Minnesota men's tennis player Raoul Schwark was named to the All-Big Ten men's tennis team this week. The senior from Dalheim, Germany is the first Gophers player to achieve the honor since 2004 to earn...

The daughter of a professional hockey player with six Stanley Cups to his name, Lindsay Risebrough, not surprisingly, felt comfortable on the ice from a young age. Risebrough, whose father is former Montreal...

Minnesota men's tennis coach Geoff Young did not hesitate. up next northwestern what: Men's tennis when: Noon, Saturday where: Evanston, Ill. Before the Gophers set out to play a pair of conference...

The journey is over. The Minnesota men's basketball team lost to Maryland 68-58 in the opening round of the National Invitational Tournament Tuesday night at Williams Arena, ending Tubby Smith's first...

Sometime over the last two months - between road trips to Arizona, Texas, Idaho and California - the Minnesota men's tennis team went from a squad looking to make its 14th NCAA tournament appearance in...

The journey is over. The Minnesota men's basketball team lost to Maryland 68-58 in the opening round of the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) Tuesday night at Williams Arena - ending Tubby Smith's...

The Hennepin County District Court has dismissed all claims brought by Jimmy Williams against the University and athletic director Joel Maturi, University of Minnesota General Counsel Mark Rotenberg announced...

INDIANAPOLIS - He did it, again. Minnesota freshman shooting guard Blake Hoffarber hit a running jumper as time expired Friday night at Conseco Fieldhouse, sending the sixth-seeded Gophers to a 59-58 upset...

The Minnesota men's basketball team isn't calling it a season just yet. The Gophers ñ who lost to Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament Semis Saturday afternoon ñ aren't heading to the NCAA tournament,...

.INDIANAPOLIS - After a midseason loss, Minnesota men's basketball coach Tubby Smith said his team is like Dr. Jekyll at one moment and Mr. Hyde at another. The Gophers brought their multiple personalities...

INDIANAPOLIS - If the Minnesota men's basketball team was thought to be a team of destiny after the heroics of freshman guard Blake Hoffarber Friday night, that notion was dropped ñ with the Gophers NCAA...

After letting signature wins slip through its grasp on numerous occasions during the regular season, the Minnesota men's basketball team needs to win the Big Ten tournament, or at the very least make it...

The Big Ten's top four teams - No. 8 Wisconsin, No. 17 Purdue, No. 22 Indiana and No. 19 Michigan State - are all set to make it into the NCAA tournament. According to ESPN.com bracketologist Joe Lundari,...

The way Minnesota women's tennis coach Tyler Thomson sees things, his team is just as talented as nearly every opponent remaining on the Gophers' schedule. What will decide how well Minnesota does between...

After letting yet another chance at a signature win go astray, the Minnesota men's basketball team is on the brink of being eliminated from NCAA tournament discussion. When the Gophers fell to No. 16 Purdue...

The final two weeks of the regular season for the Minnesota men's basketball team could be appropriately renamed "The Last Stand." With four games remaining, time is running out for the Gophers to pick...

Minnesota men's basketball coach Tubby Smith has accomplished plenty in his first year at the helm of the Gophers. Smith has transformed a team that went a program-worst 9-22 last season into a 17-win...

Lawrence McKenzie made sure the Minnesota men's basketball team didn't lose yet another conference home game. The senior guard scored a career-high 26 points to help the Gophers overcome a five-point second-half...

Earlier this week, members of the Minnesota men's basketball team gathered for a players-only meeting. The meeting, led by the Gophers' three seniors, Spencer Tollackson, Dan Coleman and Lawrence McKenzie,...

;MADISON, Wis. - All season long the Minnesota men's basketball team has been involved in a running documentary on the Big Ten Network titled "Minnesota Basketball: The Journey." up next michigan what:...

At season-opening media day in October, senior center Spencer Tollackson said the Minnesota men's basketball team would likely need to win every game played at Williams Arena to qualify for the NCAA tournament. Fast...

The Minnesota men's tennis team came away with one win in three tries this weekend at the Baseline Tennis Center, even though the Gophers nearly swept their competition. On Saturday, coach Geoff Young's...

After starting the spring season with a pair of losses last weekend, the Minnesota men's tennis team will certainly have their share of opportunities to rebound over the next few days. Coach Geoff Young's...

Talk with Jamal Abu-Shamala about his journey from small high school standout to starting small forward in the Big Ten and you can instantly tell by the sparkle in his eyes and rasp of his voice that he...

