Ben Johnson now has a conference win on his resume. Minnesota defeated Michigan 75-65 in Ann Arbor. It is the first win at Michigan for the Gophers since January 2011. Jamison Battle led all scorers with 27 points.
Look y’all, I am going to remain expectation-less for this season, but wow was this a sweet win. Not just because the Gophers won, which I think is always worth celebrating, but because if you did not know who was in whose jerseys you would have been forgiven for believing that Minnesota was the pre-season top 25 team. Michigan was just 3-16 from distance (the reason they lost the game by the way), and outside of Hunter Dickinson the Gophers solved the problems associated with Michigan’s deeply talented team.