Minnesota Basketball: Previewing Purdue

Here we are. The final game of the regular season. In simpler times this was going to be a game for NCAA Tournament seeding purposes. Perhaps the Gophers and Purdue were going to battle it out for a potential two-seed and a clearer path to the tournament’s second weekend. Maybe it was a battle to see who got the top seed in the forthcoming Big Ten Tournament. Either way, it was a red-letter game back in idyllic November

Alas, here we are. The Gophers are locked into the BTT’s first round, which means they have to win four games in four days to nab the conference’s auto-bid. Not an easy task, and even more arduous when you take their roster woes into account.

Purdue, for what it’s worth, is…