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Chart: Up-tempo Gophers? Not so fast

February 1, 2014 at 4:01AM

Not so fast

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

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