Forty-eight hours ago, the Minnesota Golden Gophers were preparing for a rivalry game against the Wisconsin Badgers. But you wouldn’t have known it from watching Fleck’s weekly press conference on Monday. After fielding questions ranging from how COVID-19 restrictions have impacted recruiting to his decision not to make public the names of players who have tested positive, Fleck offered the media assembled on the Zoom call his own question:
“Anyone got any questions about the game?”
Perhaps the writing was on the wall after the Gophers were without 22 players against Purdue in their 34-31 victory on Friday night.