The Gophers men’s basketball team isn’t tattling, but players felt like they were bullied during last Sunday’s 64-56 loss at Rutgers. Minnesota gave up a season-high 20 offensive rebounds to the Scarlet Knights, ranked No. 24 in the nation this week, including a whopping 15 in the first half. “Bottom line is Rutgers absolutely manhandled us,” Gophers coach Richard Pitino said Wednesday. But nobody is going to coddle the Gophers as the grind through Big Ten Conference games continues when Minnesota (10-8, 4-4) plays Ohio State (12-6, 2-5) at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The Gophers’ best win this season came against the then-No. 3 Buckeyes, 84-71, on Dec. 15. But with Ohio State losing five of its past six games to free-fall out of the Associated Press poll, the sheen on that win has fallen off. Gophers guard Marcus Carr scored a career-high 35…
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