The unbeaten run had to end eventually, but not many expected it to happen this way. Inside a packed Williams Arena, the unranked Minnesota Golden Gophers recently played against the No. 22-ranked Indiana Hoosiers, who entered this matchup with a perfect record. At the same time, the Golden Gophers had more losses than wins in the 2025-26 NCAA season.

Yet when the final buzzer went off, Minnesota stunned the Hoosiers by handing Darian DeVries his first loss of the year, which led the crowd to storm the court in celebration. After the disappointing loss, in a post-game interview, DeVries didn’t flinch from the reality of the moment.

“I think for us, the image is we lost the game. It was going to happen at some point,” he said. “The main thing is, now that you’ve lost one, how do you respond? What’s in that locker room? And on the practice floor, as you get ready for the next game.”

“There’s a lot of really good games we’re going to have this year. Every night is going to be a fight like this. We have a group that’s pretty connected, got some guys that have played a lot of basketball. I expect them to come ready, respond, and be ready for Saturday,” he added.

This is a developing story…