Posted on 14 March 2014.
By: Jace Frederick
There were many bracketologists across the country that treated the Gophers quarterfinal matchup with Wisconsin as a make-or-break game for Minnesota's NCAA Tournament hopes.
The Gophers now have to hope it wasn’t — otherwise, they’re broke.
Minnesota struggled on both ends of the floor en route to arguably its worst performance of the season in an 83-57 loss to Wisconsin.
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Posted on 13 March 2014.
By: Jace Frederick
Minnesota needed two wins over Penn State in a five day span — no one doubted that.
And the Gophers, who have been so up-and-down this season, delivered two solid performances to do just that — the second a 63-56 win over the Nittany Lions in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.
“We found a way to get it done,” head coach Richard Pitino said. “ We found a way to get stops when we needed to, make big plays when we needed to.”
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Posted on 08 March 2014.
By: Betsy Helfand
BEMIDJI, MINN. – The Gophers advanced to the championship game of the WCHA Final Face-Off with a 4-1 win over Minnesota-Duluth.
Minnesota will take on North Dakota on Saturday with an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament on the line.
The Bulldogs and Gophers traded goals in the second period, before Minnesota scored three in the third.
“The resiliency of our team in the third was what spoke to me," head coach Brad Frost said. "I thought our team came together and really battled and competed and found a way to get it done.”
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Posted on 22 February 2014.
By: Dane Mizutani
Gophers head football coach Jerry Kill and the University of Minnesota have agreed to restructure the coach's contract, athletics director Norwood Teague announced Saturday afternoon.
That new contract adds an additional year to Kill's current contract. It also increases the coach's pay to $2.1 million for the 2014-15 season. His contract does not expire until the 2018-19 season.
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Posted on 09 February 2014.
By: Jace Frederick
DeAndre Mathieu’s twin brothers and cousin made the trip up from Tennessee to watch him take on vaunted Indiana point guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell.
So he had to show out for them.
“You can’t disappoint your family,” he said after the Gophers 66-60 win over Indiana. “I had to go get after it and go at him.”
He certainly didn’t disappoint.
Mathieu poured in 16 points and tacked on five assists to lead the Minnesota (16-8, 5-6) over the Hoosiers on Saturday night at Williams Arena.
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Posted on 05 February 2014.
By: Jack Satzinger
Jeff Jones, the No. 1 player in the state of Minnesota, announced his commitment to the Gophers on Wednesday morning at Washburn High School. Jones chose Minnesota over Iowa State and Tennessee — the other two programs that were considered finalists in his decision.
"Coach Kill's staff, you look at his track record and they win games," Jones said after the announcement. "I want to come to a program that's going to win."
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Posted on 31 January 2014.
By: Dane Mizutani
Frank Ragnow will strap on the shoulder pads for Arkansas, not the Gophers, next season.
Ragnow, a three-star offensive lineman recruit, announced his decision Friday afternoon at Chanhassen High School.
Ragnow was the third-best recruit in the state, according to Rivals.com, and was a priority on Minnesota's recruiting board this season. He had 17 offers from all across the nation but in the end it came down to three schools: Arkansas, Florida State, and the Gophers.
A chance to play in the SEC was too much to pass up.
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Posted on 29 January 2014.
By: Dane Mizutani
Former Gophers quarterback Philip Nelson will enroll at Rutgers and will continue his collegiate career with the Scarlett Knights, according to multiple reports Wednesday.
Nelson left the Minnesota football program earlier this month, citing he wanted to play in an offense that emphasized the passing attack more.
Rutgers ranked 62nd in the NCAA with 235.6 passing yards per game last season. Minnesota sat 115th with a measly 148.1 passing yards per game.
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Posted on 18 January 2014.
By: Dane Mizutani
While the scene was prestine — hockey outdoors the way it was meant to be played — the game itself was anything but pretty Friday night at TCF Bank Stadium.
Nonetheless the No. 1 Gophers eeked out a 1-0 win over Ohio State at the Hockey City Classic in front of an announced crowd of 45,021 fans — the largest crowd ever to watch a hockey game in the state of Minnesota.
This long-awaited oudoor spectacle lived up to the hype and sophomore goaltender Adam Wilcox and the Gophers didn't disappoint the vast home crowd.
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Posted on 17 January 2014.
By: Jace Frederick
The Gophers let a chance for a signature win slip out of their grasp late Saturday in their loss to Michigan State.
They weren’t about to let that happen again.
Minnesota rode a big performance from junior center Elliott Eliason and used some crucial plays down the stretch to pull away late en route to a 63-53 win over No. 11 Ohio State at Williams Arena on Thursday night.
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