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2025-26 Big Ten basketball season preview: Minnesota Golden Gophers

With the start of college basketball season in early November, Inside the Hall is taking a team-by-team look at the Big Ten and a player-by-player look at IU basketball’s roster over the next two months.

Today, our team previews continue with Minnesota.

It’s a new era for Minnesota basketball.

Ben Johnson was dismissed after compiling a 56-71 record over four seasons in Minneapolis and athletic director Mark Coyle recruited Niko Medved from Colorado State to lead the program.

The 52-year-old Medved, a native of Minneapolis, made the NCAA tournament in three of the last four seasons at Colorado State and had a winning percentage of .