US EditionNo. 22 Indiana Suffers First Loss, Drops Big Ten Opener to Minnesota
Minnesota overcame multiple injuries and an eight-point underdog status to hold Indiana scoreless late in the first half in coach Niko Medved's Big Ten opener.
- In the Big Ten opener, Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team upset Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team 73-64 at Williams Arena, handing coach Darian DeVries his first loss.
- Shorthanded and injured, Minnesota Golden Gophers had eight scholarship players and missed Robert Vaihola, BJ Omot, Chance Stephens, plus Chansey Willis Jr., Minnesota starting point guard, out for the season.
- A 40-25 rebounding advantage, with Langston Reynolds scoring 7 and Isaac Asuma adding 15, helped Minnesota secure the win.
- The win also snapped a nine-game losing streak vs. Indiana as the Minnesota Golden Gophers upset the Indiana Hoosiers despite eight-point underdog status.
- KenPom ranks Indiana 19 and Minnesota 116, making the upset a significant statement and a setback for Indiana's NCAA tournament resume.
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Gophers men’s basketball announces their new era with win over No. 22 Indiana
The start of Minnesota’s Big Ten season could not have been better. The Gophers scored their first conference victory under head coach Niko Medved, a 73-64 victory against No. 22 Indiana University and their first victory over the Indiana Hoosiers since 2019. After a trio of losses against Santa Clara University, Stanford University and University of San Francisco only a week prior, Minnesota fans had many reasons to doubt its position. But th…
Minnesota Reignites Court-Storming Debate After Upsetting Indiana
The Minnesota Golden Gophers pulled off an upset over the No. 22 Indiana Hoosiers on Wednesday night. The Gophers erased an eight-point first-half deficit to send the game into halftime tied and then pulled away in the second half for a 73-64 victory on their home court. Of course, the win sent the Williams Arena crowd into a frenzy and fans rushed onto the court as soon as the clock hit zero. The court-storming reignites the age-old debate (or …
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Men’s basketball: Gophers upset No. 22 Indiana 73-64 in Big Ten opener
Gophers men’s basketball coach Niko Medved wanted to see the character of his already shorthanded team in the Big Ten opener against No. 22 Indiana on Wednesday. Already amid a three-game nonconference losing streak, what were the U players made of after swallowing the tough news this week that starting point guard Chansey Willis Jr. […]
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