Gophers men’s basketball coach Niko Medved wanted to see the character of his shorthanded team in the Big Ten opener against No. 22 Indiana on Wednesday.

Already amid a three-game nonconference losing streak, what were the U players made of after swallowing the tough news that starting point guard Chansey Willis Jr. is out for the season with a broken foot?

Turns out, a heck of a lot as the Gophers upset the Hoosiers 73-64 at Williams Arena.

Minnesota (5-4, 1-0 Big Ten) was eight-point underdogs against the previously undefeated Hoosiers (7-1, 0-1). Indiana was 19th in the country, according to the KenPom analytics site, while Minnesota had fallen way down the list to 116.

The stunning win came in Medved’s first conference game at his alma mater.

“I try not to get emotional,” Medved s

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