Thoughts on a 77-47 win against the Golden Gophers:
It took 23 days and four straight losses, but Indiana finally found a win.
Sure, this Minnesota team has a depleted roster, with only six players playing rotation minutes tonight. (A seventh, Maximus Gizzi, entered the content briefly in garage time.) As a result, Minnesota’s defensive strategy changed since beating the Hoosiers in December. After hounding Indiana on the perimeter in man-to-man defense in that game, the Golden Gophers resorted to zone for long stretches in this game out of necessity. It was one the Hoosiers had little issue carving up.