MINNEAPOLIS — Indiana basketball coach Darian DeVries’ voice tinged with disappointment after a 73-64 loss to Minnesota on Wednesday night.

DeVries never thought the No. 19 Hoosiers (7-1, 0-1 Big Ten) were going to run the table in his first season on a roster without a single returning player, but that didn’t make dropping a winnable game any easier to swallow.

The Gophers (5-4, 1-0) left the door open for IU to take control at the start of the second half by committing a flurry of fouls — IU went to the line eight times in less than five minutes — while regularly turning the ball over.

Indiana just couldn’t take advantage of any of the miscues.

“There’s a lot of little things in winning, free-throw box outs, things like that, making free throws,” DeVries said. “A lot of things we'

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