Feb 4, 2017 - Minnesota at Illinois - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

2/4/2017 Illinois v. Minnesota Game Preview

	Minnesota Golden Gophers	(16-7, 3-4 away)
	Illinois Fighting Illini	(13-11, 11-5 home)

February 4, 2017 at 4:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

State Farm Center
Champaign, Illinois

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2016-2017 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Minnesota	34	40.9	75.2	26.1	59.9	.435	6.1	17.9	.343	16.9	23.7	.711	10.4	27.8	38.2	14.9	5.7	6.7	11.6	17.0
Illinois	35	40.1	71.7	25.7	57.7	.445	7.7	20.9	.369	12.6	18.4	.687	9.1	24.6	33.8	13.5	5.6	2.4	12.4	18.3
MINN Opponents	34	40.9	69.4	25.2	63.0	.400	6.5	20.9	.309	12.6	18.4	.682	11.2	25.7	36.9	13.5	5.6	3.6	12.5	20.2
ILL Opponents	35	40.1	69.1	24.8	57.2	.434	7.0	21.0	.334	12.4	17.1	.727	8.3	23.8	32.1	11.3	5.3	2.8	13.2	18.6

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Mar 9, 2016	Minnesota	Illinois	52 - 85	Illinois	Conference Tournament	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Feb 28, 2016	Minnesota	Illinois	71 - 84	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	State Farm Center
Jan 23, 2016	Illinois	Minnesota	76 - 71	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	Williams Arena
Jan 24, 2015	Illinois	Minnesota	71 - 79	Minnesota	Conference Regular Season	Williams Arena
Feb 19, 2014	Illinois	Minnesota	62 - 49	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	Williams Arena
Mar 14, 2013	Minnesota	Illinois	49 - 51	Illinois	Conference Tournament	United Center
Feb 10, 2013	Illinois	Minnesota	57 - 53	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	Williams Arena
Jan 9, 2013	Minnesota	Illinois	84 - 67	Minnesota	Conference Regular Season	State Farm Center
Jan 28, 2012	Illinois	Minnesota	72 - 77	Minnesota	Conference Regular Season	Williams Arena
Dec 27, 2011	Minnesota	Illinois	72 - 81	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	State Farm Center
Feb 10, 2011	Illinois	Minnesota	71 - 62	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	Williams Arena
Feb 27, 2010	Minnesota	Illinois	62 - 60	Minnesota	Conference Regular Season	State Farm Center
Feb 26, 2009	Minnesota	Illinois	41 - 52	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	State Farm Center
Jan 29, 2009	Illinois	Minnesota	36 - 59	Minnesota	Conference Regular Season	Williams Arena
Mar 15, 2008	Illinois	Minnesota	54 - 50	Illinois	Conference Tournament	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Mar 8, 2008	Minnesota	Illinois	58 - 67	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	State Farm Center
Feb 12, 2008	Illinois	Minnesota	84 - 60	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	Williams Arena
Feb 3, 2007	Minnesota	Illinois	49 - 59	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	State Farm Center
Jan 17, 2007	Illinois	Minnesota	64 - 52	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	Williams Arena
Feb 28, 2006	Illinois	Minnesota	71 - 65	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	Williams Arena
Jan 25, 2006	Minnesota	Illinois	53 - 77	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	State Farm Center
Mar 12, 2005	Minnesota	Illinois	56 - 64	Illinois	Conference Tournament	United Center
Jan 29, 2005	Minnesota	Illinois	66 - 89	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	State Farm Center
Feb 8, 2004	Illinois	Minnesota	79 - 69	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	Williams Arena
Mar 9, 2003	Minnesota	Illinois	60 - 84	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	State Farm Center
Jan 7, 2003	Illinois	Minnesota	76 - 70	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	Williams Arena

2016-2017 Minnesota Golden Gophers Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	N. Mason	D. McBrayer	J. Murphy	A. Coffey	R. Lynch
Rotation		A. Springs		E. Curry
Lim PT	S. Sharp	B. Rudrud	A. Gilbert	M. Hurt	B. Konate
Lim PT	D. Haugh			G. Diedhiou

2016-2017 Illinois Fighting Illini Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	T. Abrams	J. Coleman-Lands	M. Hill	L. Black	M. Morgan
Rotation	T. Lucas	J. Tate	K. Nichols	M. Finke	M. Thorne
Lim PT	C. Jones	A. Jordan	D. Williams
Lim PT		A. Austin	C. Liss
Lim PT		S. Oladimeji

