Game Thread: Minnesota vs. Indiana
Opponent: Minnesota
Date: Friday, March 14, 2008 | 9:00 p.m. EST
Arena: Conseco Fieldhouse (18,345) – Indianapolis, Indiana
Line: Indiana by 5.5
All-time series: Indiana leads 88-63
Previous meeting: Indiana won 69-55 in Bloomington on March 5, 2007
TV: Big Ten Network (Wayne Larrivee and Shon Morris)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Todd Leary and Joe Smith)
Probable Starters:
- Minnesota (19-12, 8-10 Big Ten): Al Nolen, Lawrence McKenzie, Lawrence Westbrook, Dan Coleman, Spencer Tollackson
- Indiana (25-6, 14-4 Big Ten): Armon Bassett, Eric Gordon, Jamarcus Ellis, Lance Stemler, D.J. White
Game Notes (Adobe Reader required to view):
Gameday Reading:
- Which Hoosiers will show up? (Indianapolis Star)
- Hoosiers’ mind-set is just fine (Ft. Wayne Journal Gazettte)
- With victories, IU, Purdue would meet (Evansville Courier Press)
- On verge of embarassment, Gophers survive (Paging Jim Shikenjanski)
- Keys for Gophers against Indiana (Paging Jim Shikenjanski)
- Surge cancels purge (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
- Gophers grind out win over Northwestern (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- Billy Packer’s take on Kelvin Sampson (Chicago Tribune)
- The Cram Session (The Dagger @ Y! Sports)
As always, your predictions and analysis are welcome in the game thread. Recap will be late tonight due to the fact that I’ll be at Conseco. Poor me.
Category: Game Threads
Filed to: Big Ten Tournament, Minnesota Golden Gophers