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Published Mar 5, 2021
Scouting Minnesota Hoops: Gophers roster, rankings, stat comparison
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Richie O'Leary  •  TheKnightReport
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This is it, the regular season finale for Rutgers Basketball as they aim to get their 10th Big Ten Conference of the season as they take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

To learn more about the Gophers, TKR decided to take a look at Minnesota's projected starting lineup and where they're ranked in key metrics and statistics.

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RANKINGS COMPARISON - RUTGERS | MINNESOTA

ESPN BPI: No. 50 | No. 75

KENPOM: No. 32 | No. 59

SAGARIN: No. 35 | No. 60

NET RANKINGS: No. 37 | No. 78

PROJECTED MINNESOTA STARTING LINEUP
NAMEHT/WTYEARNOTES

6-2/175

Fr.

The former four-star guard has scored in double digits in five of his last six games.

6-2/195

Jr.

The third leading scorer in the Big Ten is averaging 20.1ppg this season, recently scored 41 vs. Nebraska.

6-5/195

So

Coming off a big game where he scored 17pts to go along with 5rebs and 3asts vs. Penn State.

6-8/220

Sr.

The senior big man does a little bit of everything for the Gophers, averaging 8.7ppg and 5.9rpg.

7-0/235

Jr.

Robbins has missed the past couple of games, but he is expected back at any time. He is also leading the B1G with 2.7bpg.

Rutgers - Minnesota Stat Comparison
STATRUTGERSMinnesota

Points/game

70.1 (211th)

73.3 (130th)

Field Goal %

45,3% (108th)

39.8% (327th)

3PT %

31.3% (284th)

28.8% (338th)

Rebound Margin

-0.6 (203rd)

-3.7 (291st)

Assist/Turnover Ratio

1.25 (46th)

1.28 (39th)

Steals/game

7.8 (50th)

6.3 (193rd)

Blocks/game

5.4 (6th)

4.6 (35th)

Opp. points/game

68.0 (109th)

73.9 (267th)

Opp. FG%

42.2% (117th)

44.4% (222nd)

Opp. 3PT%

33.4% (163rd)

35.3% (271st)

MINNESOTA RECORD THIS SEASON: 13-13 (6-13) / Notable wins against No. 4 Iowa, No. 7 Michigan, No. 17 Michigan State, No. 24 Purdue and No. 25 Ohio State.

SERIES HISTORY: This will be the 14th matchup between the two schools, with Minnesota leading the series 8-5, but Rutgers holds the latest victory defeating Minnesota 76-72 in February.

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