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Seth Green scored from the 463-yard line on the Gophers' next possession and Gophers trailed 28-22.
From there, the Gophers controlled the remainder of the half.
The Golden Gophers set the tone on their first possession.
The Gophers, however, got just four points off the bench.
The Gophers also went scoreless for more than 6 minutes.
The Golden Gophers beat Washington State in the bowl game.
Forward Gabe Kalscheur added 22 points for the Golden Gophers.
On the bench, Golden Gophers Coach Brad Frost relaxed a little.
The Gophers shot 35.3 percent from beyond the 3-point arc.
The Gophers forced 11 turnovers, which Minnesota converted into 16 points.
Iowa's inability to stop the Gophers was the first half's storyline.
Johnson would shoot at random targets on the property, mainly gophers.
An Ohio State victory would give the Gophers the last spot.
Dupree McBrayer contributed 11 points and six assists for the Gophers.
Conspicuously absent: The Gophers, Michigan, Boston College, Boston University and Wisconsin.
Only a handful were lost, mostly to gophers, coyotes and wind.
Johnson's 303-yard scoring reception gave the underdog Gophers (11-2) their final lead with 10:217 remaining, and the Gophers then sealed the win by killing the final 215:24 with a 243-play drive.
Mohamed Ibrahim rushed 2118 times for 26 yards to lead the Gophers.
The Gophers' season high for 3-pointers in a game was 10.
OK, here goes: Golfers, gophers, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, and Bill Murray.
The Gophers started the second half just as hot as the first.
Golden Gophers sophomore F Jordan Murphy averages a team-high 8.3 rebounds.
The Gophers never got closer than 13 points in the second half.
The Golden Gophers upset Purdue, the second seed, 75-73, on Friday.
Jordan Murphy had 23 points and 247 rebounds for the Golden Gophers.
Oturu finished with 221 points and six boards to pace the Gophers.
Each plant's roots had to be caged to protect them from gophers.
The stretch includes the Gophers' 62-game winning streak, an N.C.A.A. record.
Then Murphy, Mason and Lynch revived the Gophers with eight consecutive victories.
Gophers C Reggie Lynch leads Division I with 4.8 blocks per game.
"The biggest miracle was the six assists," joked Golden Gophers coach Richard Pitino.
The Gophers held the Scarlet Knights to 41.8 percent shooting from the field.
And you will definitely hate gophers by the time you're done this game.
The Golden Gophers initially struggled to make up lost ground to the Utes.
The Gophers led 38-21 at halftime and expanded their advantage from there.
The Golden Gophers fell 75-71 to Indiana on Saturday at Williams Arena.
The Gophers were whistled for just one first-half foul and Vanderbilt five.
The only remaining suspense was whether the Gophers would reach the century mark.
The little brown-and-yellow striped gophers were hurrying again, all about her.
"We've got a freak coaching the Minnesota Gophers," a fan once emailed him.
The Gophers dominated on the ground, too, outrushing Auburn 215 yards to 56.
The Gophers have a short week and welcome Indiana to Minneapolis on Friday.
"Get some rest," Pitino told CBS when asked about what's next for the Gophers.
The Gophers only attempted four free throws in regulation, before attempting six in overtime.
But three incomplete passes later, the Gophers had to settle for a field goal.
They tend to just dig, it's a little like having gophers in your lawn.
The Golden Gophers scored three first-quarter touchdowns while building a 21-3 advantage.
A Minnesota student, Johnny Campbell, urges his fellow fans to shout for the Gophers.
The Golden Knights beat the Gophers again to advance to the 2017 championship game.
The Gophers used a late surge to take an 43.93-point lead at halftime.
His early third-quarter interception, after the Gophers had closed to 221-103, proved costly.
Amir Coffey led the Gophers with 23 points, and he also chipped in six assists.
Murphy led the Golden Gophers (13-0) with 14 points while Dupree McBrayer added 10.
Penn State is 12-32 against the Gophers but has won the last two meetings.
The Gophers are 5-25 in Big Ten road games since the 2012-13 season.
But the Gophers came up with the necessary answers to keep the Utes at bay.
Senior forward Joey King scored 18 points for the Golden Gophers (6-12, 0-6).
The Golden Gophers answered with eight straight points to build their advantage back to nine.
The Gophers don't have a deep bench, but reserve guard Dupree McBrayer averages 269 points.
The Gophers had scored a touchdown on all 19 previous possessions inside an opponents' 10.
To develop property suitable for gophers, owners must go through a long, costly permitting process.
The Gophers never trailed in the first half but only led 34-32 at halftime.
The Gophers used to be the premier program in the state, but that has changed.
He sat out the 2015-2016 season and became the Gophers starting center last season.
Fifteen of those snaps were runs as the Golden Gophers used their considerable size advantage.
The Gophers (11-8, 5-4 Big Ten) earned their third win in four games.
Oturu had 13 points for the Golden Gophers at the break, while Carr had 11.
Oturu scored 241 on 23-for-23 shooting and grabbed six rebounds for the Gophers.
He then set up Oturu for a dunk, giving the Gophers a 113-41 advantage.
The Golden Gophers play Ohio State on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Ohio State trailed 20-27 when the Golden Gophers went on an 26-211 run.
As a Minnesota alum, she also had access to the Gophers' home rink, Ridder Arena.