.COLUMBUS, Ohio - After somehow managing to dig itself out of a 16-point first-half deficit, the Minnesota men's basketball team was entrenched into a tightly contested game with two-time defending Big...

The Minnesota men's basketball team is sick and tired of moral victories. Seeking an "authentic" win, the Gophers travel to Columbus, Ohio this weekend to challenge Ohio State. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m....

Tubby Smith is a fan of chicken burritos. University students are fans of Tubby Smith. That combination led to the Minnesota men's basketball coach assisting the staff at the Stadium Village Chipotle on...

Bryan Bender practically lives at Williams Arena. He even admits to sleeping at The Barn on a few occasions. Bender, 20, is one of seven student managers employed by the Minnesota men's basketball team...

Moments after the Minnesota men's basketball team convincingly beat Colorado State on Wednesday night, senior guard Lawrence McKenzie was back on the elevated Williams Arena floor working on his jump shot. Unpleased...

It might be a surprise to some that the Minnesota men's basketball team is off to a 6-1 start with relatively the same group of players that completed a program-worst 9-22 campaign last season. But after...

Don't call the five players coming off the bench for the Minnesota men's basketball team a "second unit." The way those individuals are playing right now, they aren't second to anyone. up next south...

While athletics director Joel Maturi was finalizing a deal to make Tubby Smith the next Minnesota men's basketball coach last March, Niko Medved was searching for a new job. Just hours before Smith was...

After the senior trio of guard Lawrence McKenzie, forward Dan Coleman and center Spencer Tollackson went a combined 8-of-31 in the Gophers' 75-61 loss to Florida State on Tuesday, Minnesota's big three...

It was a humbling night for the Minnesota men's basketball team Tuesday in Tallahassee, Fla. With the senior trio of guard Lawrence McKenzie, forward Dan Coleman and center Spencer Tollackson struggling...

Just how much has the Minnesota men's basketball team improved under the tutelage of new head coach Tubby Smith? That question, among others, might be answered tonight when the undefeated Gophers travel...

.AMES, Iowa - The Minnesota men's basketball team understood before its season-opening road game Tuesday night that wins are not handed out away from home. After all, the Gophers' first and only road win...

In case you've forgotten, the Minnesota men's basketball team is currently in season. After a 10-day layoff, the Gophers finally return to the court tonight, taking on Iowa State at Hilton Coliseum in...

Recruiting was perceived to be one of Tubby Smith's weaknesses while at Kentucky. But from early indications, it doesn't appear Minnesota men's basketball fans will have any reason to be as critical about...

Clearly, this isn't the same team that suffered a program-worst 22 losses last season. Displaying a balanced offensive attack, mixed with stifling defense, the Minnesota men's basketball team won its season-opener...

Now the Tubby Smith era really begins. After a month full of practices and two exhibition games, the Minnesota men's basketball team begins its 2007-08 campaign on Saturday when the Gophers host Army at...

Earlier this week, Minnesota men's basketball coach Tubby Smith was asked if he was impressed that the Gophers held Minnesota State to 37 percent shooting in the team's first exhibition game Nov. 1. In...

The Minnesota men's basketball team's version of lineup musical chairs this preseason will continue once again tonight when the Gophers host Southwest Minnesota State in their final exhibition game at...

It was only a preseason game against a Division II opponent. Nonetheless, the Minnesota men's basketball team looked like a revitalized squad in its exhibition debut Thursday night. Playing in new coach...

Don't tell Travis Busch exhibition games don't count. When the Minnesota men's basketball team opens its preseason slate tonight against Minnesota State at Williams Arena, the Gophers' redshirt sophomore...

.CHICAGO - Speaking at Big Ten Basketball Media Day in Chicago on Sunday morning, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo sounded, at times, more like Tubby Smith's campaign manager than a college basketball coach. Izzo...

Tubby Smith's first recruiting class as head coach of the Minnesota men's basketball team continues to get stronger. On Thursday, Smith nabbed arguably his biggest target, literally and figuratively, when...

There was no shortage of questions for the Minnesota men's basketball team when the Gophers held their annual season-opening media day at Williams Arena on Wednesday. With a completely overhauled coaching...

Right now Baylor men's tennis coach Matt Knoll is probably kicking himself for not saving a scholarship for Raoul Schwark. After all, who wouldn't want a player who has won nearly 80 percent of his singles...

Anyone looking to watch elite collegiate tennis should look no further than the Baseline Tennis Center this weekend. The Minnesota men's tennis team will host the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest...

