Gophers basketball will host Florida State on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at Williams Arena.
Minnesota defeated the Seminoles 77-68 last season in Tallahassee, Fla. behind then-sophomores Joe Coleman, who had...
NCAA legislation to approve the use of multiyear student-athlete scholarships happened so fast that very few schools took the first step to distribute them.
The University of Minnesota athletics department...
Wally Ellenson works 40 hours a week and doesn’t get paid for it.
As summer nears, the freshman athlete estimates he spends more than a full-time job’s hours practicing for Gophers men’s...
As a player, NBA center Jason Collins hasn’t been relevant since the early 2000s when his New Jersey Nets made it to back-to-back NBA Finals.
As a social icon, Collins made history Monday...
Richard Pitino has taken steps to distance himself from the Tubby Smith era of Gophers basketball, taking very little from the national champion coach.
But the University of Minnesota officially announced...
Richard Pitino has taken steps to distance him from the Tubby Smith era of Gophers basketball, taking very little from the national champion coach.
But the University of Minnesota officially announced...
The Gophers’ recruitment of Apple Valley High School star Tyus Jones began four years ago, and the nation’s top-ranked point guard prospect for 2014 hasn’t even started his senior year...
Gophers men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino has hired three assistants and nabbed a recruit two weeks into the most recognizable job of his life — all after watching his father, Louisville...
The Gophers’ 2013 recruiting class is no longer empty.
Days after signees Alvin Ellis and Alex Foster decommitted amid Minnesota’s coaching transition, new head coach Richard Pitino netted...
Gophers basketball coach Richard Pitino added some Big Ten experience to his staff Tuesday.
Ben Johnson, a former Gophers player and Nebraska assistant, was named Pitino’s third assistant, according...
Gophers basketball coach Richard Pitino added some Big Ten experience to his staff Tuesday.
Ben Johnson, a former Gophers player and Nebraska assistant, was named Pitino’s third assistant, according...
Richard Pitino’s newly hired assistant coach Kimani Young will make more money than any of former coach Tubby Smith’s assistants.
Pitino, who will make about $600,000 less than Smith per year...
Richard Pitino’s newly hired assistant coach Kimani Young will take home more money than any of former coach Tubby Smith’s assistants.
And Pitino hasn’t even named his top guy yet.
Ron...
New Gophers men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino is bringing two of his assistant coaches to Minnesota from Florida International.
Mike Balado and Kimani Young were announced as assistant coaches...
New Gophers men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino is bringing two of his assistant coaches to Minnesota from Florida International.
Mike Balado and Kimani Young were announced as assistant coaches...
New Gophers men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino is bringing two of his assistant coaches to Minnesota from Florida International.
Mike Balado and Kimani Young were announced as assistant coaches...
Rodney Williams was hanging out with fellow Gophers basketball players when he heard the news that Richard Pitino was hired.
The outgoing senior said his teammate, sophomore Oto Osenieks, sent the team...
The University of Minnesota turned a press conference into a pep rally Friday morning as it announced Richard Pitino as its new men’s basketball coach.
The pep band, Goldy Gopher and more than 100...
Richard Pitino, son of legendary coach Rick Pitino, will be the University of Minnesota’s next head men’s basketball coach.
The University confirmed Wednesday in a release that Richard Pitino...
From the Golden Panthers to the Golden Gophers, it looks like Florida International coach Richard Pitino will be the Gophers next men's basketball coach.
CBSSports.com’s Jeff Goodman, who also...
Basketball recruit Alvin Ellis has been released from his letter of intent to play for the Gophers next season, the Pioneer Press reported Wednesday.
Ellis told the Pioneer Press that he asked to be released...
A week after being fired at Minnesota, Tubby Smith has agreed to terms with Texas Tech to become its next men’s basketball coach.
Texas Tech will hold a news conference to announce Smith's hiring...
The Gophers could use power hitter Kaitlyn Richardson’s broken nose as an excuse for no hits in a 6-2 loss to Northwestern on Friday in Evanston, Ill.
But with Richardson back in the lineup Sunday,...
The negativity surrounding Gophers men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith seemed to gain intensity in each of his six seasons at Minnesota.
No winning seasons in the Big Ten and one win in four games...
AUSTIN, Texas — The three kings of Gophers basketball stared in front of their name cards as they sat at the podium, defeated.
Neither Rodney Williams, Trevor Mbakwe nor Andre Hollins looked up to...
AUSTIN, Texas — Trevor Mbakwe walked off a basketball court for the last time in a Gophers jersey after Minnesota’s 14-point loss to Florida on Sunday.
