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MINNEAPOLIS -- From pregame warmup drills though the pickup-game vibe of the second half, the Illinois players kept filling Minnesota's mostly empty

FULLER'S FOUR THINGS TO WATCH: Replacing Kalscheur Richard Pitino never wavered when starting Gabe Kalscheur during a shooting slump, because the junior guard's value was much more than on the offensive end. Pitino called Kalscheur the top perimeter defender in the Big Ten, but his absence now for 3-4 weeks with a broken finger makes it a tough task to find a replacement. Freshman Jamal Mashburn Jr. scored 19 points in his first career start in Wednesday's 82-72 loss at Indiana. It wasn't fair to ask him to make up for Kalscheur defensively, but Mashburn was impressive scoring the most points...

Gabe Kalscheur, who started all 88 games of his career until this week, suffered the hand injury in practice a day before Wednesday's 82-72 loss at Indiana.

FULLER'S FOUR THINGS TO WATCH: How healthy are the Gophers? This probably would've been a good time for Richard Pitino and his Gophers to have a bye week with so many players banged up and dealing with nagging injuries. They don't call it the dog days of February for nothing. No team is fully healthy, but Pitino is going into the final stretch run of Big Ten play without several Gophers at full strength. Prior to Wednesday's pregame warmups at Indiana, the Gophers announced starting junior guard Gabe Kalscheur is out indefinitely with a hand injury suffered in practice. Having to replace Kal...

Minnesota has been awful (a-w-f-u-l) on the road. Will that trend continue in Bloomington?