Gophers F Eric Curry Suffers Knee Injury, Out For Season
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – University of Minnesota sophomore Eric Curry will miss the entire 2017-18 basketball season due to a knee injury, coach Richard Pitino announced Thursday. Pitino said in a...
View ArticleU Officials Haven’t Been Contacted By FBI In Basketball Scandal
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – University of Minnesota officials confirmed Wednesday night that the athletic department has not been contacted by the FBI in its recent investigation in college basketball...
View ArticleGophers Mason, Coffey Named To Preseason All-Big Ten Team
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Coming off a 24-10 season and their first trip to the NCAA Tournament under Richard Pitino, the University of Minnesota basketball team has two players on the preseason All-Big Ten...
View ArticleGophers To Host UW-Green Bay In Hurricane Relief Exhibition
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The University of Minnesota men’s basketball team will host UW-Green Bay in an exhibition in November to raise money for hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico. Gophers coach...
View ArticleGophers Ranked 15th In Preseason Basketball Polls
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The University of Minnesota men’s basketball team is ranked among college basketball’s top 25 teams to start the 2017-18 season, according to both media and the league’s coaches....
View ArticleGophers Beat UW-Green Bay 115-86 In Hurricane Relief Exhibition
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Six players scored in double figures Sunday as the University of Minnesota men’s basketball team beat UW-Green Bay 115-86 on Sunday in an exhibition at Maturi Pavilion. The game...
View ArticleGophers’ Murphy Named Big Ten Player Of The Week
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – After leading the University of Minnesota men’s basketball team to a season-opening last Friday, Jordan Murphy was named the Big Ten Player of the Week on Monday. Murphy scored 35...
View ArticleGophers Use Balance To Beat Niagara, 107-81
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In a game of runs, No. 14 Minnesota used the biggest and the last to pull away from a pesky Niagara team. Amir Coffey, Reggie Lynch and Jordan Murphy all scored 18 points as...
View ArticleMurphy Leads Gophers Past Western Carolina, 92-64
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Even with two of his teammates on the bench in foul trouble, Jordan Murphy knew he didn’t have to take the game over in the second half. He did it anyway. Murphy had 23 points and 11...
View ArticleGophers’ Murphy Repeats As Big Ten Player Of The Week
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Jordan Murphy made history Monday as he became the first Gopher basketball player to repeat as Big Ten Player of the Week. The junior forward had three double-doubles last week as...
View ArticleMurphy’s Double-Double Leads Gophers Over Alabama A&M
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With a post-Thanksgiving tournament looming, all the Minnesota Golden Gophers had to do was avoid a letdown against an unfamiliar opponent. Jordan Murphy made sure that didn’t...
View ArticleJordan Murphy Earns Third Straight Big Ten Honor
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – For the third straight time, Gophers’ junior forward Jordan Murphy has been named the Big Ten Player of the Week. He’s the first player to earn the award three straight weeks since...
View ArticleGophers Ready For Big Test Wednesday Against No. 10 Miami
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota has a Top 25 team on the schedule for the second straight time. This opponent will likely finish the game with five players on the court. Whatever the case, though, the...
View ArticleHuell, 10th-Ranked Hurricanes Top No. 12 Gophers 86-81
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dewan Huell scored 23 points in 27 minutes and Bruce Brown Jr. added 16 points and nine rebounds to help the No. 10 Miami beat No. 12 Minnesota 86-81 on Wednesday night as part of...
View ArticleMason, Murphy Lead Gophers Past Rutgers 89-67
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Coaches aren’t usually concerned about a letdown in the first conference game of the season. But No. 12 Minnesota was coming off a hard-fought loss to a ranked opponent, and with...
View ArticleDespite Late Rally, Gophers Fall To Nebraska 78-68
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Glynn Watson Jr. scored 20 of his 29 points in the second half and Nebraska opened up a 16-point lead early in the second half en route to a 78-68 win over No. 14 Minnesota on...
View ArticleGophers Hold Out Nate Mason Against Harvard With Ankle Injury
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota point guard Nate Mason has been held out against Harvard because of a week-old left ankle injury suffered in the previous game. Mason did not suit up on Saturday when the...
View ArticleMurphy, McBrayer Lead Minnesota Past Harvard 65-55
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dupree McBrayer has been the most overlooked player in Minnesota’s balanced lineup, hindered by injuries this season and often a secondary option on offense with two powerful post...
View ArticleGopher Basketball Player Could Face Expulsion After Third Assault Allegation
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A third woman is accusing a University of Minnesota basketball player of sexual assault, and a school panel has recommended his expulsion. Senior Reggie Lynch was accused of sexual...
View ArticleLawyer: Reggie Lynch Denies All Sexual Assault Allegations
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Reggie Lynch categorically denies allegations of sexual assault lodged against him by two women. On Wednesday, the attorney for the University of Minnesota basketball standout said...