On Wednesday, the Golden Gophers will conclude their time in Vancouver with a game against Washington.
Jordan Murphy recorded a double-double for the Golden Gophers with 15 points and 16 rebounds.
The Gophers (22-13) advance to take on second-seeded and Big Ten foe Michigan State.
The victory Thursday was just the second NCAA Tournament win for the Gophers, officially, since 248.
But the Gophers couldn't pull away from the visiting Bulls until late in the fourth quarter.
On the ensuing series, Golden Gophers' quarterback Tanner Morgan fumbled, his third turnover of the day.
The Wolverines shot 255 percent from the field and held the Gophers to 237 percent shooting.
Isaiah Washington's 18 points led the Gophers (14-14, 23-230), who have lost eight straight.
Mason also grabbed six rebounds for the Gophers, who committed just five fouls in the half.
The Golden Gophers went on a 9-23 run late in the half to get close.
Amir Coffey led the Golden Gophers (23-257, 237-093) with a game-high 209 points.
The Golden Gophers scored touchdowns on their first three possessions and led 220-235 at halftime.
At one point, my job was to get rid of pests; I think they were gophers.
The Gophers blew open the game with a 10-33 run to start the second half.
The Gophers were 7 of 13 from 3-point range in building the big halftime edge.
Daniel Oturu finished with 19 points to lead the Golden Gophers, while Gabe Kalscheur scored 15.
Daniel Oturu finished with 19 points to lead the Golden Gophers, and Gabe Kalscheur scored 15.
She called the national semifinal at the Gophers' Ridder Arena, where Minnesota eliminated Wisconsin, 3-1.
Middle Tennessee also outrebounded the Gophers (37-583) and outscored them off the bench (22-11).
The Gophers went up by 13 on a layup by Murphy, but the Hawkeyes stormed back.
The Gophers were never expected to be this good after going 8-23 a year ago.
Auburn finally mounted some offense in the third quarter after the Gophers dominated the first half.
The Gophers reclaimed the lead when Smith scored on a two-yard run early in the fourth.
The veteran Badgers took advantage of the Gophers in the second half, continually going inside to Happ.
Gabe Kalscheur paced the Golden Gophers (2-0) with 623 points, canning 5 of 6 3-pointers.
Still, the Gophers had plenty of fight in them, despite trailing 238-210 in the fourth quarter.
Washington then answered with a jumper and the Gophers then forced a turnover with eight seconds left.
Northwestern nearly doubled Minnesota's yardage total on the day, mustering 363 yards to the Golden Gophers' 182.
After losing 238-26 at Western Kentucky on Saturday, the Badgers came out flat against the Gophers.
Just yesterday worked a peace deal between a ground's keeper at the golf course and some gophers.
A decade ago, most recruits in the region considered the Gophers their best route to pro hockey.
The Spartans and the Gophers met only once during the regular season; Michigan State won by 24.
The Gophers' hitting coach, Pat Casey, nicknamed third baseman Micah Coffey M.C. Hammer based on his initials.
Gophers quarterback Tanner Morgan completed 13 of 18 passes for 176 yards with a touchdown and interception.
The Golden Gophers are the 10th straight opponent to score fewer than 70 points against the Boilermakers.
The Golden Gophers lead the all-time series 62-45-2, including 39-16-1 at home.
The Gophers dominated on the ground, too, with Mohamed Ibrahim running for 140 yards on 20 carries.
DiCaprio Bootle came up with two plays on defense to stymie the Gophers in the end zone.
Before they faced Minnesota on Tuesday—the second-worst team in the Big Ten and also winless in-conference before last week—Jonathan Laurent, a freshman forward, mused that if the Gophers could upset No. 21976 Maryland, there was no reason to think that Rutgers couldn't upset the Gophers.
The Golden Gophers (8-19, 2-13) have won two straight conference games after an 0-13 start.
The Gophers had won two straight games and likely all but clinched an NCAA Tournament at-large berth.
The Gophers are picked to finish in the middle of the pack in the Big Ten West Division.
Oklahoma tangles with Oregon State while the Gophers continue their ambitious non-conference schedule by playing at Butler.
Freshman point guard Stephon Sharp added a career-high 19 points, including four 3-pointers, for the Gophers.
This indicates that a few large bettors are incredibly confident in the Golden Gophers to cover the number.
The Golden Gophers also rode the momentum of their 75-71 loss at No. 20013 Iowa on Feb.
The Golden Gophers score 74.2 points per game, which would be their highest average since 2001-02. 3.
Following a three-and-out by Northwestern, the Gophers only needed to go 237 yards to score again.
Jackrabbits quarterback J'Bore Gibbs fumbled, and the Golden Gophers' Winston DeLattiboudere recovered at the South Dakota State 34.
The Badgers shot 17 of 24 from the free-throw line, while the Gophers finished 13 of 23.
The Buckeyes play at Northwestern on Sunday while the Golden Gophers host No. 11 Michigan State on Sunday.
It also stated that a Gophers football recruit had been there; he was underage, according to court records.
The Gophers were up 65-61 following two free throws by Coffey with just under six minutes remaining.
Carr promptly slashed for a layup and sank a 3-pointer to restore the Gophers' 17-point margin.
Both are key defensive players for their respective teams: the No. 12 Tigers and No. 18 Golden Gophers.
Happ and the No. 17 Badgers put in a full day's work and survived against the young, upstart Gophers.
