Fresh off a four-game homestand, MinnesotaâÄôs womenâÄôs basketball team will take its show on the road to face the Denver Pioneers on Wednesday.
The Gophers have won three games in a row...
Gophers women's basketball point guard Rachel Banham has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week.
Banham scored 18 points in the Gophers' victory against Air Force along with six rebounds, six assists...
The Gophers womenâÄôs basketball team defeated Harvard and Alcorn State over the weekend to win the Best Buy Classic and improve to 7-5 on the season.
MinnesotaâÄôs shooting percentage...
Minnesota defeated Harvard 79-53 behind an impressive performance from senior guard Kiara Buford.
Buford drove to the rim at will and shot the lights out from outside for 25 points. She hit 11-of-14...
The Gophers womenâÄôs basketball team has leaned on its two top guards for much of the season. After getting thrashed by Baylor on Sunday, head coach Pam Borton rolled out a three-guard set to...
The Gophers host Air Force on Wednesday night at Williams Arena at 7 p.m. and will look to bounce back against the Falcons after losing Sunday to No. 1 Baylor.
Air Force and Minnesota have identical records...
Minnesota was unable to keep up with Brittney Griner and the No. 1 Baylor Lady Bears on Sunday, losing 89-60. The loss dropped the Gophers to 4-5.
Griner led Baylor with 20 points, nine rebounds and five...
Minnesota had a dreadful shooting performance and was in foul trouble yet again in a 82-65 loss to Wake Forest. The team fell to 4-4 on the season with the loss.
Wake Forest beat the Gophers at their...
The Gophers put their season to bed against Illinois last week with a 27-7 victory. The win was one of only three in the first year of the Jerry Kill era.
Minnesota can now look ahead to the...
Kim Royston finished his Gophers career Saturday versus Illinois and was awarded his first Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week award Monday.
Royston said that this entire year was a blessing after...
The Gophers womenâÄôs basketball team played an exciting weekend tournament in Moraga, Calif., splitting two games that featured last-second shots.
On Friday night, Quinnipiac nabbed the victory...
Minnesota led from start to finish Saturday in its win against Illinois, the first time the Gophers had a lead for an entire game this season.
The Gophers won a game by double digits for the first time...
Freshman Rachel Banham hit a game-winning shot for the Gophers womenâÄôs basketball team in a 65-64 win over Virginia Tech on Saturday.
Minnesota beat the Hokies in the third-place game of the...
The Gophers womenâÄôs basketball team lost Friday night against Quinnipiac, 64-62. This was the first game of the St. MaryâÄôs tournament in Moraga, California.
Minnesota shot poorly in...
The Gophers womenâÄôs basketball team travels to California this weekend for the St. MaryâÄôs Hilton Tournament. The Gophers will face Quinnipiac on Friday night to open the tournament...
The Gophers wrap up their season against Illinois on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium. Minnesota has had a rocky road in head coach Jerry KillâÄôs first season with a 2-9 record (1-6 conference.)
With...
The first year of the Jerry Kill era will come to a conclusion Saturday.
The season has developed into a rebuilding project for Kill and his staff, something the seniors seemingly embraced to help the...
The Gophers womenâÄôs basketball team defeated North Dakota State 80-41 on Sunday in the Subway Classic championship and improved to 3-2 on the season.
Minnesota dominated the glass, forced 26...
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Minnesota fell to 1-6 Saturday with a road loss to Northwestern 28-13. The Gophers had numerous opportunities, but costly turnovers in the second half led to their defeat.
In...
The Minnesota womenâÄôs basketball team will play its first regular season home game this weekend against Binghamton University in the Subway Classic tournament.
The winner of SaturdayâÄôs...
The Big Ten is known for power running games behind massive offensive lines. This formula has worked well for Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan for years, but the Gophers have struggled in that regard...
Minnesota quarterback MarQueis Gray became a father late Friday night, as his girlfriend gave birth to twin boys named MarShawn and MarZell.
Gray said he received a call during team activities and was...
The Gophers womenâÄôs basketball team won its regular season opener, but finished with a 1-2 record at the WomenâÄôs Basketball Invitational Tipoff on Nov. 11-13 in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Minnesota...
The Gophers womenâÄôs basketball team opens its regular season this weekend in Florida with the WomenâÄôs Basketball Invitational Tipoff. Minnesota will play Arkansas, Florida State and...
