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The Minnesota Daily

Sports

Defense enables women’s hoops to pull away in second

by Aaron Blake
Published November 18, 2002

Heading into the locker room at halftime leading heavily favored Minnesota by five, South Dakota State women's basketball coach Aaron Johnston knew it was too good to be true. He was right. The Division...

Men’s hoops find layups plentiful in rout of Team Nike

by Anthony Maggio
Published November 18, 2002

Pre-game layup drills generally aren't indicative of what a game is going to be like, but Minnesota's men's basketball team didn't seem to understand that on Sunday. The Gophers ran past, sliced through...

Depth at the point concerns Borton

by Aaron Blake
Published November 15, 2002

One season ago, Minnesota women's basketball point guard Lindsay Whalen averaged 36.6 minutes per game during conference play. During her infrequent breaks, Ebba Hemberg would run the point. But Hemberg...

Holman ready to showcase skills on court

by Anthony Maggio
Published November 15, 2002
Holman was third in Big Ten conference games last season with 1.62 blocks per game

Borton signs landmark class

by The Minnesota Daily
Published November 14, 2002

Minnesota women's basketball coach Pam Borton announced the signing of three Minnesotans - Eastview's Jamie Broback, Lakeville's Liz Podominick and Fosston's Kelly Roysland - to National Letters of Intent...

No. 1 Gophers and No. 3 Iowa ready for battle at ‘X’

by Brian Stensaas
Published November 14, 2002

On the maroon sponge mats in the humid bowels of the Bierman Athletic Building, one would never know Minnesota's wrestling season is two days away from beginning. Rather, it would seem the season-ending...

Collins kicked off men’s hoops team for rules violations

by Anthony Maggio
Published November 13, 2002

Minnesota men's basketball coach Dan Monson announced Tuesday that sophomore guard Kris Collins has been dismissed from the team for repeated rules violations in regards to his academic responsibilities. "I...

Old coaching rivals face off when Brown visits Ridder

by Brett Angel
Published November 13, 2002

Laura Halldorson and Digit Murphy have known each other from the beginning - since the beginning of their coaching careers anyway. Halldorson, now the women's hockey coach at Minnesota, and Murphy, the...

Future of U sports teams could rest on local telethon

by Brian Hall
Published November 13, 2002

Minnesota Athletics Director Joel Maturi and Save Gopher Sports fund-raising campaign members announced Tuesday they will hold a telethon to raise the remaining money to save the Minnesota men's and women's...

Cross country teams prepare for important Midwest Regional meets

by Aaron Blake
Published November 12, 2002

One season ago, Minnesota's women's cross country team advanced to the NCAA championships by finishing second in the Midwest Regional meet. With four of the top five Gophers from that race returning, coach...

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