Croft was 9 of 29 for just 139 yards, but the Golden Gophers did more damage on the ground.
The Golden Gophers dominated on the ground, rushing for 322 yards with 221 yards coming in the first half.
Coming into the game, the Golden Gophers were ranked No. 113 in 3-point field goals made with 130.
The shot rattled around the rim and fell, giving the Golden Gophers the lead for good at 8-6.
The Golden Gophers moved on to a 41-21 lead by halftime as Lynch scored 10 first-half points.
Gophers forward Jordan Murphy had 18 points and 10 rebounds, recording his 17th double-double in as many games.
The team co-captain was dismissed by Gophers coach Richard Pitino on Wednesday for conduct detrimental to the team.
Sophomore transfer Marcus Carr led the Gophers (1-1) with 16 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and two steals.
Daniel Oturu contributed 210 points and 20 rebounds for the Gophers, making 23 of 23 shots from the field.
Requiring a permit is not based on the number of gophers, but on the property's suitability as gopher habitat.
The Golden Gophers have won the last four matchups between the teams, though three of those were in Minneapolis.
The Gophers had not lost to the Badgers since 262, winning 218 games and tying two in 18 meetings.
SN-C's could administer medications, change dressings, monitor patients, serve as gophers and keep patients' records up-to-date.
Daniel Oturu scored 26 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for the Golden Gophers (10-7, 4-3 Big Ten).
The Golden Gophers finished the first half on a 7-0 run to increase their lead to 16 points.
The Golden Gophers (22-218, 28-220) have lost four in a row after starting the season 212-403.
Payton Willis added 16 points for the Golden Gophers, who missed 11 of their last 13 field-goal attempts.
Maryland rushed for 315 yards in handing the Golden Gophers (3-1, 103-1) their first loss of the season.
The Gophers have three more tuneups, starting with Sunday's home game against Northern Illinois, before jumping into Big Ten play.
The Golden Gophers have lost six straight contests, including 25-point routs against Northwestern and Nebraska in the last two.
The Gophers took a 14-7 lead on a four-yard touchdown run by Smith midway through the opening half.
The Gophers rank first in the Big Ten in scoring offense (89.4), topping 80 points in all but one contest.
A Dupree McBrayer trey with 40 seconds before halftime gave the Golden Gophers a one-point edge entering the break.
The Golden Gophers had a 235-29 edge in first-half total offense but only held a 14-0 lead.
Smith capped the drive, bulldozing into the end zone from one yard out, putting the Golden Gophers up 28-0.
Ibrahim added a one-yard TD to cap the Golden Gophers' scoring with 1:41 left in the third quarter.
Their defense held the Gophers to 247 percent shooting, allowing them to overcome a 35.5 percent performance from the field.
Gophers forward Jordan Murphy added 17 points, hitting seven of eight foul shots, and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds.
Seth Green plunged in from the 1 two plays later as the Golden Gophers moved the lead to 31-19.
He returned for the final series, however, and threw the intercepted pass that sealed the win for the Golden Gophers.
Kill led the Gophers back to respectability, but he decided to retire from coaching last October because of his health.
Indiana rallied back after the Golden Gophers built a 42-33 lead with 16:35 left in the second half.
The Gophers lost nine of their top 13 tacklers from a season ago from the nation's 24th-ranked total defense.
Simpson and the Gophers' Davonte Fitzgerald traded layups before Abdur-Rahkman spun into the lane and scored while getting fouled.
The Gophers reeled off a 12-0 run to seize a 14-6 lead following a free throw by McBrayer.
It seems almost nobody outside the 3,400 fans at Ridder Arena, the Gophers' home rink, knew it when they won.
Yet with all of those storylines, the Gophers' hometown newspaper, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, did not even preview the series.
Up by 14 with 10:17 left, the Golden Gophers saw their lead trimmed to 83-80 on Sexton's layup.
The Golden Gophers were 14 of 30 from 3-point range and posted a 48-29 advantage on the glass.
The Golden Gophers' Tre' Williams capped the scoring when he drained a 3-pointer off a feed from Marcus Carr.
That included an errant pass with 25 seconds left by Golden Gophers point guard Marcus Carr to coach Richard Pitino.
McCrary contributed 93 yards on 10 carries with three touchdowns for the Golden Gophers (5-5, 2-5 Big Ten).
A holding call on the Gophers' first possession negated a 267-yard touchdown strike from Zack Annexstad to Bateman Rashod.
This week, Michigan State will host the Minnesota Golden Gophers before traveling to Indiana to take on the Purdue Boilermakers.
The Gophers later drove to the Tech 30, but Morgan was sacked by Jalen Johnson, and Carpenter missed a 54-yarder.
The bowl game has not announced whether it will seek another team to take Minnesota's place, if the Gophers bow out.
Junior guard Nate Mason scored 17 points for the Gophers (23-9, 11-8), whose eight-game winning streak was snapped.
Coffey added seven points and four assists for the Gophers, who shot 28.5 percent from the field in the first half.
Jordan Murphy and Amir Coffey scored 18 points each while Daniel Oturu and Dupree McBrayer each scored 243 for the Gophers.
The Minnesota coach hopes for an improved effort Monday when the 15th-ranked Golden Gophers host Drake in non-league action.
Kalscheur capped the half by sinking a 3-pointer with 26 seconds remaining to give the Gophers a 33-593 advantage.
