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Gophers have to learn to hold on to big leads
The Gophers men's basketball has to break a bad habit of losing big leads Sunday night against Michigan.
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Ohio standout QB Armstrong commits to Gophers for 2018
Brennan Armstrong of Shelby, Ohio, s a consensus three-star recruit who also had reported offers from North Carolina, Rutgers, Virginia, Cincinnati and Iowa State
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Pitlick leads Gophers to sweep of Penn State with OT goal
The Gophers rallied twice in the last three minutes to tie the score.
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Gophers women's hockey ties No. 1 Wisconsin, but loses shootout
The Badgers won the five-round shootout 2-1 on goals by forward Sarah Nurse and defenseman Jenny Ryan, their team's fourth and fifth shooters.
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Scoggins: Fleck, Gophers banking on Sapp to regain form after ACL surgeries
Benny Sapp III committed to P.J. Fleck as the first member of the Gophers' 2018 recruiting class even though Sapp has not played football for two seasons after tearing the ACL in his knee twice.
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Gophers' women's hockey wraps regular season at home vs. No. 1 Badgers
"Wisconsin brings out the best in us, we bring out the best in them," Gophers coach Brad Frost said.
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Hartman: Fleck aims to maintain close ties to state coaches
The Gophers held an open house for any high school coach last weekend, and coach P.J. Fleck talked about their importance and his familiarity with them.
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Gameday: Gophers men's basketball vs. Michigan
The Gophers have a chance to set the record for the biggest one-year turnaround in program history with a victory.
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Fresh faces: Top freshmen in Big Ten basketball
Amir Coffey of the Gophers isn't the only freshman turning heads this season.
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NCAA tournament outlook for Gophers men's basketball
Marcus Fuller projects the Gophers as an eight seed.
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Sunday Q&A with Gophers men's basketball coach Richard Pitino
After a historically bad 2015-16 season, the Gophers men's basketball team is in prime position to make this year's NCAA tournament. Richard Pitino offers up some thoughts on the season so far.
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Rem Pitlick's hat trick helps Gophers stop Nittany Lions
Justin Kloos' third-period power-play goal was the winner for the Gophers.
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Gophers up for challenge against Michigan's 3-point shooting big men
The Gophers men's basketball team faces Michigan posts Moritz Wagner and D.J. Wilson, who have made 57 combined threes this season
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College Basketball Insider: Promising teams see season torpedoed by top players' injuries
Florida, Indiana, Creighton and Xavier all have lost a key player this season.
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Wisconsin sliding, Gophers steady at No. 4 in Marcus Fuller's Big Ten power poll
Purdue sits at the top.
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Fleck is quick with scholarship offers – outside of Minnesota
The tally so far: 134 offers to join Gophers football, but none to players who wore a high school uniform in Minnesota last fall. However, P.J. Fleck notes this weekend that could change.
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Gophers women's basketball falls at Michigan State
Branndais Agee scored 30 points — eight more than her previous high — and Tori Jankoska 24 to lead the Spartans over the Gophers.
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Gophers' Sheehy works at preventing goals - and scoring them
Defense will be paramount this weekend, as the Gophers face the nation's most potent offense in a critical Big Ten series against Penn State.
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Highlights of Fleck's first few weeks on the Gophers' recruiting trail
A by-the-numbers look.
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Hartman: Gophers hockey faces test in rising Penn State
Coach Don Lucia knows the high-scoring Gophers can't rely on barrage of goals vs. the Nittany Lions.
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