There are two very clear and incongruent things with this current Gopher basketball team.
1 - They are a hodge podge of transfers from mid-major programs that on paper are not as talented as the rest of the Big Ten. There is good reason why they were universally predicted to finish last in the Big Ten with struggles along the way.
2 - They are currently undefeated having won on the road over an ACC team and a good SEC team and are receiving votes for the top 25. There’s even talk surfacing about potential postseason play (albeit the NIT).