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It has been nine days since we have seen Purdue play basketball. It has been 21 days since we have seen Purdue play good basketball. Will the turnaround for the 2014-15 season start today? The good news is that there is still time to turn this season around and have a good run through the Big Ten with a young team. The bad news is that we're going to start playing a lot of good teams in a row and a bad streak can become an awful run very easily.
Fortunately, we have two home games against opponents we can beat to start conference play. Let the turnaround begin!
T-Mill is at the Pacers-Heat game, so Jumboheroes will take you home.
| Opponent: | Minnesota Golden Gophers |
| Location: | Minneapolis, MN |
| Date: | 12/31/2014 |
| Venue: | MackeyArena (14,846) |
| TV: | BTN |
| Radio Stream: | TuneIn |
| Satellite Radio: | SIRI 136, XM |
| Odds: | No line yet |
| Tickets: | As low as $12.96 on Stubhub |
| Tipoff: | 3:15pm |
| KenPom Ranking: | 27 of 351 |
| RPI: | 75 |
| Blog Representation: | The Daily Gopher |
| 2014-15 Record: | 11-2 |
| All-time series | Purdue leads 99-81 |
| Last Purdue win: | 2/5/2014 at Purdue 77-74 3OT |
| Last Minnesota Win: | 1/5/2014 at Minnesota 82-79 |
| 2013-14 Record: | 25-13, 8-10 Big Ten (NIT Champions) |
| Last NCAA appearance: | 2013 (12 appearances overall) |
| Coach: | Richard Pitino (54-29 overall, 36-15 in 2nd year at Minnesota) |