Mbakwe paused as he hit the tunnel and...
Florida is the best team in the nation according to Ken Pomeroy’s college basketball rankings. The “advanced analysis” the revered statistician conducts utilizes solely numbers –...
A day before the 11-seeded Gophers tipped off against six-seed UCLA, Bruins forward Travis Wear wasn’t as fixated in promoting his own team as he was downplaying Minnesota’s chances.
“They...
AUSTIN, Texas -- The No. 11-seeded Gophers dismantled No. 6 seed UCLA on Friday to grab coach Tubby Smith’s first NCAA tournament victory with the program.
Minnesota toppled the Bruins 83-63 in front...
The Gophers dodged a bullet by the name of Jordan Adams.
UCLA’s freshman guard Adams broke his foot in the PAC-12 semifinal against Arizona. Minnesota fans can look back to 2011, when starting point...
Rodney Williams and Austin Hollins sat at the podium Sunday, looking like a team that just missed out on the NCAA Tournament.
The co-captains were disjointed, appearing removed from the situation –...
Four months ago, Selection Sunday was the time Gophers players and fans alike couldn’t wait for.
Now, with three straight losses including a first-round exit in the Big Ten Tournament, many fans...
Minnesota played within four points of Illinois at Williams Arena on Feb. 10.
The Gophers were missing Rodney Williams, but the senior likely wouldn't have provided the spark Minnesota needed at the...
Andre Hollins clapped his hands together in frustration as teammate Trevor Mbakwe loosened his ankle braces for the last time at a Big Ten Tournament.
The two players, separated by almost four years in...
Gophers seniors Rodney Williams and Trevor Mbakwe met after Saturday’s loss at Purdue, mulling over how back-to-back losses ended their once-promising regular season.
They know their next games are...
Sixth-year senior Trevor Mbakwe was named to the Third Team All-Big Ten by coaches and Second Team All-Big Ten by the media. Sophomore Andre Hollins earned All-Big Ten Honorable Mention by coaches and...
Andre Hollins tried to buoy the Gophers’ offense Saturday, but the anchor of inconsistency on both ends of the court was too damning.
Minnesota lost its eighth straight road game, this time to Purdue,...
The Gophers played their red-and-white uniformed foe like it was Wisconsin, scoring 51 points Wednesday in an upset loss at Nebraska after averaging 75 in their past two wins.
The Huskers dictated the...
Trevor Mbakwe picked up his third foul five minutes into the second half with the Gophers trailing then-No. 1 Indiana by eight points Feb. 26.
The Gophers’ faithful had just witnessed Mbakwe score...
The Hoosiers' Cody Zeller should buy Trevor Mbakwe a drink -- if he were old enough to.
The Gophers' 24-year-old was named Big Ten Player of the Week after dominating performances against No. 1...
Senior Trevor Mbakwe promised he’d repay his scholarship if the Gophers missed the NCAA tournament this year.
He probably won’t have to.
Minnesota is 5-5 against top-25 teams this season, a...
The Gophers’ Julian Welch lobbed an alley-oop pass to Rodney Williams with 15 seconds left in the first half of Minnesota’s 73-44 win over Penn State on Saturday afternoon.
Welch’s errant...
The two-foot raised court the Gophers play on at Williams Arena seems to elevate the team above their main issues – shooting and ball handling.
Minnesota tips off against Penn State at 2 p.m. at...
Norwood Teague runs one of the only Big Ten athletics departments that still need annual appropriations from its University to break even.
The first-year athletics director said his master facilities...
Tubby Smith wants his players to have their cake — but not to eat it yet.
The Gophers beat top-ranked Indiana on Tuesday, and their veteran coach looked back two weeks for a reason to postpone the...
Norwood Teague runs one of the only Big Ten athletics departments that still need annual appropriations from its university to break even.
The first-year University of Minnesota athletics director said...
In the Gophers’ 3-0 start to the Big Ten schedule, Andre Hollins was putting up Victor Oladipo-like numbers – averaging 17 points per game, shooting 60 percent from the floor and 100 percent...
Fans lined the border of Williams Arena’s raised court with seconds remaining in Wednesday’s game against Indiana, pushing the security guards who tried to stop them.
The final minute, slowed...
Minnesota’s single-digit loss to Indiana at Assembly Hall on Jan. 12 left many Gophers fans smelling blood in the water for Tuesday’s rematch at Williams Arena.
Minnesota, then ranked No. 8...
Fingers point, blame spreads and Gophers basketball loses.
Those are just a few motifs of late-season Minnesota hoops that continue as coach Tubby Smith’s February monkey has grown into a...
