The Minnesota Golden Gophers will host their first playoff series at Mariucci Arena since March 2013 when the Michigan Wolverines come to town for a Big Ten Quarterfinal best-of-three series this weekend. The Gophers earned the third seed in the Big Ten Tournament and will host the sixth seeded Wolverines who finished just two points behind Minnesota in the Big Ten regular season standings. The winner will advance to face the highest advancing seed next weekend in a single game semifinal matchup.
Minnesota did all they could to earn the third seed prior to last weekend.