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Women’s basketball: Gophers left out of NCAA tournament field
Dawn Plitzuweit made her pitch for an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament for her team prior to the Gophers’ a few days before the Gophers started the Big Ten conference tournament. The Big Ten ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 17 -
Chiefs scouting report: Minnesota Golden Gophers WR Daniel Jackson
The Kansas City Chiefs could add to their wide receiver room by selecting Minnesota Golden Gophers wide receiver Daniel Jackson in the 2025 NFL draft.Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Gophers basketball: Revenue sharing delays potential renovations to Williams Arena
In 2023, the Gophers athletics department contracted with an architectural design firm to explore the feasibility of renovations to Williams Arena or, to a lesser likelihood, building a new venue ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 14 -
Niko Medved emerges as leading candidate to be next Gophers men’s basketball coach
The Gophers’ search for its next men’s basketball coach appears to have a frontrunner: Niko Medved of Colorado State, the Pioneer Press has heard this week. No announcement from the U is imminent. ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 15 -
Coveted Gophers lineman Aireontae Ersery gets hometown treatment
The Gophers football program’s indoor practice facility was filled with a record 17 Minnesota prospects who performed in front of 73 representatives from all 32 NFL teams for the U’s Pro Day on ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Gophers’ Snuggerud, Wild prospect Buium named Hobey Baker finalists
Officials from the Blues have said that in an ideal scenario, Jimmy Snuggerud will come to St. Louis for the Frozen Four with the Minnesota Gophers next month, then stay there to begin his NHL ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Gophers men’s basketball: Two more players to enter NCAA transfer portal
The Gophers men’s basketball program had two players enter the NCAA transfer portal on Wednesday. Without a sitting head coach, Minnesota watched junior forward Frank Mitchell and redshirt ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Gophers are Fargo-bound, will face UMass in NCAA hockey opener
Bob Motzko’s initial trip to the NCAA Frozen Four as head coach at Minnesota came three years ago, when the Gophers beat UMass and Western Michigan at the regional level to reach college hockey’s ...Yahoo Sports - 19h -
Minnesota basketball coaching search 2025: Candidates, hot board, names to watch by Golden Gophers experts
The Gopher Illustrated team just revealed their top Minnesota coaching candidates after Ben Johnson was fired on ThursdayCBS Sports - 1d -
WBIT: Gophers hold off Toledo to advance to second round
Amaya Battle scored 18, one of three Gophers in double figures, and Niamya Holloway came off the bench to score three big baskets to help Minnesota stave off a late run from Toledo in a 65-53 ...Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Gophers coaching search can advance with Niko Medved’s Colorado State falling in NCAA Tournament
The Gophers’ effort to bring in a new men’s basketball coach might have had a big domino fall in Seattle on Sunday. Colorado State and its head coach Niko Medved — the U’s top candidate for the job ...Yahoo Sports - 13h -
NCAA wrestling: Gophers’ McEnelly, Steveson advance to semifinals
Minnesota’s Max McEnelly and Gable Steveson are both into the semifinals, and Vance VomBaur and Tommy Askey are bound for the Blood Round after Session III of the 2025 NCAA Championships concluded ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Minnesota fires Ben Johnson: 'Ruthless' decision came overnight after first-round exit from Big Ten Tournament
The NIL-strapped Golden Gophers finished 15-17 on the season in Johnson's fourth yearCBS Sports - Mar. 13 -
Minnesota fires Johnson after 4 years as coach
Ben Johnson had served as Minnesota coach since 2021-22 but was unable to return the Gophers to the NCAA tournament.ESPN - Mar. 13 -
Nebraska softball opens conference series against Minnesota with 8-0 shutout victory
Nebraska returned home to host Minnesota on Friday night. The Huskers shut down the Golden Gophers, delivering a swift 8-0 six-inning shutout win.Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Minnesota AD Coyle embarks on coach search with belief basketball program can return to prominence
The challenge at Minnesota of growing the men's basketball program into a consistent Big Ten contender has probably never been greater, considering the surging cost of competing in the current ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 14 -
Here are all the Minnesotans competing in this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament
It’s officially March Madness, which, over the past decade or so, has seen Minnesota take center stage on multiple occasions. Although the Gophers themselves haven’t made any noise as of late, some ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Red Lake County boys basketball comes up short against Dawson-Boyd
Mar. 21—MINNEAPOLIS — Red Lake County's Connor Duden had never played at Williams Arena, the Minnesota Gophers' basketball arena in Minneapolis. He's never attended a game there. But he led Red ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Tom Izzo and Richard Pitino will put their mutual admiration on hold for March Madness meeting
Even though their teams haven't faced each other in four years, the admiration between Michigan State's Tom Izzo and New Mexico's Richard Pitino hasn't diminished. The Golden Gophers had a 3-9 ...Yahoo Sports - 1d