Mo Walker’s free throw tied Minnesota and Ohio State at 21-21 with two minutes left in the first half, giving Gophers fans abroad hope of an upset.
The Buckeyes went on a 50-24 run to end the game...
Ohio State forward Deshaun Thomas provides a matchup problem for any team in the country.
For Minnesota, a squad with shoddy perimeter defense, Thomas provides a nightmare.
The Big Ten’s leading...
Coach Tubby Smith touted the Gophers’ depth as one of their greatest strengths before the Big Ten season started.
But it appears to be one of Minnesota’s looming weaknesses as the team is 6-7...
IOWA CITY, Iowa — In some ways, the Gophers’ 72-51 loss at Iowa on Sunday resembles their rollercoaster year.
The Gophers jumped out to a 21-5 lead in the first seven minutes at the Carver-Hawkeye...
Andre Hollins is only a sophomore, but he knows when it’s time to right the ship.
Hollins and coach Tubby Smith had lunch together Wednesday to discuss the Gophers’ 2-6 record in their past...
For the first time since November, the Gophers men's basketball team is not ranked in the Associated Press Top 25.
Minnesota, ranked No. 18 a week ago, lost at Michigan State on Wednesday and...
Coach Tubby Smith shook his head at the podium Sunday after the Gophers’ 57-53 home loss to Illinois, looking for answers to explain his team’s struggles.
“We found another way to lose,”...
The Big Ten, known as one of the country’s toughest conferences, is not the place to be inconsistent.
Austin Hollins went from hero to scapegoat in No. 18 Minnesota’s 61-50 loss to No. 12 Michigan...
These aren’t the same Spartans the Gophers pushed around on New Year’s Eve.
No. 18 Minnesota travels to face No. 12 Michigan State on Wednesday in a rematch of the Big Ten Conference opener,...
Randy Handel remembers the first time he walked the parking lots of TCF Bank Stadium.
It wasn’t the high-arching entranceways or the vibe of football back on campus that cemented the memory in fall...
The Gophers almost took one more step toward another Big Ten season collapse Sunday at Williams Arena.
But Austin Hollins wasn’t about to let that happen.
Hollins drained the game-winning three-pointer...
February is a historically bad month for head coach Tubby Smith and the Gophers men’s basketball team.
No. 23 Minnesota will host Iowa on Sunday to kick off one of Smith’s most critical stretches...
Rodney Williams only needed the first half of Tuesday’s game to answer his critics.
The senior co-captain scored a Big Ten career-high 23 points in an 84-65 win against Nebraska, including 19 points...
Plenty of stats get thrown around about points per game, shooting percentage and overall effectiveness to describe a team’s offense.
But in the Gophers’ four-game losing streak, who has been...
Austin Hollins knows Minnesota needs to stop the bleeding.
Hollins called Tuesday’s home game against Nebraska a “must-win” after four straight losses.
Down 11 spots in the most recent...
MADISON, Wis. — Rodney Williams said confidence isn’t the problem in his team’s four-game losing streak.
“We won 15 games coming into this losing streak,” Williams said. “We...
MADISON, Wis. — Rodney Williams had a chance to redeem himself and his struggling Gophers with 1.7 seconds left in Minnesota’s 45-44 loss to Wisconsin on Saturday.
The senior co-captain stepped...
There’s something about Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill.
No. 12 Minnesota dropped its third straight game to Northwestern, 55-48 — its fifth straight loss at the Wildcats’ arena dating...
Rodney Williams and Joe Coleman both played through injuries in the Gophers’ loss to then-No. 5 Michigan on Thursday, coach Tubby Smith said Monday during his Big Ten conference call.
Williams and...
Minnesota's men's basketball team has flirted with the idea of being a top-10 squad in this young Big Ten season.
The No. 12 Gophers are currently third in the conference in scoring -- putting...
A bead of sweat trickled down Andre Hollins’ face.
His then-No. 9 Gophers had lost 83-75 to then-No. 5 Michigan more than 20 minutes earlier. The sophomore point guard had already showered, but he...
No. 8 Minnesota’s second-half surge against No. 5 Indiana wasn’t enough to overcome the 23-point hole the Gophers dug by halftime.
The Gophers (15-2, 3-1 Big Ten) dropped their first conference...
Coach Tubby Smith said one of his Gophers’ most vital strengths is their depth.
On Wednesday night, he didn't need it. The Gophers' starting five scored all of their points in an 84-67 win at No....
The Gophers survived an ugly first half to beat Northwestern 69-51 on Sunday at Williams Arena for their 10th straight win.
