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Illinois Tops Gophers In Double Overtime
The Gopher men's basketball team lost their Big Ten opener 81-72 in double overtime at Illinois Tuesday night. Minnesota trailed by as many as 13 points early in the 2nd half before going on a 10-0 run to cut the lead to 3. Julian Welch missed the front end of a 1 and 1 that would have given Minnesota a 4 point lead with 20 seconds left in regulation.