Minnesota Tops Middle Tennessee To Reach NIT Semis
Rodney Williams and Andre Hollins each scored 24 points to help Minnesota advance to the semifinals of the NIT with a 78-72 win over Middle Tennessee on Wednesday night.
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Rodney Williams and Andre Hollins each scored 24 points to help Minnesota advance to the semifinals of the NIT with a 78-72 win over Middle Tennessee on Wednesday night.
Minnesota football coach Jerry Kill says he feels much more comfortable in his second year as head of the Golden Gophers program, and he hopes that his players feel just as comfortable with this coaching staff.
Iowa State sophomore forward Royce White says he's leaving school and declaring for the NBA Draft.
Rodney Williams scored 21 points to lead Minnesota to a 78-60 victory over Miami in a second round NIT game Monday night.
There were plenty of cheers for the Gophers women's hockey team, as they beat the defending champion Wisconsin Badgers Sunday to come out on top of the Women's Frozen Four.
Gov. Mark Dayton has proclaimed March 20, 2012, to be Gopher Women's Hockey National Champions Day after the Gophers beat Wisconsin 4-2 in the NCAA championship game.
Sarah Erickson scored two goals, Noora Raty stopped 42 shots and Minnesota beat Wisconsin 4-2 in the NCAA women's hockey final on Sunday.
Amanda Kessel had a goal and two assists to lead Minnesota to a 3-1 victory over Cornell 3-1 on Friday night in the NCAA women's hockey semifinals.
Rodney Williams tied his career high with 21 points, Austin Hollins had 16 and Minnesota beat La Salle 70-61 Wednesday night in the opening round of the NIT.
The National Invitation Tournament is often viewed as an anticlimactic, meaningless conclusion to the college basketball season, particularly for a program like Minnesota stuck in mediocrity for more than a decade.
Minnesota is one of three Big Ten teams in the National Invitation Tournament.
Erik Haula had two goals and two assists Saturday as the Minnesota Gophers beat Alaska-Anchorage 7-3 to sweep their best-of-three Western Collegiate Hockey Association series with the Seawolves.
Emily West scored on Minnesota's first shot on goal and the Golden Gophers beat North Dakota 5-1 to advance Saturday to the NCAA Frozen Four women's hockey tournament.
Erik Haula scored both Minnesota goals as the Golden Gophers beat Alaska-Anchorage 2-1 Friday in the opening game of their Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff series.
Michigan's Trey Burke saw overtime as a new opportunity. After watching his teammates struggle in the first half, and the Wolverines nearly eliminated from Big Ten tournament play in the second half, the freshman guard took matters into his own hands.
