Gophers Head to the Kaufman-Brand Open
gophersports.com
The Golden Gophers continue their early season schedule of open meets, with the Kaufman-Brand Open this weekend. The meet begins at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21 and will include more than 500 wrestlers from Division I, Division II, Divisi...
Westbrook leads No. 25 Gophers past Tennessee Tech
USA Today
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Lawrence Westbrook scored 22 points and No. 5 Minnesota won its season opener 87-50 over Tennessee Tech on Friday night. The senior guard, who led the Gophers (1-0) with 12.6 points per game last season, keyed a 16-5 run ...
Gophers slow out of gate
Pioneer Press
Gophers coach Tubby Smith on Thursday night found out what his team looked like without leading scorer Lawrence Westbrook, who was out with the flu during Minnesota's 76-51 victory over Utah Valley at Williams Arena. The game ended in a rou...
Williams leads Golden Gophers past Utah Valley CBASK
KSTP
Damian Johnson added 15 points and six boards for Minnesota (3-0), which has won all three games at home this season. Al Nolen added 11 points, seven assists and six steals, and Paul Carter had 10 points in the win. Jordan Swarbrick was the...
Wild prospect among five hockey players who sign with Gophers
Pioneer Press
A Minnesota Wild prospect and two Minnetonka Skippers are among the five players who signed letters of intent to play for the University of Minnesota in 2010-11, the Gophers announced Thursday. Forward Eric Haula, the second-leading scorer ...
Will Gophers arrive just in time?
Times-Republican
After back-to-back losses and a BCS bowl bid on the line, the Hawkeyes are in desperate need of a win to keep a season that once looked to be on the verge of making history from slipping away into a season of what-ifs. Luckily for the Hawke...
Williams, No. 24 Minnesota top Utah Valley 76-51
WKBT
Missing senior leader and top scorer Lawrence Westbrook to a stomach virus, the Gophers (3-0) finished 5 for 19 from 3-point range and were outrebounded 34-29 by a team in its first year as a full-fledged Division I program. Damian Johnson ...
No. 5 Villanova tops George Mason on late shot
Cumberland Times-News
NEW YORK — Scoop Jardine scored a career-high 22 points, Wes ... hustling defense and a willingness to make quick drives to the basket against the block-hungry Gophers, who swatted 23 shots in their first two games. Utah Valley’s bold jump ...
Friday Hawkeyes Reading Room — “Hate Week?” And Chad Greenway ...
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Friday Hawkeyes Reading Room — “Hate Week?” And Chad Greenway says Iowa 35, Gophers 10 Posted on Nov 19, 2009 by Mike Hlas. We’ll get to “Hate Week” at the end of this entry. “I’ve got to be careful here,” Minnesota Vikings ...
Gophers keeping Royce White away from team for now
USA Today
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota coach Tubby Smith is keeping troubled freshman Royce White away from the team until the investigation into another theft allegation against him is complete. White hasn't played for the 25th-ranked Gophers becaus...
Gophers Host Subway Classic, Friday-Sunday
gophersports.com
LOCATION Williams Arena (14,625) - Minneapolis, Minn. DATE / TIME: Saturday, Nov. 21 / 6 p.m. • Gophers Host Subway Classic - Minnesota welcomes Illinois-Chicago and Colorado to Williams Arena this weekend for the 2009 Subway Basketball Cla...
Michigan State-bound Joe Boisture named to U.S. All-American game
Detroit Free Press
The Gophers loss was Michigan State's gain. That same year, the Spartans lost quarterback commitment Keith Nichol, who switched his pledge to Oklahoma after John L. Smith was fired. Coaching changes can often cause recruiting classes to dra...
Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. South Dakota State Jackrabbits preview
Examiner
The University of Minnesota Golden Gopher football will play the South Dakota State Jackrabbits Saturday for Senior Day at TCF Bank Stadium. The Gophers (5-5 overall, 3-4 Big Ten) are coming off a disappointing 35-32 home loss to the Illino...
Iowa, Minnesota ending season in trophy battle
Daily Iowan
The Gophers enter the annual “Battle for Floyd of Rosedale” after what has quite literally been an up-and-down season. Minnesota’s schedule so far shows only one instance of back-to-back wins, which came during the first two weeks of the se...
University of Minnesota lags Big Ten in graduation rates
Grand Forks Herald
The Star Tribune reports the Gophers were last in the Big Ten in GSR in overall graduation of student-athletes and in football graduation, and tied with Michigan for last in men’s basketball. However, Minnesota’s GSR numbers continued to im...