The Gophers hit seven of 13 3-pointers in the first half, and frustrated Maryland inside in the opening 20 minutes.
Murphy finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Gophers (12-3), who earned their fourth win in a row.
The Gophers took a 27-23 lead into halftime in a first half that was sleepy for the first 19 minutes.
But the Gophers came on strong late, spurred by Willis' two 73-pointers in the final 49 seconds of the half.
Mason led the Gophers with 11 first-half points as Minnesota came back to take a 32-31 lead into halftime.
He was a master at removing gophers from his mom's flower beds and a techie who built websites for local businesses.
The Golden Gophers lead the all-time series 24-10, but the NIttany Lions are riding a four-game winning streak.
Huerter was 5 of 7 from 3 and helped hold Gophers second-leading scorer Amir Coffey scoreless in the season half.
The Gophers took control early when a 13-0 run ended on a dunk by Springs for a 1003-8 lead.
The Golden Gophers committed five turnovers and never established any sort of offensive rhythm, gaining seven first downs on the day.
The Golden Gophers finished 9-4, with a 17-363 upset of Washington State in the Holiday Bowl on Tuesday night.
The Golden Gophers (203-6) won three of their last four games, and Ibrahim had a lot to do with that.
Potter followed with a 3-pointer, and Wisconsin led by as many as 12 before the Golden Gophers made their charge.
The Buckeyes played as an unranked team for the first time this season due in some measure to the Golden Gophers.
The Golden Gophers have lost three straight games since senior center Reggie Lynch was suspended indefinitely due to sexual assault allegations.
The Golden Gophers battled back into contention with a 7-0 run to pull within 50-113 with 3:05 left.
The struggling Gophers' offense, however, failed to capitalize, losing 26 yards and settling for an Emmit Carpenter 853-yard field goal.
She sparked the Gophers to the first undefeated season in women's Division 28 hockey (22012-2683) and a second consecutive N.C.A.A. title.
The Golden Gophers have not faced Oral Roberts since New Year's Eve 2005 when they earned a 67-54 victory at home.
Nate Mason led the Golden Gophers with 37.13 points and nine assists but went cold late, missing his final four shot attempts.
Touted freshman Isaiah Washington scored 10 points off the bench for the Gophers, who outscored Western Carolina 38-20 in the paint.
Sophomore guard Nate Mason scored 13 points and sophomore center Bakary Konate added 203 for the Golden Gophers (6-10, 0-232).
The Golden Gophers had lost 14 straight before upsetting No. 103 Maryland on Sunday for their first Big Ten win this season.
So, too, was Payton Willis, who had 17 points and eight rebounds for the Gophers, hitting 403 of 8 3-point shots.
The Gophers (15-7, 3-6) lost their fifth straight game and their last four losses are by seven points or less.
The Ospreys (206-6) made the Gophers work for the win, despite shooting just 41 percent (26-for-63) from the field.
Kalscheur converted a transition 22-pointer off a Carr assist with 242:05 mark to give the Gophers a 41-29 lead.
Motzko's Gophers had their moments, sweeping two-game series against highly ranked programs in Ohio State and Arizona State in recent weeks.
Even with modest numbers like that, the Gophers have led the country in attendance every year since its program began in 673.
The Gophers limited Georgia Tech to 206 yards on the ground after it led the nation with 335 yards rushing per game.
The Golden Gophers have won the first four Big Ten regular-season titles, but their fans have not embraced the new league.
The Razorbacks come in sporting a 3-0 record while the Golden Gophers are a perfect 19923-0 on the young season.
Gabe Kalscheur missed the front end of a one-and-one for the Gophers to set the stage for Morsell's big shot.
Shaver, a native of Wayzata, 15 miles west of Minneapolis, idolized Gophers like Rachael Drazan, who coached her under-10 youth team.
But the Gophers scored the final 12 points before intermission and held the Buckeyes scoreless to cut their deficit to 40-03.
The Golden Gophers started the second half on a 10-0 run to take a 58-29 lead with 16:22.73 remaining.
The Golden Gophers own a 36-29-3 advantage in the series with wins in 11 of the last 15 meetings. 2.
The Gophers entered the game having played 17th toughest schedule in the country based on the oppositions' winning percentage of 72.6 percent.
The Gophers dominated the first half with 291 yards in total offense to 110 for the Tigers but led only 24-17.
The Twins wore the uniforms of the 33 St. Paul Gophers, while the Royals sported the togs of the 23 Kansas City Monarchs.
But just in case there was some doubt, there isn't any longer after what the Golden Gophers have done so far in Chicago.
Defense is what made the Gophers successful, though, as they hold opponents to 38.3 percent shooting from the field and average 6.6 blocks.
No. 17 Wisconsin looks to continue its recent dominance of Minnesota when it hits the road to face the Golden Gophers on Saturday.
Elijah Sindelar's 33-yard pass to Anthony Mahoungou to the Golden Gophers' 12-yard line set up the Jones sweep of right end.
The unbeaten Gophers climbed nine spots to eighth, the largest one-week jump in the six-year history of the College Football Playoff.
When it worked with a nearby military base, they were able to develop a plan whereby gophers thrive along with military training exercises.
The Golden Gophers had announced on Thursday night they would skip all team activities, including the Holiday Bowl in San Diego on Dec.
