Competing in its first home dual since Nov. 24, No. 7 Minnesota welcomes No. 21 Michigan for its Big Ten home opener Sunday at Maturi Pavilion. The match is

Michigan was denied a second overtime in Minneapolis when Dawson Garcia sunk a buzzer-beating shot from just inside half court. The Wolverines had their chances to make sure a shot like that didn’t matter.

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.

The Minnesota Golden Gophers (9-9, 1-6 Big Ten) face a fellow Big Ten team, the Michigan State Spartans (15-2, 6-0 Big Ten), on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at Jack Breslin Students Events Center.

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.

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.

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

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,

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.

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.