Stanford Cardinal vs Minnesota Golden Gophers Prediction, 11/27/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Stanford Cardinal vs Minnesota Golden Gophers

Date: Thursday, November 27, 2025

Location: Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs, CA

TV: ESPN+

Acrisure Arena is where the Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-2) will play the Stanford Cardinal (4-1) on Thursday.

The Stanford Cardinal faced off with Seattle and ended up losing by a score of 77-69 in their last game. In reference to personal fouls, the Cardinal ended up walking away with 19 while Seattle accounted for 18 personal fouls. They also made 7 out of their 17 tries from 3-point land. Seattle went 83.3% from the charity stripe by burying 20 of 24 attempts. Furthermore, Seattle pulled down 31 rebounds (3 offensive, 28 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Seattle earned 13 assists and had 6 steals for the contest. When talking about defense, Stanford allowed 48.1% from the floor on 25 of 52 shooting. They also recorded 10 assists for this contest while creating 15 turnovers and having 10 steals. When talking about grabbing rebounds, they collected a total of 29 with 9 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Cardinal buried 16 of 25 attempts for a percentage of 64.0%. Stanford ended the contest having earned a 36.5% FG percentage (23 of 63) and knocked down 7 of their 25 3-pointers.

Ebuka Okorie is one player who was a major contributor in this game. He ended up going 33.3% from the field and dished out 2 assists. He played for 28 mins and pulled down 5 boards. He notched 17 points on 5 of 15 shooting.

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Stanford heads into this matchup with a mark of 4-1 for the campaign. They turn it over 11.2 times per game and as a group are committing 15.6 personal fouls per contest. As a unit, Stanford is pulling down 37.2 rebounds per game and has totaled 60 dimes this year, which ranks 351st in the country in terms of passing the ball. The Cardinal are hitting 32.2% on three-point shots (39 of 121) and 74.2% from the charity stripe. They average 83.8 points per contest (104th in the country) while going 44.5% from the field.

Defensively, the Cardinal have forced 17.2 turnovers per game while drawing 22.0 personal fouls. They rank 14th in college in giving up assists to their opponents with 51 surrendered on the campaign. The Cardinal are allowing a field goal percentage of 46.9% (129 of 275) and they relinquish 32.2 boards per game as a group. They relinquish 36.8% on three-point shots and they rank 147th in college in points per game allowed (71.6).

When they last stepped on the court, the Minnesota Golden Gophers went home defeated by a final of 77-65 against San Francisco. In relation to rebounds, Minnesota permitted San Francisco to grab 32 overall (9 offensive). They wrapped up this game 50.0% from 3-point land via 11 out of 22 and walked away from this one shooting 14 of 19 from the free throw line (73.7%). The Golden Gophers allowed San Francisco to convert 26 out of their 53 attempts from the field which gave them a percentage of 49.1% in the game. When this game wrapped up, the Golden Gophers shot 22 out of 46 from the field which gave them a percentage of 47.8%. In regard to shooting from downtown, Minnesota made 6 out of their 14 attempts (42.9%). They were able to make 15 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 50.0%. San Francisco committed 20 personal fouls for the matchup which took the Golden Gophers to the free throw line for a total of 30 attempts. They also turned it over 12 times, while getting 7 steals in the matchup. The Golden Gophers earned 17 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive rebounds for a total of 26 for the contest.

Langston Reynolds ended up being a factor for the Golden Gophers in the matchup. He earned 16 points in his 31 mins on the hardwood and tallied 3 dimes in this game. He converted 7 of 9 for the contest giving him a field goal percentage of 77.8%, and had 5 rebounds.

Minnesota has a win-loss mark of 4-2 for the campaign. The Golden Gophers are committing 16.5 fouls per contest and they go 65.0% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 16.7 times per game (91st in college) and they are turning it over 11.3 times per game. Minnesota has totaled 445 points for the year (74.2 per contest) and they average 39.7 rebounds per game. As an offensive team, the Golden Gophers are hitting on 45.3% from the field, which ranks 204th in D-1.

The Golden Gophers on the defensive side of the court are 41st in D-1 in points allowed per game with 64.8. They are forcing 12.7 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 42.3% from the floor (145th in D-1). The Minnesota defense allows 38.3% on shots from 3-point land (41 of 107) and their opponents are converting on 64.3% of their foul shots. They allow 11.3 assists and 29.8 total rebounds per game, which ranks them 77th and 33rd in those categories.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Minnesota

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