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More than any Big Ten men s basketball team so far this spring, the Gophers have been hit hard by the transfer portal.
Liam Robbins became the eighth Gophers player to enter his name into the transfer portal, sources confirmed Tuesday to the Star Tribune.
Penn State (seven), Nebraska (six) and Indiana (five) are three Big Ten teams that had the most names in the portal behind Minnesota, which has had seven players enter the portal since season s end, along with Jarvis Omersa, who entered after he opted out midseason. It definitely is uncharted waters for everybody, new Gophers coach Ben Johnson said Monday on 100.3 KFAN radio. If any coach told you they ve got it figured out they re lying. Because you don t.
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When Purdue coach Matt Painter lost two veteran starters as transfers after last season, he could ve gone the popular route in college basketball these days and added other transfers to the roster.
Painter instead took what has now become the nontraditional path: leaning more on freshmen. Purdue is getting 29 points per game combined from freshmen Jaden Ivey, Brandon Newman, Zach Edey and Mason Gillis.
A sharp contrast in roster-building styles will be on display Saturday, when the No. 21 Gophers (11-5, 4-5 Big Ten) a team heavily reliant on veteran transfers play at Purdue.
The youthful Boilermakers are the first team to have four different players selected as Big Ten Freshman of the Week since the conference began doling out those honors.