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Bye-bye Final Five: WCHA moving to on-campus playoff format
The WCHA men's league will host its conference tournament on the campuses of the highest seeds beginning next season.
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Former Gophers recruit Jones makes first court appearance
When police searched Jones, they found 1.78 grams of cocaine and a loaded .38-caliber handgun, the arrest record said.
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Scoggins: Gophers women's teams have no shortage of star power
Four women's teams won either regular-season or tournament Big Ten championships. Women's hockey won the national title for the second consecutive year and fourth time in five years. The volleyball team advanced to the Final Four.
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Minnesota Scene: Johnnies to open NCAA baseball vs. St. Scholastica
MIAC baseball champion St. John's, seeded fifth, and No. 4 seed and Upper Midwest champion St. Scholastica will meet Wednesday in Game 1 of the opening round of the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional at Wisconsin-La Crosse.
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Gophers move kicker Santoso to punter
Ryan Santoso will replace Peter Mortell as the Gophers punter this fall, giving up most of the team's placekicking duties, coach Tracy Claeys said Monday.
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Gophers to Washington, will meet NDSU in NCAA softball opener
Passed up as a regional host, the Gophers will open in Seattle on Friday against Summit League champion North Dakota State (38-13). Both teams have won 14 games in a row
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Minnesota Scene: Gophers are co-champions in Big Ten women's track
Led by event titles from Jess Lehman (heptathlon) and Nicolle Murphy (javelin), Minnesota secured the second outdoor Big Ten title in program history, tying Michigan with 106 points.
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Ben Blankenship: fast runner, straight shooter
The former Gophers runner not only won the TC 1 Mile on Thursday, he set a course record -- and projected a healthy amount of honesty and confidence.
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Info on Gophers in the Seattle NCAA softball regional
The Gophers will face North Dakota State on Friday.
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Another fine mess: Coyle takes on tough job at the U
New Gophers athletic director Mark Coyle said that he hasn't purposely gone seeking difficult jobs. "That's just how it's played out," he said.
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Groenewegen legend grows a bit as Gophers take Big Ten title
Sara Groenewegen put the Gophers softball team on her shoulders this weekend and carried her teammates to the Big Ten tournament title.
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Gophers edge Michigan in 10 innings for Big Ten softball title
Two Wolverines errors in the decisive inning helped the U win its second tournament title in three years.
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Minnesota Scene: U baseball team wins on nine-run inning
First-place Minnesota had eight hits in the nine-run eighth, all but one of them singles.
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Jeff Jones, ex-top Gophers football recruit, jailed on felony drug charge
Jeff Jones left the Gophers in December and was planning to play at Iowa Western junior college. He was arrested for drug possession Thursday, and he had an assault charge in March in Iowa.
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Reusse: Pitino's program 'profoundly' disappointing? Maybe one day
All of a sudden, the Gophers men's basketball coach has plenty to say.
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Mark Coyle officially approved to be Gophers AD
Coyle, 47, received a five-year contract with a base salary of $850,000 per year. He had previously served as the Syracuse AD, but left that post after less than 11 months on the job.
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St. Peter man gets 5 months in jail for near-fatal Kolstad attack
Trevor Shelley of St. Peter, Minn., was sentenced to five months in jail Friday for his role in a nearly-fatal street attack two years ago on Isaac Kolstad, the Mankato husband and father who was left with a severe brain injury.
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Gophers beat Illinois 2-0 in Big Ten softball quarterfinals
Gophers softball and baseball teams have successful seasons nearing peak moments of the year:
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Pitino says fixing Gophers basketball program is his job alone
Asked if he thought university leaders were building a case to get rid of him, Pitino said: "I certainly hope not. I want to be here for a long time.
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