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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.
David Mutaf to transfer at end of season
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David Mutaf will transfer at the end of the season. The freshman played in three games this season and all of his minutes came during garbage time. I will miss his sheer willingness to shoot whenever he had the ball in his hands.
Mutaf’s transfer frees up another scholarship at the end of the season for Richard Pitino to either use in the Spring window or bank for 2022. More From The Daily Gopher
Minnesota smacks away #17 Michigan State
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Minnesota defeated Michigan State 81-56 at Williams Arena, the largest winning margin against MSU in program history. With the win, the Gophers are now 2-1 in conference play and 9-1 on the season. Minnesota has now won back to back games against top 25 opponents, the first time since 2013. Marcus Carr led all scorers with 19.
Lest anyone get it twisted, Minnesota beat the tar out of Michigan State from start to finish. The Gophers never trailed in the game. They were up 20 points at the half. The benches cleared with almost 4 minutes left in the game.
Minnesota defeated UMKC 90-61 at Williams Arena. With the win, the Gophers improve to 6-0 on the season. Liam Robbins led all scorers with 27 points.
Practically speaking the game was over once.