View ArticleMurphy Grabs 19th Double-Double, Gophers Fall To Maryland 77-66
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Desperate for a bounce-back victory, Maryland got what it was looking for against a weary Minnesota squad stuck in the middle of an unwanted road trip. Kevin Huerter scored 19...
View ArticleNorthwestern Rallies Past Gophers 77-69 For Season Sweep
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The storm in Minnesota that dropped more than a foot of snow on campus kept Northwestern from traveling the night before the game. The well-rested Wildcats arrived about eight hours...
View ArticleGophers’ Washington Named Big Ten Freshman Of The Week
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – University of Minnesota guard Isaiah Washington was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Monday. Despite a pair of losses for Minnesota, Washington set new career-highs in...
View ArticleFans 90+ Years Old Can Attend Gophers Tuesday Game For 90 Cents
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s Williams Arena is turning 90 years old. The university has organized birthday tributes to “The Barn” for the Gophers men’s basketball game on Tuesday night against...
View ArticleGophers’ Coffey, McBrayer Face Uncertain Status Friday At Indiana
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The status of Minnesota starting guards Amir Coffey and Dupree McBrayer remains uncertain for the upcoming game at Indiana. Gophers coach Richard Pitino said Thursday that Coffey and...
View ArticleMichigan State Dominates Gophers, 87-57
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With smooth moves, a sharp jump shot and an unavoidable 6-foot-11 presence on the floor, Jaren Jackson Jr. has given Michigan State another vast skillset as the lone freshman in an...
View ArticleGophers’ Reggie Lynch Dropping Appeal In Sexual Assault Case
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – University of Minnesota basketball player Reggie Lynch is dropping his appeal in two sexual misconduct cases dating back to 2016. Lynch was set to attend appeal hearings at the...
View ArticleGophers Lose Finale At Purdue, 84-60
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Dakota Mathias delivered one monumental finishing flurry on Sunday. Everyone else wearing Purdue gear enjoyed the entertainment. The senior guard matched his career high...
View ArticleMason Having Bittersweet Ending To Gophers Career
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nate Mason has finished his career with a flourish in his fourth year as the point guard for Minnesota, rising in the program’s record books with the performance of a calm, clutch...
View ArticleGophers F Davonte Fitzgerald Leaving Program
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – University of Minnesota basketball coach Richard Pitino said Monday that forward Davonte Fitzgerald is leaving the program. Fitzgerald has already earned his undergraduate degree...
View ArticleGopher Basketball Adds Vanderbilt Transfer Payton Willis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The University of Minnesota men’s basketball team has added Vanderbilt transfer Payton Willis to its roster, coach Richard Pitino said Tuesday. Willis is a 6-4, 182-pound guard out...
View ArticleGophers Finish 2018 Recruiting Class With Brock Stull
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The University of Minnesota men’s basketball team finished its 2018 recruiting class with graduate transfer Brock Stull, coach Richard Pitino announced Sunday. Stull played three...
View ArticleGophers’ Eric Curry Out 4-6 Weeks After Knee Surgery
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – University of Minnesota sophomore forward Eric Curry will miss four to six weeks after having left knee surgery, coach Richard Pitino said Monday. The 6-foot-9 sophomore from...
View ArticleCoffey Leads Balanced Gophers Past Omaha, 104-76
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Amir Coffey seamlessly took over as the primary point guard. Dupree McBrayer, playing pain free, had his left-handed stroke in midseason form. Daniel Oturu quickly established his...
View ArticleKalscheur’s Late 3 Lifts Minnesota Over Washington, 68-66
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The shot wasn’t what Minnesota coach Richard Pitino wanted until Gabe Kalscheur’s heave swished through the net. Then it became the perfect shot to keep the Gophers...
View ArticleMurphy’s Double-Double Leads Gophers Over Cowboys, 83-76
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Coach Richard Pitino set Minnesota’s early-season schedule with a load of opponents from Power Five conferences, hoping to challenge his young Gophers and help their standing for the...
View ArticleCan Beer Bring Back Gopher Fans?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It is a big part of the culture on any university campus. No matter the sport, crowded stadiums and arenas generate both excitement and revenues. “A winning culture gets a lot of...
View Article1-On-1 Interview With Gopher Basketball Coach Richard Pitino
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – WCCO’s Mike Max recently sat down with Gopher men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino. The conversation touched on how the success of the football team affects the basketball...
View ArticleGophers Knock Off No. 3 Ohio State 84-71
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With an eight-day break between games, Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann was wary of this trip to Minnesota despite the roll his team had been on. The third-ranked Buckeyes had the...
View ArticleGopher Basketball Standout Daniel Oturu Declares For 2020 NBA Draft
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — University of Minnesota sophomore center and Cretin-Derham Hall alumnus Daniel Oturu has decided to enter the 2020 NBA Draft, according to multiple sources. Oturu emerged as a...
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