January, Minnesota basketball (9-9) is likely to miss the NCAA Tournament for a sixth straight season. Following a promising 19-win 2023-24 campaign, the Golden Gophers are stumbling mightily in the expanded Big Ten Conference.

Dawson Garcia's offensive and defensive performance, including last-second heroics, help Minnesota take down No. 20 Michigan.

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Michigan, in losing to Minnesota, fell out of a tie with Michigan State atop the Big Ten. The Wolverines are 8-0 at home this year. Michigan has announced a fourth straight sellout for Sunday.

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.

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.

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

(Minneapolis, MN) -- Dawson Garcia hit a mid court three pointer at the buzzer as the Gophers stunned 20th ranked Michigan 84-81.

Garcia, whose two free throws with 7.4 seconds left sent it to overtime, spent much of the night banging on the inside at both ends of the floor against Michigan’s twin towers, 7-footers Danny Wolf and Vladislav Goldin. In fact, just before his buzzer beater, Garcia was taken to the hoop by Wolf for a layup tied it at 81 with seven seconds to play.

Jamal Mashburn Jr. scored 21 points, Quante Berry added 19 and Temple upset No. 18 Memphis 88-81 on Thursday night in American Athletic Conference play.

Dawson Garcia made a 3-pointer from the near edge of the center-court logo to give Minnesota an 84-81 overtime victory over No. 20 Michigan on Thursday night.