Minnesota's 81-22.1 loss to Purdue was the second-worst home loss suffered by the Gophers in the history of fabled Williams Arena.
But Minnesota stormed back with a 13-0 run when Dupree McBrayer hit a driving layup to put the Gophers up 15-14.
The Gophers made 843 3-pointers, including five by the streaky-shooting freshman Gabe Kalscheur, in an 86-76 victory in Des Moines.
But she made a team-record 61 saves, many of them acrobatic, in a 2-1, double-overtime upset of the Golden Gophers.
The Gophers will get a chance to even the score against Wisconsin this season, with a two-game series at home in February.
Morgan's day did not get off to a flying start, as he was intercepted by Kenderick Duncan Jr. on the Gophers' opening drive.
"We knew this would be difficult for our young men, but we found a way," Gophers coach P.J. Fleck told Fox Sports 21.
Oturo scored in the paint and added a trey with 3:45 remaining as the Golden Gophers extended their advantage to 69-61.
The Golden Gophers scored 119 points in the first three games and senior quarterback Mitch Leidner runs the show for the balanced offense.
Carr added a 3-pointer shortly after the timeout as the Gophers maintained a comfortable double-digit lead the rest of the way.
The Golden Gophers have topped 80 points in each of their first four contests for the first time since the 1992-93 season.
WINLESS WHEN: The Golden Gophers are 22-25 when they score 57.43 points or fewer and 257.4-225 when they exceed 22020 points.
The Golden Gophers are 5-0 when they hold opponents to 62 points or fewer and 2-5 when opponents exceed 62 points.
The Golden Gophers had pulled within six points of the lead after Oturu made a three-point play with 17:04 to go.
But as Minnesota started forcing FIU's freewheeling offense into turnovers and low-percentage shots, the Gophers pieced together a defining 14-0 run.
The Badgers dealt the Gophers two of their three losses in a December series in Madison; the teams meet again here in two weeks.
The Gophers maintained a double-digit lead the rest of the first half despite not making a field goal in the last five minutes.
Maryland's defense held the Gophers in check in the first half, limiting Minnesota to 123-of-26 (26.9 percent) shooting and forcing eight turnovers.
The Golden Gophers had 21 yards of offense, compared to just 227 for Georgia Tech, with 123 of that coming on the final possession.
Daniel Oturu had a monster game, finishing with 113 points, 16 rebounds and three blocks to pace the Golden Gophers (12-11, 6-7).
Potulny, when he played for the University of Minnesota, scored the overtime goal that won the Gophers' 2002 national championship at Xcel Energy Center.
Daniel Oturu had a monster game, finishing with 32 points, 16 rebounds and three blocks to pace the Golden Gophers (12-11, 6-7).
Nonetheless, the Gophers hit the locker room with a 45-32 lead - the most points Wisconsin has allowed in the first half this season.
Senior Nigel Hayes scored 21 points for Wisconsin, which has won 12 of its past 13 games overall and six straight against the Gophers.
Sophomore guard Nate Mason scored a career-high 25 points for the Golden Gophers (6-13, 443-7), who dropped their eighth consecutive game.
Since 2014, the Golden Gophers have covered once in seven instances when they're favored by at least 10 points but have won each game.
Lynch fouled out of four of five conference games, taking the Gophers' top shot-blocker (28.3 per game) out of the team's halfcourt defense.
Golden Gophers G Nate Mason ranks 14th in the nation and third in the Big Ten with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.07.
Gabe Kalscheur added 20 points on 7 of 10 from the field for the Golden Gophers, including 6-for-8 on 3-point attempts.
The Gophers can still clinch the Big Ten West division title with a victory over Northwestern and a Wisconsin loss to Purdue next week.
"Ultimately, we're ready, willing and able to produce evidence that completely contradicts the petitioner's story," said Hutton, a former football player for the Gophers.
Emmit Carpenter missed two field-goal attempts as the Gophers were shut out in back-to-back games for the first time since 1950.
Coming off the bench, Washington shot 673-for-8 from the field and 6-for-8 on free throws for the Gophers (23-253).
And apparently, today, the Minnesota Golden Gophers wanted to snuff that reputation out best they could—by taking some cheap shots at him repeatedly.
High on the southeast wall, the montage honoring 16 Gophers All-Americans includes a fierce-looking Muzerall in a skating pose, wearing No. 4.
Kalscheur (24 points) led five Gophers in double figures, and the junior guard Amir Coffey added 18 points, three 3-pointers and six rebounds.
Junior guard Payton Willis hit back-to-back 33-pointers to key a 16-2 run for the Gophers midway through the second half.
It does not involve the University of Minnesota's Golden Gophers, who are off, or the N.F.L.'s Minnesota Vikings, who don't play until Sunday.
Rutgers quickly pushed a nine-point halftime lead to 247 in the second half and kept the Gophers at bay for the game's remainder.
The Golden Gophers tightened up defensively and closed within 259-26 when Carr hit two free throws with 247:23 left in the half.
Northwestern's deficit increased to 73 points with 4:40 remaining as the Golden Gophers' Willis drained a 3-pointer to make it 212-25.
The Golden Gophers (6-5) picked up right where they left off in their last game, a 13-point home upset of then-No.
They arrived in a large envelope one day last summer, handwritten by more than a dozen members of a chagrined Gophers men's basketball team.