Minnesota hosts the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium to battle for Paul BunyanâÄôs Axe. This game will be the 121st in the interstate rivalry and Minnesota hasnâÄôt won...
Minnesota fought hard in East Lansing, but came up short against Michigan State, losing 31-24.
Quarterback MarQueis Gray had a career day against the SpartansâÄô defense. He threw for 295 yards,...
The Minnesota womenâÄôs basketball team used its superior size and athletic ability to rout St. Cloud State 86-51 in its exhibition opener.
âÄúWe had six players in double figures,...
The Gophers womenâÄôs basketball team opens its season at 7 p.m. tonight at Williams Arena with an exhibition game against St. Cloud State.
Minnesota lost six of its last seven games last year...
Minnesota kicker Jordan Wettstein was named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week after the Gophers defeated Iowa 22-21 on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium.
Wettstein, a junior walk-on, started his first...
The history behind the Minnesota and Iowa rivalry game trophy is clouded by accused racism, a potential riot and a prize hog.
In 1934, Iowa had a star tailback in Ozzie Simmons. Simmons was an African-American...
Minnesota will host the Iowa Hawkeyes this Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium for the Floyd of Rosedale trophy.
Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill said that he has seen progress in his football program and he also...
The Huskers were sharks amid a sea of red at TCF Bank Stadium, and the Gophers were the seemingly helpless victims that sank 41-14.
Playing in front of a homecoming crowd that contained more red shirts...
The Huskers were sharks amid a sea of red at TCF Bank Stadium and the Gophers were the seemingly helpless victims that sank 41-14.
Playing in front of a homecoming crowd that appeared to contain more red...
Minnesota leads the all-time series against Nebraska, but has lost 14 straight games dating back to 1963. Minnesota hasnâÄôt defeated Nebraska since 1960.
-NebraskaâÄôs All-American defensive...
At the break of dawn, senior offensive lineman Chris Bunders wakes up at 6 a.m., not to get ready for practice, or class, but to drive for an hour and a half.
âÄúI get the honor of taking my fiancee...
Vikings head coach Leslie Frazier has told quarterback Christian Ponder he will start his first NFL game this week against the Green Bay Packers, according to numerous reports. Frazier will address...
Marcus Jones is a true freshman on the Gophers football team adjusting to a busy schedule, life on a college campus and getting ready for a cold winter.
Jones has had a good start to his college career....
The Gophers head to West Lafayette, Ind., this weekend to battle the Purdue Boilermakers and try to redeem themselves after getting steamrolled by Michigan last week 58-0.
Minnesota is 1-4 this...
The GophersâÄô defense has been terrible this season.
Minnesota has given up an average of almost five yards per carry on the ground and eight rushing touchdowns, while also allowing a completion...
Jerry Kill addressed the media this week and began by reciting a line from Murray Warmath, the last Gophers coach to lead the team to the Rose Bowl in 1962:
âÄúIf lessons are learned in defeat,...
MarQueis Gray was unable to start Saturday, just one of a flood of disappointments for Minnesota in a 58-0 blanking in Michigan.
True freshman quarterback Max Shortell started in his place and failed to...
Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill was released from the hospital at 11 a.m. Wednesday, and made it to a coachâÄôs meeting two hours later.
He returned to late afternoon practice and said he plans...
The Little Brown Jug rivalry has deep roots, and its interesting history of theft, imitation and recreation throughout the years still is up for debate.
The origin of the trophy, however, can be linked...
The GophersâÄô offense as a whole has looked poor at times, but its running game continues to improve.
MinnesotaâÄôs ground attack is led by a three-headed monster of senior Duane Bennett,...
MarQueis Gray scrambled across TCF Bank Stadium field Saturday and gave the Jerry Kill era a needed first win after stumbling out of the gates with two losses.
The Gophers 29-23 victory over Miami of Ohio...
After stumbling out of the blocks, the Jerry Kill and MarQueis Gray eras picked up some steam Saturday.
The GophersâÄô 29-23 victory over Miami (Ohio) was KillâÄôs first as head coach of...
This weekend marks the first time in University of Minnesota history that a former player will come back as an opposing head coach.
DeWayne Walker was a junior college transfer in the 1980...
Daily Email Edition
Get MN Daily NEWS delivered to your inbox Monday through Friday!
