Chart: Up-tempo Gophers? 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

Indiana65.4

Wisconsin65.3

Gophers65.2

Illinois65

Michigan State64.1

Northwestern62