If I’m being honest, my eyes are getting raw from rubbing them so much in disbelief. Here we have the Gophers, a team that went 8-23 last year, coming off back-to-back road wins and looking like they belong with the teams at the top of a variable Big Ten. The last time Minnesota won back-to-back conference road games? Well, that was Jan. 12 and 15 … in 2012. With these performances the Gophers have flied up the rankings, checking in at 34 in KenPom, 4th in RPI and as a 7-seed in Joe Lunardi’s Bracketology. Certainly there’s a long way to go in the season, but three games into the conference slate Minnesota has done a tremendous job. Up next are the Ohio State Buckeyes, who have started off the conference season with losses to Illinois (road) and Purdue (home), and are now down one starter for the season. The…
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