Minnesota Golden Gophers Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
5	Amir Coffey	SF	33	33.2	12.2	4.0	8.8	.449	1.0	2.9	.337	3.3	4.4	.753	0.7	3.2	3.8	3.1	1.1	0.2	1.9	1.7
1	Eric Curry	PF	34	20.0	5.5	2.0	4.7	.431	0.1	0.9	.172	1.3	1.9	.703	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.2	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.0
41	Gaston Diedhiou	FC	4	2.2	0.5	0.2	0.8	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
20	Davonte Fitzgerald	F	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
32	Ahmad Gilbert	SF	15	5.0	1.7	0.5	1.8	.296	0.5	1.5	.318	0.1	0.3	.500	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.5
10	Darin Haugh	G	5	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
42	Michael Hurt	PF	26	5.8	0.7	0.2	0.8	.300	0.1	0.5	.143	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.5
12	Jarvis Johnson	PG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	Bakary Konate	C	32	10.0	1.7	0.6	1.3	.463	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.8	.625	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.1	0.2	0.8	0.6	2.3
22	Reggie Lynch	FC	33	23.1	8.4	3.3	6.0	.543	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.9	.639	2.1	4.0	6.1	0.5	0.5	3.5	1.5	3.4
2	Nathaniel Mason	G	34	34.5	15.2	5.0	13.2	.376	1.6	4.4	.360	3.7	4.6	.808	0.6	3.0	3.6	5.0	1.4	0.1	1.9	1.6
1	Dupree McBrayer	SG	34	27.9	11.1	3.8	8.4	.448	1.1	2.6	.416	2.4	3.3	.741	0.3	1.7	2.0	2.7	0.9	0.3	1.5	1.5
3	Jordan Murphy	SF	34	27.5	11.3	4.2	8.4	.502	0.1	0.9	.125	2.7	4.4	.615	2.4	6.4	8.8	0.9	0.7	1.1	1.6	3.0
10	Brady Rudrud	G	5	1.8	1.2	0.4	0.6	.667	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
15	Stephon Sharp	G	9	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3
0	Akeem Springs	G	32	24.0	9.5	3.2	8.4	.381	2.1	5.5	.383	1.0	1.5	.681	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.3	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.1

Illinois Fighting Illini Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
13	Tracy Abrams	G	35	24.2	8.6	3.0	7.0	.426	1.5	3.6	.402	1.2	1.7	.712	0.2	2.7	2.9	2.3	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.0
44	Alex Austin	G	9	2.2	0.4	0.2	0.9	.250	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.4	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
12	Leron Black	SF	31	20.2	8.1	3.3	7.2	.453	0.4	1.2	.297	1.3	1.7	.722	1.8	4.5	6.3	0.4	0.5	0.1	1.2	2.9
5	Jalen Coleman-Lands	SG	35	24.3	8.0	2.7	7.3	.366	2.0	5.3	.380	0.6	0.7	.840	0.2	2.1	2.3	1.0	0.7	0.1	1.0	2.1
43	Michael Finke	PF	32	19.8	6.9	2.6	5.4	.483	1.2	2.8	.411	0.5	1.0	.548	1.5	2.7	4.2	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.9	1.4
21	Malcolm Hill	G	35	33.3	17.2	5.4	12.4	.434	1.9	5.2	.355	4.6	5.8	.784	1.0	4.1	5.1	2.9	1.2	0.4	1.9	2.1
41	Clayton Jones	G	9	1.2	0.4	0.1	0.3	.333	0.1	0.2	.500	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
23	Aaron Jordan	SG	24	6.9	1.0	0.3	1.2	.286	0.2	0.8	.300	0.0	0.2	.167	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.8
45	Cameron Liss	F	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3	Te'Jon Lucas	G	31	20.7	4.8	1.5	3.7	.409	0.4	1.0	.375	1.4	2.3	.592	0.2	1.6	1.9	3.1	1.0	0.0	1.6	1.9
22	Maverick Morgan	C	35	25.6	9.9	4.1	7.6	.540	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.7	.656	1.7	2.8	4.5	0.9	0.3	0.8	1.7	2.2
2	Kipper Nichols	F	21	13.6	4.9	1.9	4.1	.453	0.6	1.3	.444	0.6	1.0	.619	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.2
35	Samson Oladimeji	G	7	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.667	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
1	Jaylon Tate	G	26	15.7	2.4	0.7	1.8	.383	0.1	0.4	.182	0.9	1.3	.686	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.8	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.2
33	Mike Thorne	C	23	13.8	5.2	2.3	4.1	.547	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.5	.457	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.1	2.2
0	D.J. Williams	SF	17	8.8	2.3	1.0	2.4	.425	0.1	0.6	.200	0.2	0.3	.600	0.2	0.6	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.4

2/4/2017 Illinois v. Minnesota Game Preview

2016-2017 Team Stats

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

2016-2017 Minnesota Golden Gophers Depth Chart

2016-2017 Illinois Fighting Illini Depth Chart

Minnesota Golden Gophers Player Stats

Illinois Fighting Illini Player Stats

Minnesota Golden Gophers Last 10 Games

Illinois Fighting Illini Last 10 Games