L.C. NortonWed, December 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC·2 min readIndiana (7-0, 0-0 Big Ten) is set to take on Minnesota (4-4, 0-0 Big Ten) on Wednesday evening at Williams Arena, otherwise known as The Barn, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Hoosiers are coming off of their third 100-point outing of the season in a 100-56 victory over Bethune-Cookman that followed their lone premier non-conference matchup at home, an 86-69 win over Kansas State. Indiana’s offense has looked shaky at times in the early games but the defense has risen to the occasion, cooling down a pretty hot Wildcats team.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe Golden Gophers are having a rough go of it in year one under new head coach Niko Medved. Minnesota sits at .500 on the young season and has lost three consecutive matchups, falling to San Francisco, Stanford and Santa Clara. It hasn’t specifically been offensive or defensive issues for the Gophers, both are sub-100 in KenPom’s efficiency metrics. Yikes.
Indiana Hoosiers vs Minnesota Golden Gophers
Game Time/Date: 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, December 3
Game Location: Williams Arena/The Barn in Minneapolis, Minnesota
TV Channel: Big Ten Network
Streaming: YouTubeTV/FuboTV
KenPom Spread: Hoosiers by 9
Predictions
The Barn is weird and has slowed down better teams than the one Darian DeVries will bring into its strange confines.
Indiana can’t afford a weirdly slow start or anything and the defense has to be as locked in on the road as it was against a far better offense at home. A loss to this Minnesota team, barring a wild in-season turnaround, would weigh down Indiana’s currently solid resume like an anchor.
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The Gophers don’t shoot 3s well but take a fair amount of them. If there’s anything they do well it’s get to the free throw line, but they’re only converting on 66.7% of those attempts. That could spell trouble for a thin Indiana frontcourt when it comes to foul trouble, so expect both of Reed Bailey and Sam Alexis to get plenty of minutes.
Indiana should beat this team pretty soundly. Should.
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