
2001 at Wake Forest (L, 79-85)
2002 vs. Georgia Tech (W, 64-63)
2003 at Virginia (L, 78-86)
2004 vs. Florida State (L, 69-70)
2005 at Maryland (L, 66-83)
2006 vs. Clemson (L, 68-90)
2007 at Florida State (L, 61-75)
2008 vs. Virginia (W, 66-56)
2009 at Miami (L, 58-63)
2010 vs. Virginia (L, 79-87)
2011 vs. Virginia Tech (W, 58-55)
2012 at Florida State (W, 77-68)
2013 vs. Florida State (W, 71-61)
2014 at Wake Forest (W, 84-69)
2015 vs. Clemson (W, 89-83)
2016 at Florida State (L, 67-75)
The Last Meeting
Minnesota 78
Miami 60
March 19, 2012
Coral Gables, Fla.
Box Score | Photo Gallery
Nov. 28, 2017
Big Ten/ACC Challenge - #12/12 Minnesota (7-0) vs. #10/13 Miami (5-0) [GOLD OUT]
Date / Time Wednesday, Nov. 29 | 8:15 p.m.
Location Williams Arena - Directions
Tickets MyGopherSports.com
Travel Local Weather | Parking | Preferred Hotels
TV ESPN2
Live Video WatchESPN
Radio KFAN 100.3 FM
Live Stats Gametracker
Game Notes Minnesota | Miami
Official Sites Minnesota | Miami
Social Media Twitter | Facebook | Instagram
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Time: 8:15 p.m. CT
Location: Minneapolis, Minn.
Arena: Williams Arena (14,625)
TV/Live Video: ESPN2 - Clay Matvick (Play-by-Play); Fran Fraschilla (Analyst)
Radio: Learfield/KFAN 100.3 FM - Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play); Spencer Tollackson (Analyst)
SERIES INFORMATION
Series: Third Meeting (1-1)
Series (Home): First Meeting
Current Streak: W-1
Richard Pitino vs. Miami: First Meeting
Minnesota vs. ACC: 38-21*
Richard Pitino vs. ACC: 4-3
* - excludes vacated games
STARTING FIVE
• The 12th-ranked Minnesota men's basketball team faces its second-straight nationally ranked opponent on Wednesday in #10/13 Miami for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
• For the third straight week, Jordan Murphy was named the Big Ten's Player of the Week. Murphy is leading the team and the Big Ten Conference averaging 22 points and 12.3 rebounds per game through the first seven games. Murphy has posted double-doubles in every game thus far this season, and he became the first Gopher to win the award in back-to-back weeks. Murphy is also just the second Gopher to win it three times in the same season.
• The Gophers are ranked 12th nationally in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Poll. It marks the first time that Minnesota has begun the season as a ranked squad since 2009, when the Gophers were 25th in the AP poll. The Gophers have not been this highly ranked since 2012-13, when they were as high as eighth. The Gophers received votes in each of the preseason polls from 2011-13 and 2015. Wednesday's game is the first game with both Minnesota and its opponent in the top-15 since Jan. 17, 2013 (#5 Michigan 83, #9 Minnesota 75).
• Head coach Richard Pitino won his 100th career game on Saturday against Alabama. Pitino is one of five active Division I head coaches who have reached the 100 career victory mark in their sixth season or sooner.
• Miami is the highest-ranked non-conference opponent to come to the Barn in 19 years, when then-No. 4 Cincinnati defeated the 17th-ranked Gophers on Dec. 16, 1998. The result of that game was later vacated. Officially, Miami is the highest-ranked non-conference team to play at Williams Arena since 1977, a win by No. 4 Marquette on Dec. 6, 1977.
SCOUTING THE HURRICANES
• Miami has won all five of its games this season and has been ranked in the top-15 since the season's outset.
• Dewan Huell leads the Hurricane offense with 13.4 points per game, one of two Miami scorers in double figures.
• Miami is playing its first true road game of the season, with its only trip away from Coral Gables thus far a 57-46 neutral-site win over La Salle in Reading, Pa.
GOPHERS VS. THE ACC
• The Gophers have amassed a record of 33-40 against the current membership of the Atlantic Coast Conference, excluding vacated games.
• Series records vs. ACC teams are as follows: 2-1 vs. Clemson, 1-2 vs. Duke, 6-5 vs. Florida State, 2-1 vs. Georgia Tech, 3-2 vs. Louisville, 1-1 vs. Miami, 2-2 vs. UNC, 0-2 vs. N.C. State, 8-14 vs. Notre Dame, 1-2 vs. Pittsburgh, 1-1 vs. Syracuse, 2-4 vs. Virginia, 1-0 vs. Virginia Tech, 4-3 vs. Wake Forest.
• Minnesota has faced all but one of the 15 ACC schools at least one time, with Boston College the outlier.
GOPHERS IN THE ACC/B1G CHALLENGE
• The Gophers are 9-9 all-time in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
• This is the third meeting between the Gophers and the Hurricanes in the Challenge, but the first time they have met in Minneapolis. The two teams split the previous games in Coral Gables.
• Until last year's loss at Florida State, Minnesota had won five straight B1G/ACC Challenge games, its longest win streak in the series. The Gophers have a 3-1 mark under head coach Richard Pitino in the Challenge.
• The Gophers' full Challenge history is below.
1999 vs. Virginia (W, 74-62)
2000 at Florida State (W, 76-71)
2001 at Wake Forest (L, 79-85)
2002 vs. Georgia Tech (W, 64-63)
2003 at Virginia (L, 78-86)
2004 vs. Florida State (L, 69-70)
2005 at Maryland (L, 66-83)
2006 vs. Clemson (L, 68-90)
2007 at Florida State (L, 61-75)
2008 vs. Virginia (W, 66-56)
2009 at Miami (L, 58-63)
2010 vs. Virginia (L, 79-87)
2011 vs. Virginia Tech (W, 58-55)
2012 at Florida State (W, 77-68)
2013 vs. Florida State (W, 71-61)
2014 at Wake Forest (W, 84-69)
2015 vs. Clemson (W, 89-83)
2016 at Florida State (L, 67-75)
The Last Meeting
Minnesota 78
Miami 60
March 19, 2012
Coral Gables, Fla.
Box Score | Photo Gallery
