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Richard Pitino and Dan Monson, who struggled before leaving Minnesota for schools in lesser conferences, have teams in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. How should Gophers fans feel about that?
St. Cloud State's game against Denver on Friday is must-win for the Huskies, and the Beavers need to defeat Michigan Tech that night to punch their NCAA ticket.
Minnesota college sports goes well beyond the Gophers. Here's a guide to the conferences that include the state's Division II and Division III programs.
With Saturday's tournament loss — the third year in a row to Michigan — the Gophers now must wait until March 24 to find out where they'll be playing in the NCAA tournament.
Ex-Twin Cities high school standouts Steven Crowl, Tyler Wahl and Nolan Winter all fouled out, but Wisconsin still outlasted Purdue in overtime, 76-75.
Dominique Petrie scored the tying goal at 18:09 of the third to send the game to overtime. She got the winner, too, a power-play goal at 5:44 of the fourth OT.
Purdue's Braden Smith hyperextended his left knee but was able to return to Friday's Big Ten tournament quarterfinal against Michigan State at Target Center.
In this series of stories, Star Tribune reporters explain and measure the impact of the new and still evolving name, image and likeness rules that are bringing unprecedented change to college sports.