Minnesota opens Big Ten men's basketball season by upsetting No. 22 Indiana, 73-64

Chip Scoggins, Star Tribune on Dec 3, 2025

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MINNEAPOLIS — More than five decades ago, in the winter of 1972, Bill Musselman coached his first Big Ten game as the Minnesota Gophers men’s basketball coach against the No. 5 ranked Indiana Hoosiers.

The young coach led the Gophers to a one-point upset at Williams Arena that night.

Déjà vu visited the ol’ Barn on Wednesday night.

Making his Big Ten debut as Gophers coach, Niko Medved guided his short-handed team to a 73-64 upset of the No. 22 and undefeated Hoosiers.

Medved jumped and pumped his fist as the final seconds ticked off the clock and students conducted the first court storming of the Niko Medved Era.

All five starters scored in double figures for the Gophers (5-4, 1-0 Big Ten). Cade Tyson had 17 points and eight rebounds, and Langston Reynolds also scored 17.

Tayton Connerway led Indiana (7-1) with 18 points.

This qualifies as a stunner for many reasons.

The Gophers entered the game on a three-game losing streak, played without three of their top eight players because of injury and faced serious foul trouble in the second half.

The Gophers didn’t flinch.

Bobby Durkin’s 3-pointer put the Gophers ahead 65-55 with 3:54 left. They held off the Hoosiers down the stretch.

Back-to-back 3-pointers by Isaac Asuma and Tyson midway through the second half gave the Gophers the lead and sent a charge through the Barn. Jaylen Crocker-Johnson’s 3-pointer a few minutes later gave the Gophers a 53-45 lead.

One play in the first half crystalized the fight that Medved’s team showed.

Indiana’s Tucker DeVries stole the ball in the frontcourt and had a clear path to the basket for a breakaway dunk. Grayson Grove had other ideas.

DeVries slowed down a tick, which allowed a sprinting Grove to catch him and disrupt his dunk. Grove gathered himself quickly and sprinted back to the other end of the court. He received a pass in the lane and drew a hard foul that sent him to the free-throw line.