Golden Gophers vs Wildcats

Gameday · SUN JAN 3
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Tip7:30 PM ET
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Welsh-Ryan Arena · Evanston, IL

Win probability

1912 blend
36% MINNNU 64%
Adj. efficiency34%
66%
SRS36%
64%
Elo38%
62%
NU +3.8
Proj. margin
138.5
Proj. total
63.6
Proj. pace

Home court counts 3 points. Blend of Adj. efficiency, SRS and Elo.

Returning starters · 2025-26 stats

PPG
  • 1I.AsumaG · 3.7 APG10.9
  • 3B.DurkinF · 3.2 RPG10.2
  • 5J.Crocker-JohnsonF · 6.8 RPG13.4
  • 2G.GroveF · 3.2 RPG4.0
  • 9K.ShinholsterG · 1.0 APG1.8
  • 44A.CiaravinoG · 1.2 APG6.3
  • 3J.WestG · 2.8 APG5.3
  • 13P.GillG · 0.3 APG0.5

Ratings

CBBD · 2025-26
+11.2Adj. net rating+13.7
77thAdj. net rank60th
112.7Adj. offense117.6
101.4Adj. defense103.9
62.7Pace64.5
3.1SRS4.1
1722Elo1809
15–18Record15–19

Season per game

2025-26 · 33 games / 2025-26 · 34 games
69.4Points73.1
68.5Opp points72.0
53.9%eFG%51.7%
17.0%TO%13.0%
27.2%OREB%29.8%
.36FT rate.34
47%3PA rate34%
71%Assisted FG%66%

Last five games

Minnesota
L48-67vs BAY
L67-72vs RUTG
W67-66vs NU
L47-77@ IU
W78-73vs UCLA
Northwestern
L68-81@ PUR
W74-61@ IU
W76-66vs PSU
L66-67@ MINN
L66-70vs PUR

Head to head

Last 10 · 2017-18–2026-27
25-26NU 66 · MINN 67Sat, 3/7
25-26MINN 84 · NU 78Sat, 1/3
24-25NU 72 · MINN 64Wed, 3/12
24-25NU 75 · MINN 63Tue, 2/25
23-24MINN 66 · NU 90Sat, 3/9
23-24NU 66 · MINN 75Sat, 2/3
22-23MINN 61 · NU 81Sat, 1/28
21-22MINN 62 · NU 75Sun, 3/6
21-22NU 60 · MINN 77Sat, 2/19
20-21MINN 51 · NU 46Wed, 3/10

Game information

TipSunday, Jan 3 · 7:30 PM ET
VenueWelsh-Ryan Arena · Evanston, IL
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Abbreviations

Adj.Adjusted — points scored or allowed per 100 possessions, corrected for the strength of the opponents faced. Net is offense minus defense
SRSSimple Rating System — average scoring margin, adjusted for strength of schedule
EloA rating that moves after every result, by more when the opponent was strong
PacePossessions per 40 minutes
PPGPoints per game
eFG%Effective field goal percentage — made threes count one and a half field goals
TO%Turnovers per 100 possessions
OREB%The share of a team's own missed shots it rebounds
FT rateFree throws attempted per field goal attempted
3PA rateThe share of field goal attempts taken from three

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