Minnesota defeated North Carolina A&T on Friday 86-67 at Williams Arena. With the win, the Gophers improved to 10-2 on the season. In addition, Richard Pitino now has 100 wins at Minnesota. Jordan Murphy led all scorers with 30 points.
We did not run this article on Saturday because beating North Carolina A&T was a foregone conclusion. The Gophers had a size advantage at every position and a fairly substantial talent advantage. That meant even when the Gophers were down 10 points early, there was never any real cause for concern that an upset was in the making.