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A look at the NCAA Midwest Regional
This surely will be your last chance to watch Marvin Bagley, the freshman power forward from Duke, hone his craft in college.
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A look at the NCAA West Regional
Ohio State is back in tournament action for the first time since 2015 because of Keita Bates-Diop.
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A look at the NCAA South Regional
Arguably the nation's best player, Deandre Ayton, is a 7-1, 250-pound freshman and a problem for any team Arizona faces.
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Season ends for Gophers women's hockey in NCAA quarterfinals
The Gophers' streak of Frozen Four trips ends at six in year they are host.
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Hartman: Family ties could help land standout Edina lineman at U
After more than 20 unofficial visits to campuses around the nation, Carroll announced this past week he had narrowed his choice to six programs, and the Gophers are one of them. The others are Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Virginia Tech and Wisconsin.
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Cloud hangs over this year's March Madness with FBI probe
But FBI probe lingers in background of college basketball's biggest month.
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Gophers' Kaitlyn Long wins NCAA title in weight throw
Kaitlyn Long won the weight throw to become only the second national champion in Gophers women's track and field history on Saturday at the NCAA Indoor Championship in College Station, Texas.
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Gophers-Wisconsin NCAA women's hockey quarterfinal preview
The Badgers and Gophers meet for the second time this week.
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Gophers women's hockey forward Taylor Williamson battled health issues to play again
She battled both brain surgery and an autoimmune disorder to play college hockey again.
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Ex-Gopher Damian Johnson has success in first year as prep coach
Former Gophers player Damian Johnson will coach his North St. Paul boys' basketball team against top-seeded Cretin-Derham Hall on Saturday in the Class 4A sectional playoffs
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College hockey, Frozen Four tracker: Who's up, who's down
Ohio State is among the teams on the rise.
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State's top 2019 football recruit Carroll has Gophers in his final six
Quinn Carroll, the 6-6, 295-pound, four-star recruit, narrowed his choice of schools to Minnesota, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin and Virginia Tech.
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U forward Mittelstadt finalist for Big Ten Freshman of the Year
The Eden Prairie native has 11 goals and 19 assists this season. He's the only player under consideration For Big Ten postseason honors.
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Is Tubby Smith about to get fired at Memphis and replaced by Penny Hardaway?
Among other things, a drop in attendance by more than 50 percent since Tubby Smith came to Memphis may be his undoing despite winning records.
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Gophers defenseman Sydney Baldwin named WCHA player of year
Baldwin tied for third in the conference in scoring with nine goals and 13 assists for 22 points in WCHA games and led the league with 76 blocked shots.
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Gophers quarterback competition features four
Four candidates — redshirt freshman Tanner Morgan, junior college transfer Vic Viramontes, sophomore Seth Green and true freshman Zack Annexstad — are in the mix to be under center for the Aug. 30 season opener
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With Brooks out, Gophers in need of backfield complement to Smith
Shannon Brooks and fellow senior Rodney Smith have formed a solid 1-2 tandem for the better part of the past three seasons but it was announced Tuesday Brooks will miss all of 2018 in an injury.
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Gophers running back Brooks will miss season with lower leg injury
Shannon Brooks suffered the non-contact injury during the final days of winter conditioning. He'll redshirt this year and return for his senior season in 2019.
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On the edge: U women 'last four in' as experts build NCAA brackets
What impact did Minnesota's close games in the Big Ten tournament -- beating Iowa and losing to No. 1 seed Ohio State -- have on minnesota's NCAA tournament hopes?
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As spring football practices begin, Gophers face a boatload of questions
After a 5-7 record in his first year, coach P.J. Fleck and his coaching staff have plenty of questions to address with their team. Here are some of the biggest ones entering spring practice.
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Around the Region
- Proposed $2.77 billion settlement clears first step of NCAA approval with no change to finance plan
- Former Lynx star Augustus returns to LSU as assistant to Kim Mulkey
- Power conferences, NCAA to vote on landmark $2.7 billion settlement
- Auburn running back Brian Battie on ventilator after weekend shooting in Florida, coach says
- Michigan beginning alcohol sales at football games following successful rollouts at its other venues
- UNC interim chancellor backs AD Bubba Cunningham after trustee criticism, audit push
- EA Sports College Football 25 comes out on July 19. Edwards, Ewers, Hunter are on standard cover
- St. Thomas hockey to follow Arizona State into NCHC, as league expands to 10 teams
- Like a Caitlin Clark 3-pointer, betting on women's sports is soaring
- Green Bay's Doug Gottlieb believes he can balance his new coaching job with his national radio show
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- Scoggins: Winfield Jr.'s record contract has roots in bedtime stories
- Concordia paying close attention to Northwestern union issue
- U's McCauley wins share of Big Ten golf title after final-round 64
- Gophers men's basketball roster gets another major makeover
- U golfer McCauley ties for second in Auburn Regional, advances to NCAA championships
