Figuring out how to win in the Big Ten was something that always seemed to escape the Gophers men’s basketball team, but the players never stop believing it would come. Gophers fans also sensed something might be different Thursday night as the game came down to the final stretch against No.

As the final seconds of overtime ticked off the clock, Lu’cye Patterson tossed the ball back to Dawson Garcia, finding his teammate just a few feet away from half court, standing near the top of the “M” logo.