6-10 Eastview forward Crowl commits to Badgers

Wisconsin men's basketball coach Greg Gard continued to upstage Gophers coach Richard Pitino in his own backyard Tuesday when Eastview's 6-10 senior forward Steven Crowl gave a verbal commitment to Wisconsin.

Crowl, who made the announcement on Twitter, averaged 19.3 points per game last season and led the Lightning to a Class 4A state tournament berth.

He'll join a program that already has five Minnesotans on its roster.

Crowl chose Wisconsin over Minnesota, Iowa and Colorado.

• Prior Lake's 6-10 forward Dawson Garcia announced his seven college finalists via Twitter: Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Marquette, Memphis, Minnesota and North Carolina. Garcia is considered the No. 2-ranked prospect in Minnesota in the class of 2020 and is ranked No. 30 overall by 247 Sports. Garcia averaged 27.5 points and 11 rebounds per game last season.

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Four players from two-time defending national champion Minnesota Duluth were named to the National Collegiate Hockey Conference preseason all-conference team, as selected by media members, the conference announced.

• Junior right side hitter Stephanie Samedy of the Gophers was named the AVCA national player of the week. She had 35 kills and 22 digs as Minnesota beat then-No. 10 Oregon and then-No. 1 Stanford at Penn State.

• The Gophers women's golf team was 12th (308-311-619) after two rounds of the ANNIKA Intercollegiate at Royal Golf Club in Lake Elmo. Junior Kate Lillie and freshman Annabelle Ackroyd were the top Gophers, tied for 48th at 151.