On Wednesday, the University of Minnesota men's basketball program announced that it will participate in the 2025 Acrisure Series over Thanksgiving weekend this upcoming fall in Palm Desert, California.

The Gophers are one of 11 teams that have committed to playing in the tournament, joining Tulsa, Northern Iowa, Stanford, Washington, Santa Clara, San José State, CBU, San Diego, Nevada, and Loyola-Chicago. Six additional programs are expected to join the field in the near future.

The Gophers last played in the Acrisure series in the 2022-23 season when it was known as the SoCal Challenge.

The Acrisure Series was previously a four-team tournament, but the field has expanded in recent years.

This past season, the Gophers participated in the ESPN Events Invitational in Orlando over Thanksgiving weekend, losing a pair of games to Wichita State and Wake Forest.

In the 2025-26 season, the Gophers will be playing their first season under head coach Niko Medved, who was hired to take over the program last month on March 24 after a successful seven-year stint at Colorado State.

Minnesota will be looking to improve upon a 15-17 (7-13) record from this past season, the program's fifth losing season in the last six years.

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