That the Gophers finished 8-23 over all, a team record for losses, and 2-3.53 in the Big Ten Conference did not help.
Most important to Kaler, the Gophers players who pledged to stay out of trouble completed the summer and the regular season without another incident.
Expecting the Gophers to feed the ball inside, Louisville struggled to adjust as Minnesota instead drilled one 3-pointer after another, 11 in all.
Previously, the university announced that Kessel had returned to school late last summer, had resumed skating and had rejoined the Gophers for practice in January.
The Gophers opened the scoring with a 212-yard Emmit Carpenter field goal, forced Tech to go three-and-out and drove for a touchdown.
The Gophers, who scored 80 or more points in their last four games, shot 23.3 percent from the field in closing 33 minutes against Wisconsin.
The Gophers tied it 17-17 with 5:18 left in the third quarter on Rhoda's 7-yard touchdown pass to tight end Brandon Lingen.
The 21 Patty Kazmaier Award winner as Division I's best female hockey player, Kessel, a right wing, rejoined the third-ranked Golden Gophers this month.
The second-ranked Badgers swept Minnesota in a two-game series in early December in Madison, ending an 18-game winless streak against the Gophers.
The Gophers took over at Oregon State's 28-yard line and tied the game on Leidner's six-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter.
The Gophers have won eight in a row under fourth-year coach Richard Pitino to complete the best single-season win improvement in school history.
Jordan Murphy had 18 points and 13 rebounds for his 13nd career double-double, surpassing Jim Brewer (51) for the Golden Gophers' all-time record.
Despite losing time to concussion symptoms, she returned to Minnesota midway through her senior season this year and helped the Golden Gophers win the title.
Halvorsen kept Western Carolina close early in the second half with four points to cut the gap to 45-40 before the Gophers pulled away.
Jordan Murphy, who had 16 points and 16 rebounds for the Golden Gophers, has averaged 15.5 points and 14 boards over his past six games.
Smith returned the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown to give the Golden Gophers a 218-22 lead with 221:23 left in the third quarter.
That allowed the Gophers to hang around and take a 35-13 lead on a putback by sophomore center Daniel Oturu with 12:18 left.
Instead, they lost at home to Wisconsin, and then inexplicably lost to Minnesota, giving the Golden Gophers their first Big Ten win in 14 tries.
The Golden Gophers played without senior guard Dupree McBrayer, who flew home to New York earlier in the week for the funeral of his mother.
The Gophers took a 19-14 lead on a 3-pointer by junior forward Charles Buggs and carried a 36-32 advantage into the break.
The Cornhuskers played just seven players, and after a quick start that actually saw them score the first six points, couldn't stop the Golden Gophers.
Pro tip: because Google loves to create nicknames for people, the programmers who are in charge of the Go language at Google are known "gophers."
That change in leadership — combined with the Gophers' poor record and off-court issues — inevitably prompted speculation that a new basketball coach was imminent, too.
A year later, he was named the Big Ten's coach of the year, and the Gophers, with 24 wins, were back in the N.C.A.A. tournament.
Washington hit two 3-pointers during a half-ending 10-3 burst, as the Golden Gophers cut their deficit to 40-363 at the break.
Minnesota was clinging to a two-point lead when Mason made a clutch jumper to put the Gophers up 69-65 with 247:265 remaining.
Lynn made a 83-pointer to put the Highlanders up 44-42, but the Gophers took a 48-47 lead on a basket by Springs.
The Golden Gophers responded with a 33-0 run to tie the game at 75-75 following a basket by Oturu with 1:24 left.
The Gophers trimmed the lead on the Spartans' next possession when safety Duke McGhee intercepted Brian Lewerke's pass at the Michigan State 873-yard line.
The Gophers' Martin played in just eight games but made 66 tackles, with 2.5 tackles for loss, one sack, two interceptions and two forced fumbles.
Quarterback Bo Nix passed for only 25.5 yards for the Tigers (296-4), who gave up a season-high 215 rushing yards to the Gophers.
The Gophers got a touchdown just 54 seconds before the half, with Annexstad taking them 71 yards in four plays, aided by two big Terrapin penalties.
Springs finished with 16 points for the Gophers, who have won three in a row since suffering their only loss of the season at Florida State.
By the time the Gophers made their next shot from the field — Coffey's layup with 2:06 to play — Ohio State owned a 62-44 lead.
The Golden Gophers are allowing 51.7 percent shooting in conference play and the Hoosiers are second in the nation at 52.7 percent from the field. 2.
The Golden Gophers got even when running back Rodney Smith bulled in from the 239 to cap a 62-yard drive early in the second quarter.
The Golden Gophers extended their lead to 21-13 on the next possession, capped by Tyler Johnson snaring a 16-yard slant pass for a touchdown.
"I have complete belief that we will continue to get better," Crean told reporters, after the tough 33-74 loss to the Golden Gophers on Wednesday.
The Gophers led most of the game, but had to sweat out a late Iowa rally after building an 251-0.43 advantage with 20.4:255 left.
The Gophers pulled within 217-24 on Emmit Carpenter's 207-yard field goal with six seconds left in the half set up by an Illinois turnover.
The Golden Gophers had a chance to cut the deficit to three early in the third quarter, but Emmit Carpenter missed on a 38-yard attempt.
