Four things learned from the Gophers men’s basketball victory at Nebraska


After senior Brennan Rigsby entered the game for the first time in the first half Saturday, his Gophers men’s basketball team looked like road warriors again.Rigsby scored his first basket at the 13-minute mark. For the next 25 minutes, the Gophers had control and built a 19-point lead in the second half.That lead vanished, but Rigsby started and ended strong with his career-high 20 points — none more spectacular than the go-ahead three-pointer with 4.1 seconds left in the Gophers’ 67-65 victory Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.The Gophers’ fifth Big Ten road victory is tied for the program’s most in a season since 2016-17. Four consecutive league road wins are the most since their vacated 1996-97 Final Four season.“The culture is we’re warriors, man,” Rigsby told Big Ten Network while surrounded by teammates Saturday.Not long after waving goodbye to Nebraska fans, Rigsby was swarmed by teammates to celebrate the much-needed victory that boosted their chances to qualify for the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis. “We knew it was going to come down to a couple 50-50 balls and a couple possessions at the end of the game,” Rigsby said. “We’re a tough team. We’re a family out there. We’re built for it.”The Gophers (15-14, 7-11 Big Ten) were in a four-way tie for 11th place with Nebraska, Northwestern and Rutgers, but were in the 12th spot with tiebreakers after Saturday’s victory. They have two regular-season games left to remain in the top 15 after Wednesday vs. Wisconsin and next Sunday at Rutgers.

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