Richard Pitino promised his Gophers would play a fast-paced style, but the first-year coach has learned that's a tall order in the grinding world of the Big Ten:
TeamPossessions
per 40 minutes
Iowa69
Ohio State 66
Purdue65.6
Nebraska65.5
Penn State65.5
Indiana65.4
Wisconsin65.3
Gophers65.2
Illinois65
Michigan State64.1
Michigan62.9
Northwestern62
Big Ten games only
“The best soccer conference in the country,” as coach Erin Chastain called the Big Ten, awaits. Minnesota will tackle it with a team that's both experienced and successful.
