No. 20 Purdue takes on the Minnesota Golden Gophers after Boilermakers’ 83-64 victory against the Toledo Rockets. Thursday’s meeting is the first this season for the squads. Minnesota is 0-2 against the Big Ten,

Purdue started 1-1 in Big Ten play with a victory at home against Maryland and a loss on the road to Penn State. Penn State might surprise some folks this year so it’s not as if that’s a bad loss, but being 1-1 isn’t where we all hoped Purdue would be as they try for that ever elusive Three-Pete.