The regular season behind us, the excitement of elimination games ahead of us. The Gophers get a chance to solidify their NCAA Tournament bid beyond a shadow of a doubt and move up their seed with a win over Penn State today.
The last time these two teams played the Gophers were entering their toughest portion of their schedule while Penn State was in the midst of what would be an 8-game losing streak (10 straight Big Ten losses) for the Nittany Lions. But they went from the worst team in the conference to finishing very strong. Penn State went 7-3 in their last 10 games with wins over Michigan and Maryland in there.