Minnesota coach Richard Pitino hopes the fans get behind the Golden Gophers when they host No. 3 Ohio State in Minneapolis on Sunday. The Gophers played a tough nonconference schedule before losing their Big Ten opener 72-52 at Iowa on Monday to fall to 4-5 overall. Ohio State (9-0, 1-0 Big Ten) is the lone unbeaten team in the conference. “We need a great environment at the Barn. We need to win these home games,” Pitino said, referring to Williams Arena. “The season’s not dead yet. We’ve still got a lot of basketball to play, but we’re going to have to give them our best shot because they’re really, really good.” The Buckeyes are coming off an emotional stretch last week in which they went on the road to defeat then-No. 7 North Carolina 74-49 before coming home to hand Penn State a 106-74 defeat on Saturday, marking the first…
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