Minnesota men's basketball fans, its official: The Tubby Smith Era has arrived. After a four-year absence from campus, Midnight Madness officially returned to Minnesota on Friday night when Smith, his...

Minnesota men's tennis coach Geoff Young brought six of the eight players on his roster to the Northwestern Invitational in Evanston, Ill., this weekend so his inexperienced squad would finally be able...

Minnesota men's basketball fans, tonight is for you. The long-anticipated start to the Tubby Smith era begins tonight when the Gophers hold their first team practice of the season at 9 p.m. at Williams...

As an undergraduate at Northwestern University, Geoff Young said he never really thought about being a collegiate tennis coach. "I was thinking about getting homework done at night," Young said. "I was...

According to Minnesota women's tennis coach Tyler Thomson, its time for individuals on his team to start putting together eye-opening performances. For the first time this fall, the Gophers will get ample...

When Minnesota men's tennis coach Geoff Young and top singles player Raoul Schwark boarded a plane for Tulsa, Okla. Wednesday morning, the pair left Minneapolis with different expectations of what can...

Coach Tubby Smith of the Minnesota men's basketball team is nearing his first season as head coach of the Gophers' basketball program. The Minnesota Daily was granted an exclusive one-on-one interview...

Raoul Schwark of the Minnesota men's tennis team plowed through the singles field at the Princeton Invitational in business-like fashion to win his first collegiate singles championship this weekend. up...

When the Minnesota men's tennis team opens its fall season this weekend at the Princeton Invitational, like it or not, Raoul Schwark will have a target on his back. The senior from Dalheim, Germany, enters...

The Minnesota men's basketball team took a significant step toward bolstering its future frontcourt late Wednesday night when 6-foot-9-inch, 240-pound Colton Iverson verbally committed to the Gophers for...

The Minnesota men's basketball team took a significant step toward bolstering its future frontcourt late Wednesday night when 6-foot-9 inch, 240-pound Colton Iverson verbally committed to the Gophers for...

A player that figures to be a fixture at the top of the Minnesota women's tennis team's lineup for the long haul made a splashing debut over the weekend. Freshman Alessandra Ferrazzi looked more like a...

What a difference a year makes. Last September, Minnesota women's tennis coach Tyler Thomson had never seen nearly half his squad compete in a single collegiate tennis match until the Gophers' opening...

Saying the Minnesota men's cross country team had a good first weekend of competition would be a gross understatement. The Gophers, who were split between meets in River Falls, Wisc. and Provo, Utah, took...

It appears the hire of Tubby Smith is already paying dividends for the Minnesota men's basketball team. Just five months into the job, Smith has quickly transformed the image of the Gophers from a program...

The season will continue for the Minnesota men's tennis team after all. The 37th-ranked Gophers found out officially Tuesday night that they had qualified for the NCAA tournament and will meet No. 28 South...

It took over four hours to eliminate the Minnesota women's tennis team from the Big Ten tournament, but despite a valiant effort, the Gophers' season came to an end Friday night at the Baseline Tennis...

The Minnesota men's tennis team might have seen its season come to an end after a shocking first-round exit from the Big Ten Championships on Thursday afternoon in West Lafayette, Ind. The sixth-seeded...

Endings are usually final. Second chances are few and far between in life. And while everyone wishes at one point or another they could go back and do something differently, most never get a chance to...

On Monday, my excitement level was through the roof. It was opening day of the baseball season, WrestleMania 23 had just concluded and the NCAA college basketball National Championship was to be decided...

Athletic director Joel Maturi has taken plenty of heat over the past 14 months for making some more-than-questionable decisions. But with the slam-dunk hire of former Kentucky coach Tubby Smith on Thursday,...

It took athletic director Joel Maturi 114 days to find a new coach for the Minnesota men's basketball team. But from all indications, the lengthy search was well worthwhile. Former Kentucky coach Tubby...

The wait is over. After almost four months of anticipation, the University has named former Kentucky coach Tubby Smith the 16th head coach in Minnesota men's basketball history. Smith, who had four more...

The Minnesota men's and women's swimming and diving teams took advantage of home cooking over spring break. Competing in their home pool at the University Aquatics Center, both teams put forth impressive...

>CHICAGO - It wasn't the homecoming that interim Minnesota men's basketball coach Jim Molinari was hoping for. Molinari, who grew up in Glen Ellyn, Ill., approximately a half hour away from United Center,...

Oh, the drama. When the Big Ten tournament kicks off today at the United Center in Chicago, as many as six Big Ten teams will be fighting for their NCAA tournament lives. During the four-day span, all...

