Minnesota Basketball: The Gophers Have Been Waiting for Indiana Win for 16 Years

Posted by Andrew Doughty on February-26-2013 Add Comments

The Gophers' emotionally-charged 77-73 upset win over No. 1 Indiana on Tuesday night was a win the program has been seeking for 16 long years.

Minnesota winters are long, but are even longer when the hoops team can't buy a big-time win.

Their first victory over a No. 1-ranked team since 1989 and only fourth in program history carried significantly more weight than an unexpected notch in the standings.

Minnesota has not officially recorded an NCAA Tournament win since 1989 after five tourney wins, including the 1997 Final Four, were vacated in the academic fraud scandal that led to Clem
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