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Cold shooting dooms Gophers in home finale
Senior Carlie Wagner led the way for the Gophers women with a season-high 34 points but the team was just 2 of 22 from three-point range.
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Through adversity, Mason put a stamp on his Gophers legacy
Whenever point guard Nate Mason faced adversity during his University of Minnesota career, he believed he had the strength to overcome it.
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Souhan: Emotion-choked night ends in loss, but lingering hope for Gophers
The Gophers' women's basketball team this season ranks third in the nation in scoring, behind only UConn and Baylor.
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Gophers-Iowa men's basketball game preview
The Gophers enter their final regular-season home game Wednesday trying to end a nine-game losing streak after a 73-63 overtime loss Monday night at Wisconsin.
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Does Rick Pitino have to get his 2013 national title tattoo removed or what?
ESPN went for the dagger after the news broke that Louisville must vacate the men's basketball title it won in 2013.
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Ex-Gophers coach Tim Brewster gets owned on Twitter over 'greatest' proclamation
Former U football coach Tim Brewster, now a Texas A&M assistant, proclaimed the SEC to be the best conference in the nation -- after proclaiming the ACC as the best when he worked at Florida State last year.
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Gophers' new uniforms: Brighter gold, chrome helmets ... and oars
Minnesota will have three jerseys, four pants and three helmets as options. A gold chrome helmet and a deeper shade of gold are featured, and coach P.J. Fleck's "Row the Boat" mantra is prominent.
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Wagner ready to close home career with big game at the Barn
Carlie Wagner's final home game for the Gophers is tonight at Williams Arena, and it comes with the chase for an NCAA tournament berth as added incentive.
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Gophers lose late lead, fall by 10 to Wisconsin in overtime
The Gophers led by seven with six minutes to play and by three with 13 seconds left. But key mistakes and a call they disagreed with combined to send them to their ninth straight loss.
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Gophers-Wisconsin men's basketball game recap
Wisconsin junior guard Brevin Pritzl scored 20 points, including 6-for-9 shooting from three-point range.
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Gophers-Indiana women's basketball game preview
The Gophers (21-6, 10-4 Big Ten) moved into a tie for third place with Nebraska in the conference standings with a 93-74 victory over Maryland on Sunday.
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Wisconsin brings Minnesota flavor into Border Battle with Gophers
Wisconsin has two starters from Minnesota with Brad Davison and Nate Reuvers. The Gophers have one Minnesota starter with Michael Hurt.
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Gophers blast No. 10 Maryland 93-74, first win ever over Terrapins women
Minnesota had been 0-7 vs. Maryland, which has won or tied for the Big Ten title in its first three seasons in the Big Ten. It was the Gophers' second victory over a ranked opponent in five days.
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St. Cloud State No. 1 in a Minnesota-heavy college hockey poll
The Huskies are back in the top spot, while Minnesota State Mankato, the Gophers and Minnesota Duluth all are in the top 10.
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Upsets move Gophers into NCAA women's tournament talk
Beating two ranked teams in the last week has moved Minnesota into the national women's basketball conversation. Now it won't be a surprise if the Gophers get an NCAA tournament bid.
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Former Maple Grove star Davison toughing out season with Badgers
The two-sport standout in high school is ignoring a shoulder injury to be a Badgers bright spot as they prepare to face the Gophers.
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Gophers-Wisconsin men's basketball game preview
The Gophers (14-14, 3-12 Big Ten) enter Monday's border battle against Wisconsin on an eight-game losing streak, the longest for fifth-year coach Richard Pitino since his team lost 14 in a row during the 2015-16 season.
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Minnesota Scene: Gophers lose softball finale in Florida
The Gophers softball team, ranked No. 14, closed out the Big Ten/ACC Challenge Sunday morning with a 3-0 loss to Notre Dame in Tallahassee, Fla.
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Gophers climb in the Big Ten women's basketball race
The Gophers climbed into a tie for third place in the Big Ten with their victory on Sunday and are now just a game out of first with two regular-season games to go.
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Highlights from the Gophers' victory over No. 10 Maryland
Some of what the Gophers women's basketball team accomplished on Sunday:
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- Sign of the times: NCAA approves coach-to-player helmet communication for 2024 football season
- UConn freshman Stephon Castle declares for NBA draft and becomes school's second one-and-done player
- FedEx pledges $25 million over 5 years in NIL program for University of Memphis athletes
- PWHL Minnesota allows late comeback to Montreal, fails to clinch playoff berth
- NHL team moving from Arizona to Salt Lake City will have a name starting with Utah
- Kansas adds AJ Storr after he led Wisconsin in scoring this past season
- Virginia law allows the state's colleges and universities to directly pay athletes through NIL deals
- Scoring sensation Lucy Olsen transfers to Iowa. Ex-Villanova player helps fill void of Caitlin Clark
- Hanna and Haley Cavinder say they're returning for 1 last season at Miami
- NCAA allows transfers to be immediately eligible, no matter how many times they've switched schools
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- Former Cooper football star Howard transfers from LSU to Gophers
- Former Hopkins basketball star transferring from Michigan to U
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