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UCLA falls to Minnesota in NCAA tournament opener
UCLA's basketball season is over. Is Ben Howland's tenure as Bruins coach? Minnesota knocked off UCLA, 83-63, Friday night in a second-round South Regional game at Austin, Texas. The Bruins (25-10) went out with a whimper, shooting poorly and...
Tags: Tony Parker, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Students, Illinois Fighting Illini, College Basketball
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NCAA Tournament: Florida turns back Minnesota, 78-64
AUSTIN, Texas -- Mike Rosario scored 25 points and Florida used an overpowering first half to roll past Minnesota and into the NCAA tournament round of 16 for third consecutive year with a 78-64 win Sunday in the South Regional. The No. 3-seeded...
Tags: Billy Donovan, Erik Murphy, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Basketball, Ohio State Buckeyes
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Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Sid Hartman column
Star TribuneAccording to new Timberwolves president of basketball operations Flip Saunders, former Gophers forward Trevor Mbakwe performed well at last week's NBA draft combine in Chicago, which is held for players who have a likelihood of getting selected....Tags: Jarius Wright, Minnesota Timberwolves, Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Red Sox, Western Conference (NHL)
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BRIEF: Andre Hollins invited to World University Games tryouts
St. Paul Pioneer PressGophers point guard Andre Hollins will get a chance to prove he's one of the top college basketball players in country as he was invited to tryouts for the World University Games team, coach Richard Pitino said Friday. Hollins, who led the University of...Tags: Sports, College Basketball, Basketball
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Kansas' Jeff Withey surprised Michigan's Mitch McGary didn't enter NBA draft
Detroit Free PressKansas' Jeff Withey saw the other big men at the NBA draft combine today and, at one point this spring, expected Michigan's Mitch McGary to be in that mix. McGary was ranked by some experts ahead of Withey, in the mid-teens range, before deciding to...Tags: Sports, Michigan Wolverines, Freedom of the Press, National Collegiate Athletic Association, National Basketball Association
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Mbakwe tries to catch someone's eye at NBA draft combine
Star TribuneFormer Gophers forward Trevor Mbakwe arrived Thursday at the doorstep of his dreams -- the annual combine for the NBA draft's top prospects -- after admittedly taking the long way around. In a sweepstakes often won by the collegiate game's one-and-...Tags: DeJuan Blair, NBA Playoffs, NBA Draft, Basketball, Kenneth Faried
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Gophers basketball: With Joe Coleman leaving, no Minnesotans on roster
St. Paul Pioneer PressBen Coleman was excited for his nephew, Joe, when he heard new Gophers basketball coach Richard Pitino was going to have an up-and-down, run-and-gun style of play. That system seemed to fit Joe Coleman's game best. But the sophomore swingman still...Tags: Rodney Williams, Jr., Sports, Chicago Tribune, Awards and Prizes, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Guard Scottie Wilbekin's defense a key to the Gators' Sweet 16 dreams
AUSTIN, Texas — Down in south Texas where gunslingers and lawmen used to rule, Florida Gators point guard Scottie Wilbekin will look to add another notch to his belt. For No. 3 seed Florida (27-7) to beat No. 11 Minnesota (21-12) Sunday and...Tags: Erik Murphy, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Basketball, Ohio State Buckeyes, Patric Young
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Billy Donovan's Gators to face Tubby Smith's Minnesota Golden Gophers
It's tough to figure the Minnesota Golden Gophers - the Florida Gators' next opponent in the NCAA Tournament. Following a 15-1 start, coach Tubby Smith's squad went into a funk. The Golden Gophers finished 8-10 in the Big Ten and lost seven of it...
Tags: Billy Donovan, Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Basketball, Kentucky Wildcats
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No. 12 MSU uses big 2nd half to down No. 18 Minnesota
EAST LANSING, MICH. -- For all the pain that Michigan State freshman Gary Harris seemed to be in throughout Wednesday's game, it had nothing on the anguish he inflicted on Minnesota. Despite moving gingerly throughout the game, Harris gutted it out and...
Tags: Branden Dawson, Gary Harris, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Michigan State Spartans, Keith Appling
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Florida State drops ACC/Big Ten Challenge game to Minnesota, 77-68
TALLAHASSEE -- Leonard Hamilton's eyes said it before his lips even moved. Reality, the dark pupils suggested, had finally sunk in; this was going to be a challenging year for his young Florida State Seminoles. That realization had long been rattling...Tags: Sports, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Basketball
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College Basketball: Stanford routs Minnesota for NIT championship
NEW YORK - Andre Ingram went up for a wide-open dunk in the final seconds of the first half with Minnesota still in striking distance. The ball slipped out of his hands before he could slam it in, a fitting image for a frustrating night. The short-...Tags: Sports, Stanford Cardinal, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Basketball, Rodney Williams
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