The Gophers’ 21-point loss to Wisconsin on Friday night was their largest of the season. Popular college basketball analytics site barttorvik.com thinks it could be a while before we see Minnesota get back in the win column.
Much like KenPom.com, Barttorvik.com has its own model that analytically predicts the outcome of college basketball games. Minnesota is the 123rd-ranked team in the country according to his ratings and he favors them in only one of their remaining 15 games.
NOTE: @totally_t_bomb lists the #Gophers as underdogs for 14 of their final 15 regular season games. Feb. 1 against Washington is the only game his model favors Minnesota to win in Big Ten play. They have a 63% chance of winning that game according to https://t.co/rfModFr5SR pic.twitter.com/4KHm8w0Sek
— Tony Liebert (@TonyLiebert) January 11, 2025
Before the season, Minnesota was voted to finish last in the Big Ten, and through five games that seems like the correct prediction. At 0-5, the Gophers seem to be the consensus worst team in the conference. According to the site, the only game they’re favored to win is on Feb. 1 at the Barn against first-year head coach Danny Sprinkle and Washington…