January, Minnesota basketball (9-9) is likely to miss the NCAA Tournament for a sixth straight season. Following a promising 19-win 2023-24 campaign, the Golden Gophers are stumbling mightily in the expanded Big Ten Conference.

Savage, Minn. native Dawson Garcia had quite the journey before joining the Gophers. Despite six-figure offers to hit the transfer portal, he opted to stick things out with Ben Johnson and Minnesota and he finally got his moment on Thursday night.

Gophers senior Dawson Garcia's game-winning buzzer beater Thursday against Michigan was the program’s first against a ranked opponent since Blake Hoffarber’s memorable shot vs. Indiana in 2008. (Abbie