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Bracketology: Your guide to following the Gophers' NCAA tournament hopes
These rankings typically get updated every Monday, which means there are only two more sets until the NCAA tournament field is announced March 12.
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Flashy freshman: Coffey has helped transform Gophers basketball
Amir Coffey is learning to be consistently aggressive and growing into a player who can thrive in go-to moments.
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Taking it outdoors: Carleton sweeps Morris in baseball doubleheader
Sunday's doubleheader in Hopkins eclipsed the previous record for Minnesota's earliest outdoor NCAA game.
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Bench plays huge role as Gophers win another overtime thriller
Minnesota gave up an eight-point lead at the end of regulation play, but recovered to extend its Big Ten winning streak to five games. Eric Curry and Dupree McBrayer combined for 27 points.
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Souhan: Freshman Curry becomes newest big man on campus
During the Gophers' 83-78 overtime victory over Michigan, Curry, the freshman from Memphis, borrowed Reggie Lynch's job and ran with it.
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Gophers women, Wisconsin tie; U takes shootout
Sidney Peters made 38 saves, and Lee Stecklein got the shootout goal.
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Gophers 83, Michigan 78 (OT)
The Gophers defeated Michigan 83-78 in overtime in Big Ten men's basketball at Williams Arena on Sunday.
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Gophers-Michigan game recap
Gophers sophomore Jordan Murphy had his fourth consecutive double-double and ninth overall this season, finishing with 16 points and 15 rebounds. Murphy also shot 7-for-13 from the field.
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Postgame: Gophers sophomores Murphy and McBrayer lead in OT win
Richard Pitino had separate meetings with Jordan Murphy and Dupree McBrayer at different points this season to figure out how to get them out of slumps.
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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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Around the Region
- New Big 12 out to prove bigger bank accounts don't always mean better football teams in 12-team CFP
- UConn, Kentucky among those with big changes through transfers in college basketball's portal window
- National 3-point shooting leader Koby Brea becomes the 5th transfer this week to land at Kentucky
- UNC's RJ Davis is returning to school for a 5th season. He was an AP 1st-team All-American last year
- Oregon's Sports Bra, a pub for women's sports fans, plans national expansion as interest booms
- Hunter Dickinson announces his return to KU; UCLA signs Tyler Bilodeau from portal
- Oregon State and Washington State face player exodus amid realignment
- 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
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- U's Christie enters transfer portal after previously declaring for draft
- Macalester basketball standout Williams announces transfer to U
- Gophers receiver enters transfer portal after enrolling in January
- Tough question for Gophers donors: Give to the U or to the athletes?
- Former Gophers QB Kaliakmanis wins starting job at Rutgers
