Minnesota Beats La Salle In Opening Round Of NIT
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.
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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.
Northwestern had one goal this season — earning the school's first NCAA tournament bid.
Gopher wide receiver Ge'Shun Harris has been dismissed from the University of Minnesota football program, head coach Jerry Kill said Thursday. Kill said Harris was dismissed for what he labeled a violation of team policies.
Minnesota center Ralph Sampson III could miss the Big Ten tournament because of a knee injury.
There's no doubt that she is a gifted runner, but Heather Kampf is also great at motivating kids to be active. The Inver Grove Heights native's specialty is the 800 meter, but it was one 600 meter race, while running with the Gophers, she's most famous for.
WCHA regular season champion Minnesota is getting ready for the league playoffs as the top seed for the first time in five years.
Nate Schmidt scored in the third period as Minnesota came from behind to beat Wisconsin 2-1 Saturday and win the McNaughton Cup championship outright for the first time since 2007.
The Metrodome is not known as a baseball palace, that is, unless you're the Gophers or one of the high school or other college teams who didn't have it available last year.
Chip Armelin scored a career-high 20 points with seven rebounds, Rodney Williams had 16 points, eight rebounds and three crowd-pleasing dunks and Minnesota stopped a six-game losing streak with an 81-69 win over Nebraska on Saturday.
