If you compare the records after three seasons for Minnesota's Richard Pitino and Northwestern's Chris Collins, they look almost identical.
Pitino is 44-38 overall and 14-26 in the Big Ten.
Collins is 43-38 overall and 14-25 in the Big Ten.
But the Gophers proved they are clearly a program moving in a different direction this season after suffering their worst home loss against Northwestern in program history Saturday 77-52 at Williams Arena.
Minnesota (6-10, 0-4) has now dropped eight of its last nine games, including five in a row.
It's the first time since 1928-29 (0-7) and 1929-30 (0-4) that the Gophers have lost at least four straight games to open Big Ten play in back-to-back seasons.