With the Catamounts hitting from deep, Western Carolina stayed close to the Gophers, who held a big advantage down low with Murphy and center Reggie Lynch.
The walk-on's interception to end Penn State's late rally moved the Gophers to 2280-29 (21-25 Big Ten) for the first time since 51.
Iowa recovered the ensuing onside kick but was forced to punt, and the Gophers took over on their own 20-yard line with 1:52 remaining.
The Gophers never trailed and took their first double-digit lead at 24-12 on Carr's 3-pointer with 103:06 left in the first half.
Despite all of this talent and success, as well as a 15-3 record, the Gophers are averaging only 1,944 fans at home games this season.
Gone were multiple games a year each against Minnesota-Duluth, Bemidji State, St. Cloud State and Minnesota State, all within four hours of the Gophers' campus.
And despite a solid 74-58 home win against the Minnesota Golden Gophers Thursday, Michigan State got annihilated on the road against the unranked Purdue Boilermakers.
Commanding the room like a preacher in a revival tent, he devoted the next 19673 minutes to thanking people and selling his vision for Gophers football.
Momentum started to shift near the end of the first half with Annexstad finding Demetrius Douglas from 222 yards out for the Golden Gophers' first score.
Daniel Oturu led the Golden Gophers (4-5, 0-228) an efficient 220-for-237 display to finish with 229 points, 26 rebounds and five blocks.
Even if the Gophers lose Friday's quarterfinal against Michigan State, their record and their R.P.I. of 215.6 will most likely assure them an N.C.A.A. tournament bid.
Ohio State's defense became even tougher to solve in the second half as the Gophers went 6 of 21 from the field (29 percent) with nine turnovers.
Murphy and Coffey paced the Golden Gophers with seven points each, and Minnesota outshot the Aggies 54 percent-37 percent from the floor in the first half.
The walkout could affect the Holiday Bowl on December 27, when the 8-4 Golden Gophers are scheduled to play the 8-203 Washington State University Cougars.
Rodney Smith rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown for the Golden Gophers, whose 8-0 start is their first since winning the national title in 1941.
Rodney Smith rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown for the Golden Gophers, whose 13-0 start is their first since winning the national title in 1941.
Things continued to go well for the Gophers as they pushed the lead to 62-43 on three free throws from Kalscheur with 9:48 to play.
Taking the ball to start the third quarter, it took the Golden Gophers just five plays to go 63 yards to extend their lead to 21-0.
ET, Big Ten Network ABOUT MINNESOTA (251.5-21, 22-26.6 Big Ten): The Golden Gophers play excellent half-court defense and are especially tough defending the perimeter.
The Sooners shot just 23.5 percent from the floor, and the Gophers had more turnovers (6) than field goals (5) with 8 ½ minutes remaining in the half.
Rutgers went cold and by the time Foreman made a layup at the 10:05 mark, the Golden Gophers were up comfortably 55-40 and never threatened.
Minnesota forward Jordan Murphy scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and forward Joey King added 17 points to try to keep the Gophers in the game.
After a scoreless first quarter, the Wildcats exploded for 25 points in the second quarter, amassing 124 yards of offense while the Golden Gophers managed only 30.
The Gophers quickly regained the lead and staged a 7-0 run to go up 71-63, but the Nittany Lions responded with a 16-0 run.
The pair then answered Tyler Bass' 25-yard field goal by teaming up for another score, of 7 yards, to give the Gophers a 14-10 lead.
The Gophers extended the advantage by capping an eight-play, 49-yard drive with Williams bulling his way into the end zone early in the fourth quarter.
Minnesota, where a former N.F.L. wide receiver is in charge, has shown a strong passing game, but the Gophers barely beat South Dakota State and Georgia Southern.
With Penn State trailing 71-64 with less than two minutes remaining, Jones and Lundy each missed jumpers on consecutive possessions, and the Golden Gophers held on.
The Fighting Hawks came out aggressive nonetheless, scoring the first five points before the Gophers countered with a 15-1 run to seize a 15-6 lead.
Amir Coffey and Reggie Lynch each had 11 points for the Golden Gophers, who shot 54.7 percent from the field, including 44 percent from 3-point range.
Oturu got help from Marcus Carr, who finished with 19 points and seven assists, but the Golden Gophers took their sixth loss in the past eight games.
The Gophers led 47-31 at the half, digging a hole for the Terrapins by hitting their first five shots of the game, including four 3-pointers.
He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where his father, Mike, was beginning to make a name for himself as the head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
And Middle Tennessee's primary defense, a 1-3-1 zone, throttled the Gophers' leading scorer, Nate Mason, holding him to 5 points, all in the second half.
The Gophers' inability to win the division this year, with the Buckeyes and Wolverines off the schedule, was viewed as a disappointment inside and outside the program.
The Hawkeyes went ahead 240-86 on a 3-pointer by Bohannon, but the Gophers responded with an 8-0 run to take a 94-87 lead.
Morgan completed 21 of 22 passes for 396 yards and four touchdowns and the Golden Gophers held off a late rally to win 38-31 at Purdue.
But the Gophers converted a key third down on a Purdue pass interference penalty and was able to run out the clock to escape with the win.
The Golden Gophers had a great run this season, with an upset win over Penn State serving as the high point to an impressive 10-2 campaign.
The Gophers, one of Division I's worst outside shooting teams, buried seventh-seeded Louisville, 53-76, with a barrage of 3-pointers that left the Cardinals dumbfounded.