Off to its best start since 1998, the Minnesota baseball team is ready to showcase its arsenal against some of the toughest teams in the country - if the weather cooperates. The Gophers are supposed to...

It's been a forgettable month of February for the Minnesota men's basketball team. In their final regular season game, the Gophers extended their season-long losing streak to eight games after falling...

In its final game of what has been a tumultuous regular season, the Minnesota men's basketball team could potentially play the role of the spoiler. With not much else to play for, the Gophers will try...

The seventh straight loss for the Minnesota men's basketball team might have hurt the most out of any of the losses in the three-week stretch. up next purdue when: 7 p.m. Wednesday where: West Lafayette,...

Playing in front of its home fans for the final time this season, the Minnesota men's basketball team will try and put to bed its season-long six-game losing streak. The Gophers play their final game at...

Like every other team that has traveled to Bloomington, Ind., this season, the Minnesota men's basketball team found itself on the losing end of things at Assembly Hall. Despite a valiant effort, the Gophers...

The Minnesota men's basketball team isn't out of the clear just yet. After a brutal week in which the Gophers lost to the then-No.2 and No. 3 teams in the country, they now must find a way to beat Indiana...

The Minnesota men's basketball team had no answer for Ohio State freshman sensation Greg Oden, but it didn't have an answer for many other Buckeyes players either. up next Indiana when: 6 p.m. Wednesday where:...

A few short days after giving third-ranked Wisconsin nearly all it could handle, Minnesota's men's basketball team now has the daunting task of derailing the second-ranked team in the country. The Gophers...

On Valentine's Day, Minnesota's men's basketball team played with plenty of heart, but couldn't get a win over the third-ranked team in the country. The Gophers made things interesting for awhile but couldn't...

It's arguably the toughest five-day span in college basketball, but the Minnesota men's basketball team is embracing it. While a tilt with No. 2 Ohio State waits in the wings Sunday, the Gophers (9-16...

It's starting to get a little ironic for the Minnesota men's basketball team. A team that couldn't buy a basket and relied on a defensive identity to pull out wins most of the season has recently transformed...

A few short days after surrendering a season-high 91 points to Iowa, Minnesota men's basketball is trying to recapture its defensive identity. The Gophers don't have much time to rediscover their defensive...

Junior center Spencer Tollackson's heroic return to the court was not enough for Minnesota's men's basketball team to overtake Iowa and the Big Ten's leading scorer Wednesday night. Hawkeyes senior guard...

The most consistent low-post presence the Minnesota men's basketball team has to offer is finally set to return. After missing seven games in three weeks because of a broken left hand, junior center Spencer...

While the Minnesota men's basketball team snapped a pair of losing streaks earlier in the week, it couldn't end a third Saturday. The Gophers put up a solid effort but lost for the 17th consecutive time...

Just days after ending one lengthy losing streak against a Big Ten opponent, Minnesota's men's basketball team will try to end an even longer one. After putting to rest their six-game losing streak against...

Minnesota's men's basketball team has a road win on its résumé. Led by a career-high 19 points from sophomore guard Jamal Abu-Shamala, the Gophers beat Northwestern 62-55 on Wednesday night...

After snapping its five-game losing streak Saturday, Minnesota's men's basketball team will try and end another skid tonight. The Gophers have lost six straight games to Northwestern but will try to end...

Lawrence McKenzie, meet Tracy McGrady. If the pack defense Minnesota's men's basketball team runs on a regular basis looks familiar, look no further than the NBA - the Houston Rockets in particular. Interim...

It took career days from two role players, but Minnesota's men's basketball team finally has a reward for its hard work. Led by the surprising play of redshirt freshman Kevin Payton and sophomore Jonathan...

The way Minnesota's men's basketball team has struggled this season, the Gophers are cherishing any moral victories they can find. However, that doesn't mean Minnesota isn't still desperate to snap its...

It's a case of bad getting worse for Minnesota's men's basketball team. The slumping Gophers lost their fifth straight game Wednesday night as they were unable to keep pace with red-hot Michigan State,...

Interim Minnesota men's basketball coach Jim Molinari wants to make one thing abundantly clear: Despite its many short comings thus far this season, his team has not - and will not - give up. The Gophers,...

The one team most people thought Minnesota's men's basketball team could beat instead embarrassed the Gophers on their home court. up next Michigan State WHEN: 6 p.m. Wednesday WHERE: East Lansing, Mich. Minnesota...