Dawson Garcia’s desperation, 35-foot triple to beat Michigan would be the bad luck storyline of what happened in Minneapolis Thursday evening. Not this night. U-M did just what coach Dusty May warned them not to do in coming out lax in an 84-81 loss to a winless Minnesota team,

Michigan’s first Big Ten loss of the season came Thursday night on a 40-foot buzzer beater in overtime that gave the opponent its first league win. Top highlight: Tre Donaldson strips a Gopher to start a fast break and feeds Danny Wolf, who twists his body for a layup through a foul, giving Michigan a 10-point lead with 12:50 left.

Michigan and Northwestern will play each other on Sunday with both teams coming off an overtime game that ended with a buzzer-beater. Northwestern was on the winning side. Michigan was not. In Evanston,

"If we don't go up there with the mindset that it's going to be 40 minutes of fight...we're going to walk out of there with a loss," Dusty May said.

Dawson Garcia drilled a long 3-pointer for Minnesota as time expired in OT and Michigan basketball suffered its first Big Ten loss of the season.

Entering the game at 8-9 overall and 0-6 in Big Ten play, the narrative about the 2024-25 Golden Gophers has not been positive. There's been a lot of outside noise, and while head coach Ben Johnson believes his team has done well blocking out the noise, it's apparent now that senior Femi Odukale is listening.

Wolverines -9.5; over/under is 144.5 BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota hosts No. 20 Michigan after Dawson Garcia scored 21 points in Minnesota's 77-71 loss to the Maryland Terrapins. The Golden Gophers have gone 8-4 at home.

The Minnesota Gophers knocked off one of the top teams in the country. Minnesota earned an 84-81 overtime victory over No.19 Michigan on Williams Arena on Thursday night. Dawson

Thursday’s three-point defeat was Michigan’s most lopsided loss of the season. Michigan’s four losses have come by a combined eight points.

Dawson Garcia hit a game-winning 3-pointer from near half-court just before the buzzer sounded to end overtime, giving Minnesota an 84-81 win over No. 20 Michigan on Thursday in Minneapolis. After Michigan's Danny Wolf tied the game at 81-81 on a layup with seven seconds left in OT,

Dawson Garcia hit a 35-foot buzzer beater to lift the Gophers men's basketball team over No. 20 Michigan 84-81 in overtime Thursday night at Williams Arena for their first Big Ten win of the season.