No. 9 Minnesota has won its first two Big Ten games for the first time since...
This year’s Gophers are a force to be reckoned with in the Big Ten.
No. 9 Minnesota outlasted No. 18 Michigan State in the conference season opener 76-63 behind Andre Hollins’ game-highs in...
Trevor Mbakwe made his debut in the starting lineup Saturday night against Lafayette in the Gophers' final nonconference game.
Minnesota beat the Leopards 75-50 in front of an announced sellout crowd of...
Slow starts have plagued the Gophers this season, but that hasn’t stopped them from blowing out weaker nonconference foes.
Minnesota trailed North Dakota State with 12 minutes left in the first half...
The Gophers moved up to No. 13 in the Associated Press top-25 poll Monday — their highest ranking in Tubby Smith’s six years with the team.
But the head coach said he doesn’t pay much...
Andre Hollins wanted to wear Cardinal red.
The Gophers’ star sophomore point guard knew Stanford was his top choice after scouting out the campus as a high school senior in October 2010.
“Early...
Gophers coach Tubby Smith said he believed in a deep bench before heading to play Southern California on Saturday.
In Smith’s 500th career victory, his philosophy matched his personnel.
No. 14 Minnesota...
The Gophers will hit the road again after a two-game homestand to play Southern California on Saturday.
The Trojans (3-5) have struggled in recent years, and they’ve already dropped two games to...
South Dakota State didn’t come to play the Gophers as advertised Tuesday at Williams Arena.
In a potential point guard shootout, Gophers guard Andre Hollins fulfilled his end of the bargain. But...
The Gophers never recruited Nate Wolters.
But the St. Cloud, Minn., native said he didn’t care. He didn’t think he could play in the Big Ten, anyway.
“I was never really recruited by...
Following the Gophers’ road win over Florida State on Tuesday, Andre Hollins tweeted about returning to Minnesota to “catch up on class work and get some rest finally.”
Hollins’...
Joe Coleman has said anyone could be a scorer for the Gophers this season — that’s how much talent they have.
No. 21 Minnesota, led by Coleman’s 16 points and six rebounds, handled Florida...
The newly ranked No. 21 Gophers will wrap up a week-long road trip Tuesday at Florida State in the annual Big Ten/Atlantic Coast Conference Challenge.
The Seminoles are the Gophers’ fourth opponent...
Gophers point guard Andre Hollins was named Big Ten Player of the Week on Monday after scoring 61 points in three games at the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.
Hollins scored 41 points Friday against his...
When opportunity knocked at the Gophers’ door, Andre Hollins answered it with a smile.
The sophomore point guard scored 61 points in three games — including 41 against his hometown team, Memphis...
Three games in three days can wear down a team’s focus and energy — but not its natural talent.
After expected wins against four easy nonconference opponents, the Gophers rose to the occasion...
After months of listening to naysayers and fighting controversy, head men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith has a chance to put Gophers basketball on the map on Thanksgiving Day.
Minnesota (4-0) beat...
Penn State's star point guard Tim Frazier will miss the rest of the season with a torn left achilles tendon.
Frazier, a 6-foot-1 senior, was averaging 16.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists per...
Joe Jurusik and Lonny Phernetton have attended Gophers men’s basketball games together for more than a decade.
Yet the two couldn’t disagree more on the future of the Gophers’ current...
If the Gophers needed a dose of reality before playing behemoth Duke on Thanksgiving Day, they got one.
The undefeated Gophers beat Richmond 72-57 at Williams Arena on Sunday in the team’s toughest...
The University of Maryland is in "serious negotiations" to join the Big Ten Conference, according to ESPN.com.
ESPN reported that if Maryland goes, Rutgers is expected to leave the Big East and...
The Gophers flipped a switch on their inconsistent shooting Thursday, catching fire from long range in a 72-43 win over Tennessee State at Williams Arena.
After shooting poorly in its first two games,...
As a kid, Austin Hollins told his parents he was going to play basketball on TV one day.
The 21-year-old has already surpassed his youthful ambitions.
Undefeated Minnesota will host winless Tennessee State...
Minnesota has sprinted out to huge leads in the first half of each of its nonconference games this season.
The Gophers have a combined 56-point advantage in their first halves against American and Toledo.
But...
Gophers head coach Tubby Smith said Tuesday that he has decided to redshirt Charles Buggs, one of his two freshman for the 2012-13 season.
Smith said he sat down with Buggs and his parents after Minnesota’s...
Shortly after being reported that Penn State merchandise was no longer available online, the NCAA put up a disclaimer on the front page of its online store.
"Due to a technical glitch, Penn State...
