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Gophers' poor shooting hurts in loss to Indiana
Minnesota shot 34.4% from the field in the 68-56 loss at Williams Arena on Wednesday night.
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Gophers-Indiana game recap
Indiana freshman Trayce Jackson-Davis set career highs in points with 27 and rebounds with 16 and shot 11-for-15 from the field.
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Can Gophers stop season-long trend of poor finishes in close games?
Most of the Gophers men's basketball team's losses this season have been in close games, including Sunday's collapse against Iowa. Will that trend come to an end Wednesday against Indiana?
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Another 'Coffey run': Can Marcus Carr rescue U's playoff hopes?
What the Gophers need now is a player who can hoist this team on his back for a stirring stretch run, the way Amir Coffey did after Minnesota went through a rough patch last year.
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Second-half surges have Gophers, Bemidji in NCAA hockey tournament talk
The Beavers are on a 10-1-1 roll, while Minnesota, 9-2-1 in is past 12, is tied for the Big Ten lead. Both could join Minnesota State and UMD as NCAA men's tournament qualifiers.
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Report: Beilein to leave job as Cavaliers coach, replaced by Bickerstaff
Associate head coach J.B. Bickerstaff, who played in college for the Gophers and was an assistant coach with the Timberwolves for four seasons, will replace Beilein.
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Gophers-Indiana men's basketball game preview
The Gophers (12-12, 6-8 Big Ten) and Hoosiers (16-9, 6-8) have the same conference record and find themselves on the NCAA tournament bubble entering Wednesday's game at the Barn.
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Minnesota's Olympic hopefuls wrestle with best way to chase dream
Gymnast Shane Wiskus, wrestler Gable Steveson and two more University of Minnesota athletes are juggling college meets, coursework and Olympic qualifying. Others have chosen a different path.
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College hockey teams leaving WCHA pick old name for their new league
Minnesota will be represented by Bemidji State and Minnesota State Mankato in a revived Central Collegiate Hockey Association, which will begin play in the 2021-22 season.
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NBA mock draft: Wolves take Kentucky guard; Oturu goes in 2nd round?
Plenty of curiosity is left in this local basketball season, with the Timberwolves regrouping post-trade deadline and the Gophers trying to turn around their season.
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U women's basketball drops third straight, 66-54 at Michigan State
The Gophers are ahead of only Wisconsin, Illinois and Penn State in the Big Ten standings. With three regular-season games to play, their 10 conference losses are their most since the 2016-17 season.
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Will Pitino make some changes? Here are three to consider
The Gophers men's basketball team needs a spark to get back into the mix for the NCAA tournament in the last six regular-season games. These are some changes Richard Pitino could make.
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Everything falls apart for Gophers in final minutes of loss to Iowa
Minnesota didn't score in the final 5:25 of the game, giving up an eight-point lead in an ending of filled with turnovers and other mistakes that put a crimp in the team's NCAA tournament hopes.
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Scoggins: Gophers looked like team without a clue about how to win
The Gophers failed to execute in a doomsday five-minute stretch that should be used as an instructional video on how not to handle crunch time.
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Coming off two blowout losses, U women's basketball heads to Michigan State
The Gophers and Spartans split their two regular-season meetings last season.
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Iowa's Garza has edge over Gophers' Oturu in battle of big men
Luka Garza on Sunday put up up 24 points and eight rebounds in a winning effort; Daniel Oturu went for for 15 and eight.
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Photos: Iowa 58, Gophers 55
The Gophers hosted the Iowa Hawkeyes at Williams Arena on Sunday Feb 16, 2020.
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Gophers-Iowa game recap
A look back at Sunday afternoon's game.
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Cornerbacks coach Chance leaving Gophers for Oregon
Rod Chance spent one season with the Gophers. Prior to coming to Minnesota, Chance was a defensive analyst at Oregon. He penned a goodbye note on Twitter, wishing his former team and players the best in future endeavors.
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Pregame: Gophers' supporting cast for Daniel Oturu could be the key Sunday vs. Iowa
The Gophers men's basketball team will need to give star center Daniel Oturu some help in Sunday's rematch with Iowa. The Hawkeyes have the Big Ten's leading scorer Luka Garza, but they're shorthanded without guard CJ Fredrick.
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Around the Region
- G Javian McCollum transferring to Georgia Tech after leading Oklahoma hoops in scoring
- QB Jaden Rashada transfers to Georgia after leaving Arizona State
- Reggie Bush plans to continue his fight against the NCAA after the return of his Heisman Trophy
- Reggie Bush is reinstated as 2005 Heisman Trophy winner, with organizers citing NIL rule changes
- Former Green Bay player Kayla Karius leaves South Dakota to return to her alma mater as coach
- Longtime Hawkeyes football broadcaster Ed Podolak steps down from his radio analyst role
- Hailey Van Lith trying to make US Olympic 3x3 team; next college choice to come soon
- 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
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