Illinois and Minnesota meet up on Saturday in a matchup between two teams that reside at the bottom of the Big Ten conference. Both the Fighting Illini and the Gophers have struggled in conference play with a combined record of 1-12. One of these teams will try to change that trend when they meet in the Barn on Saturday night.
Illinois is coming off a recent pounding from Indiana in Bloomington where it got taken down 103-69. It was the worst loss in the John Groce era and also the worst defensive performance of the season for Illinois.