Illini facing Mbakwe, deep Gopher team
January 9, 2013 12:52 PM
"Last time it was, how are we going to respond to the adversity of losing at Purdue?" Groce said Tuesday. "Would we get up off the mat and be ready for Ohio State? I think we answered that question.
"Now it's a different challenge. We have to battle with that same intensity against a very athletic, physical, deep Minnesota team that is the No. 1 offensive rebounding team in the country.
"We felt that physical practice was important last week and just because we won a game doesn't mean it's not important again," he said. "We did a lot of the same things we did before the Ohio State game."
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"Now it's a different challenge. We have to battle with that same intensity against a very athletic, physical, deep Minnesota team that is the No. 1 offensive rebounding team in the country.
"We felt that physical practice was important last week and just because we won a game doesn't mean it's not important again," he said. "We did a lot of the same things we did before the Ohio State game."
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