Gophers Miss NCAA Women's Tournament Again
The NCAA women's basketball tournament absence for Minnesota has reached five straight years.
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The NCAA women's basketball tournament absence for Minnesota has reached five straight years.
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Minnesota's first postseason under coach Richard Pitino will be in the NIT, just like his predecessor Tubby Smith.
Ben Brust scored a career-high 29 points and Frank Kaminsky had 12 rebounds to lead No. 12 Wisconsin to an 83-57 rout over Minnesota 83-57 in Friday's Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.
Austin Hollins scored 18 points, Deandre Mathieu added 13 and Andre Hollins hit a late 3-pointer Thursday to give Minnesota a badly needed 63-56 win over Penn State in the Big Ten tournament. The seventh-seeded Golden Gophers (20-12) advanced to Friday night's quarterfinal against No. 12 Wisconsin with their third win in four games. 10th-seeded Penn State (15-17) had a miserable night shooting, making only 32.2 percent from the field. D.J. Newbill had 16 points and senior Tim Frazier added 11. Penn State heads home from Indianapolis after losing for the third time in four games.
As DeAndre Mathieu performs, so go the Minnesota Golden Gophers. That's a lot of responsibility to fall on a player with such small shoulders, but there's no one on the roster more likely to be unfazed by pressure than the speedy, elusive, fearless Mathieu.
The Big Ten Conference announced Tuesday that defenseman Mike Reilly earned the league's Third Star of the Week honor after the Gophers beat Ohio State last Friday and lost Saturday in a shootout.
The Big Ten Conference handed out its season honors on Monday with the league's postseason tournament a few days away, and a pair of Gophers were recognized. Junior guards Andre Hollins and DeAndre Mathieu were both named to the All-Big Ten Honorable Mention team.
Austin Hollins had 14 points and three steals in his last scheduled home game, a fitting senior spark for Minnesota in an 81-63 victory over Penn State on Sunday to set up a rematch between these teams in the first round of the Big Ten tournament.
Jordan Hooper scored 33 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as No. 16 Nebraska beat Minnesota 80-67 in the Big Ten quarterfinals on Friday night.
President Barack Obama has invited the University of Minnesota women's hockey team to the White House.
Minnesota coach Jerry Kill has promoted graduate assistant Mike Sherels to linebackers coach.
Rachel Banham scored 22 points Thursday night, including 10 of 10 free throws, as Minnesota rallied to beat Wisconsin 74-68 in overtime to win their opening-round Big Ten Conference tournament game.
Minnesota junior Oto Osenieks will end his playing career a year early. The university announced Wednesday it will seek an NCAA medical waiver to keep his scholarship from counting against the 13-player limit next season.
As the University of Minnesota men's hockey team keeps winning, the Big Ten Conference weekly awards keep coming. After the Gophers (23-4-5, 12-2-2) swept Penn State last weekend in their final regular season home series, two players were honored by the league.
