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Changing of the guards
When the Gophers took a foreign tour to Italy two years ago, Richard Pitino s squad wasn t led in scoring by Marcus Carr or Daniel Oturu.
Carr and Oturu earned All-Big Ten honors last season, but it was Tre Williams who stole the show that summer on the trip overseas for the team.
Fast forward to Saturday s home finale against Rutgers. Williams is ending his sophomore season displaying some of that potential he showcased when he first arrived on the U s campus.
In Wednesday s 84-65 loss at Penn State, the 6-5 Dallas native set career-highs in points (17), field goals (8), field goal attempts (14), rebounds (5) and minutes played (35).
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Robbins helping Gophers keep up with crowd of Big 10 big men
By DAVE CAMPBELLFebruary 4, 2021 GMT
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Liam Robbins needed a couple of calculated steps of development before he plunged into major college competition, a late-blooming 7-footer now in his first season with Minnesota who has proven he belongs in one of the toughest conferences in the country.
The transfer from Drake found quite the collection of big men waiting for him.
“They’re finding a way to our league a lot more than other leagues, maybe. It’s amazing the amount of bigs we have in this league that are really good,” Gophers coach Richard Pitino said.