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Gophers, St. Cloud State to play for Minnesota Cup women's hockey title
The Gophers, who have an 11-game winning streak, will play St. Cloud State at 4 p.m. Sunday in the championship game.
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Takeaways from Gophers basketball's big win at Wisconsin
The Gophers men's basketball team snapped an eight-game losing streak against the Badgers on Thursday night.
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Gophers-Illinois women's basketball preview
The Gophers have not lost a home game to Illinois since Jan. 28, 2013.
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Penn State again gets the better of Gophers hockey, winning 4-2
The Nittany Lions scored three consecutive goals to take the opening game of the weekend series.
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Gophers women's hockey team to host first four-team Minnesota Cup
On Saturday, St. Cloud State will play Minnesota State Mankato at 1 p.m., and then the Gophers will face Minnesota Duluth at 4 p.m. The winning and losing teams will meet on Sunday.
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Quality aplenty this time around in Big Ten men's basketball
College basketball insider: The Big Ten needn't worry about getting teams into the Big Dance in 2019. Only four teams made it a year ago, and Nebraska was left out despite 13 Big Ten wins.
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Dangerous Penn State awaits Gophers men's hockey
The Gophers had allowed just nine power-play goals in 15 games before giving up three in two games against Ferris State last weekend. Penn State's power play, meanwhile, ranks fourth in the country at 28.3 percent.
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This time, Gophers close the door on Badgers in Madison to end losing streak
Minnesota grabbed a 15-point lead through the first 20 minutes, then used tough defense in the final minutes to stave off a big Badgers rally and win the Border Battle on the road for the first time since 2009.
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Westbrook's memories of Gophers' 2009 victory at Wisconsin remain fresh
Lawrence Westbrook's 29 points led the Gophers to a 78-74 overtime victory at Wisconsin on Jan. 15, 2009. Before Thursday, that was the Gophers' only victory in Madison since the Kohl Center opened in 1998.
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Gophers-Wisconsin game recap
A look back at Thursday night's game.
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Wolverines, Spartans top Big Ten rankings
Marcus Fuller ranks the Big Ten.
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'I hate them': Gophers hockey looks for revenge against Penn State
Minnesota's players haven't forgotten the back-to-back Penn State sweeps to cap last season. "I hate them," Gophers center Rem Pitlick said.
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Reusse: Motzko working to steady Gophers hockey team's bumpy ride
The Gophers head into Penn State series coming off another lapse against Ferris State.
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Spotlight games, teams to watch, player to watch this week in college basketball
A weekly look around college basketball.
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Pregame: Gophers have a few options against Wisconsin's Happ
Gophers center Daniel Oturu should have some help in the post against Wisconsin's senior All-America Ethan Happ in Thursday's Border Battle
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As Big Ten season resumes, Gophers will rely on five players from turnaround season
With the Big Ten Conference season back in full swing, the Gophers will rely on five key players possessing priceless Big Ten know-how
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Hartman: Gophers coach Pitino doesn't love split Big Ten schedule
Splitting up 20 Big Ten Conference basketball games isn't ideal, but Gophers coach Richard Pitino hopes his team is up for the challenge.
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Time for the Big Ten basketball 'reopener'
After a two-game appetizer last month, now conference play really ramps up.
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Gophers-Wisconsin men's basketball preview
The Gophers are 0-8 in the Border Battle since last beating the Badgers at home in Pitino's first season in 2013-14.
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Whalen's Gophers suffer first defeat of season, 76-60 at Michigan
The Wolverines' big run to close first half was too much for the Gophers to overcome.
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Around the Region
- 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
- With CFP snub still stinging, Atlantic Coast Conference ponders how to boost football perceptions
- Basketball broadcaster Doug Gottlieb moves into coaching ranks as he takes over Green Bay's program
- Texas A&M-Notre Dame matchup will be in prime time on ABC on Aug. 31
- Severe storms blitz the US South again after one of the most active tornado periods in history
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- Gophers men's basketball roster gets another major makeover
- 'Failure to accept responsibility' leads to Robinson's firing by U
- Added options create more uncertainty than ever for U's NBA draft hopefuls
- Fixing up the Barn. University considers plans for Williams Arena.
- From pros to preps, pay equity fight cuts across Minnesota women's sports