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Minnesota at Purdue: Preview, Odds, & How to Watch Share this story Sandra Dukes-USA TODAY Sports Purdue has been off for a week, and it has not been due to a COVID pause. Purdue has been very lucky for basketball in that we have only had one game moved so far, and that was due to Nebraska’s issues. Yes, Sasha Stefanovic will be sitting for the next two games and there are rumors of a very bad summer for Emmanuel Dowuona, but for the most part things have gone well. Now, after an eight day layoff, we get yet another top 25 team on the schedule.

Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images The LA Clippers won their second game in Florida in as many nights, as they defeated the Orlando Magic 116-90 Friday at the Amway Center. After losing the first game of their ongoing six-game road swing, the Clippers built on Thursday’s streaky win over the Miami Heat and welcomed back their twin stars to help them post a fairly comfortable win over the Magic. Paul George and Kawhi Leonard returned to Ty Lue’s starting lineup in the second of the back-to-back, their first games of the current Clippers road trip, and started alongside regulars Serg...

Copy shortlink: When Purdue coach Matt Painter lost two veteran starters as transfers after last season, he could've gone the popular route in college basketball these days and added other transfers to the roster. Painter instead took what has now become the nontraditional path: leaning more on freshmen. Purdue is getting 29 points per game combined from freshmen Jaden Ivey, Brandon Newman, Zach Edey and Mason Gillis. A sharp contrast in roster-building styles will be on display Saturday, when the No. 21 Gophers (11-5, 4-5 Big Ten) — a team heavily reliant on veteran...

Perimeter defense Richard Pitino doesn't just call Gophers co-captain Gabe Kalscheur the best perimeter defender in the Big Ten as a biased coach's opinion. There's evidence to back up his claim. Most recently, Kalscheur shut down several of the top wing players in the league in big U victories at the Barn. Michigan's talented sophomore Franz Wagner tops many NBA mock draft boards when it comes to Big Ten prospects, but he had just eight points on 3-for-9 shooting in last weekend's 75-57 win against the No. 7-ranked Wolverines. Kalscheur is 6-4 and 200 pounds. Wagner is nearly 6-10 and 220....

Oklahoma City Thunder point guard George Hill is one of the veteran players who is expected to be made available on the trade market before the 2021 deadline. With the team currently focused on the development of their young players, many people believe that the Thunder would strongly consider moving Hill if they received assets that could help them speed up the rebuilding process. In recent months, Hill has already been linked to several teams that are in dire need of a backcourt boost, including the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers may currently be doing well in the 2020-21 NBA season, bu...