Pitino Searching For Answers Everywhere As Gophers Slide In Big Ten
Gopher basketball coach Richard Pitino is looking everywhere for answers as Minnesota is 0-6 to start to the Big Ten season.
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Gopher basketball coach Richard Pitino is looking everywhere for answers as Minnesota is 0-6 to start to the Big Ten season.
Just as we all got our hopes up as Minnesota sports fans, things got back to reality for many of our local teams as the calendar changed to January 2016. Here are four reasons why the Minnesota sports scene is currently "Loserville USA." To make a long story short, Minnesota's three professional winter teams and the Gophers men's basketball team are a combined 4-22 in January.
It is a strange time for the University of Minnesota men's hockey team. They've played themselves into contention in the Big Ten, but are barely above .500 on the season. The wins are starting to come, but the fervor for the team has not.
Mikayla Bailey hit a late 3-pointer and grabbed a last-second rebound as the University of Minnesota women's basketball team beat Indiana 78-76 on Sunday at Williams Arena.
The University of Minnesota men's hockey team put together a third period rally to beat Michigan State 3-1 at Mariucci and earn a weekend sweep of the Spartans. The Gophers scored all three goals in the final 20 minutes after trailing 1-0 going into the third period.
University of Minnesota senior guard Rachel Banham was named Friday to the Midseason Top 20 list for the Wooden Award. The players on the list are considered the front-runners for the award, which goes at the end of the season to the top player in college basketball.
Yogi Ferrell had 20 points, seven assists and six rebounds to help sluggish Indiana win its 10th straight game with a 70-63 victory over Minnesota on Saturday. Nick Zeisloft scored 15 points and the Hoosiers (15-3, 5-0 Big Ten) made 8 of 25 3-pointers to outlast Minnesota. Zeisloft went 5 for 8 from deep and Thomas Bryant added 10 points and seven rebounds for Indiana.
Matt Limegrover, the former offensive coordinator at the University of Minnesota, has a new home. It was announced Wednesday that Limegrover will be the offensive line coach at Penn State.
Shavon Shields scored 19 of his 24 points in the first half and Nebraska rolled to an 84-59 win over Minnesota on Tuesday night.
Aaron Falzon tied his career-high with 20 points and Tre Demps added 13 as Northwestern defeated Minnesota 77-52 on Saturday. Joey van Zegeren added 11 points and Bryant McIntosh had 10 assists for the Wildcats (14-3, 2-2 in the Big Ten), who posted their biggest victory ever at Minnesota's Williams Arena.
Payton Banks scored 24 points and Penn State beat Minnesota 86-77 on Tuesday. The Nittany Lions (10-6, 1-2 Big Ten) used a 14-6 run over the final 3:46 to avoid an 0-3 start in the Big Ten and spoiled a hot-shooting night for the Golden Gophers (6-9, 0-3 Big Ten), who made 11 3-pointers and led for most of the game.
The University of Minnesota women's basketball team got big games from Carlie Wagner and Jessie Edwards to beat Penn State, 98-85, on Sunday at Williams Arena.
Bryn Forbes scored 20 points, making three 3-pointers in the second half to help top-ranked Michigan State stave off Minnesota for a 69-61 victory on Saturday in response to a loss at Iowa earlier in the week.
Marc Loving scored 20 points and JaQuan Lyle had 13 assists, and Ohio State pulled away from Minnesota for a 78-63 win on Wednesday night in the Big Ten opener for both teams.
Minnesota coach Tracy Claeys has hired two assistant coaches for vacancies on his staff, including offensive coordinator Jay Johnson.