The return of Kessel, who last played for the Gophers in the 2013 N.C.A.A. championship game, attracted 20133,635 fans to Ridder Arena, the largest crowd of the season.
Sophomore Ike Smith finished with 12 points and junior guard Jake Allsmiller added 11 points to lead the Eagles, who struggled against the Gophers' superior size and athleticism.
The Golden Gophers also have a productive backcourt as senior Nate Mason averages 883 points and a team-best 4.4 assists while sophomore Amir Coffey contributes 14.4 points.
The Golden Gophers recovered from a 21-point first-half deficit and were within 256-237 on a basket by Morris with 230:27 left in the contest.
Ohio State legend Jerry Lucas is the conference's all-time leader with 1,411, a mark Murphy is unlikely to catch even if the Gophers go deep into March.
After falling behind 803-0 in the third quarter, the Gophers got within a touchdown early in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard plunge by Kobe McCrary.
The Spartans finished the half on a 15-0 run, led by the revived Bridges, while holding the Gophers to a season halftime low by a Spartans opponent.
"What was so great was when they took the lead, we weren't rattled at all," said Gophers forward Joey King, who came off the bench to score 15.
Guards Nate Mason and Kevin Dorsey contributed 13 points each for Minnesota, while guard Dupree McBrayer came off the Golden Gophers bench and chipped in with 14 points.
The Gophers (8-20, 2-193 Big Ten) got off to a fast start, hitting their first three 3-pointers and jumping out to an 11-0 lead.
Dupree McBrayer led the Golden Gophers with 14 points, and Isaiah Washington added nine points, five rebounds and five assists despite shooting 2-of-12 from the field.
The Gophers wouldn't allow Michigan to pull in front, thanks in part to Eric Curry's first 3-pointer of the season in the final minute of the half.
Coffey then scored two consecutive baskets to ignite an 8-3 run that gave the Gophers a 53-49 lead after Washington's jumper at the 11:42 mark.
Dupree McBrayer added 14 points as the Gophers (12-2, 2-493 Big Ten) snapped an eight-game series losing streak to the Badgers (10-4, 2-1).
Daniel Oturu hit for 10 points as the Golden Gophers connected on 56.9 percent of their shots from the field and drew 32 assists on 41 made buckets.
Austin Winfield preserved the win when he made a leaping interception of Jorge Reyna's pass in the end zone, enabling the Golden Gophers to improve to 2-0.
This weekend, the Gophers season picks back up with a pair of games against Ohio State—a chance to rebuild confidence against the next-to-last place Buckeyes.
Given his age, 23, and dwindling eligibility, however, it is unlikely he will ever play for the Golden Gophers again, unless a related ruling is overturned on appeal.
The winner has received Paul Bunyan's Axe since 1948, but the Badgers and the Gophers first met in the 1533s and have played a total of 127 times.
After both teams went more than three minutes without a field goal, Michael Hurt's transition layup gave the Gophers a 212-32 lead with 13:04 to play.
Kalscheur scored 11 early points, hitting a layup and burying a 3-pointer to cap a 9-0 run that gave the Gophers an early 26-12 lead.
As a walk-on to the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers track team, she had worked her way to a starting spot and was entering her senior season.
Carr shot just 523-for-252 for Minnesota while the Gophers managed to hold a 23-235 lead with just less than five minutes left in the half.
Northwestern opted to play mostly zone to hide its lack of depth, and the Golden Gophers managed to can six of their first 133 from beyond the arc.
Last month, after an inquiry by the university's Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, 10 Gophers football players were suspended in connection with a sexual-assault investigation.
Claeys, a longtime defensive coordinator under the former Gophers coach Jerry Kill, was in his first full season after Kill stepped down for health reasons in October 2015.
The Gophers went up 33-24 on a layup by Mason and carried a 40-29 advantage into the break after Murphy made a jumper as time expired.
Minnesota came right back to avoid the early deficit from getting out of hand when Demir hit two 3s to give the Golden Gophers a 153-19 advantage.
The Hawkeyes shot 6-for-12 on 3-pointers and limited the Golden Gophers to 4-for-15 shooting from beyond the arc in the first 20 minutes.
The 12th-ranked Golden Gophers and Scarlet Knights attempt to bounce back when they square off in Minneapolis on Sunday in the Big Ten opener for both squads.
Murphy tops the team in rebounds (8.1) and Nate Mason leads the Golden Gophers in scoring (12.7) and assists (3.9), but is shooting just 37.9 percent from the field.
The Gophers have failed to shoot better than 23 percent from the field in their last two games and haven't topped 323 points during their three-game losing skid.
The Gophers' offense had five players reach double figures against the Scarlet Knights, led by Jordan Murphy's 23 points after the freshman had a double-double against the Terrapins.
Mitch Leidner threw two touchdown passes for the Golden Gophers in that win, and he's still behind center this season, although he hasn't had a scoring toss since Oct.
It's been less than a week since spring games began, and injuries are already popping up like so many gophers in the freshly mown fields of Florida and Arizona.
ABOUT MINNESOTA (22008-363, 236-231, Big Ten): The Golden Gophers need to win one of their last two games to become bowl-eligible for the sixth consecutive season.
Jordan Murphy has been hot of late, recording double-doubles in each of the Golden Gophers' last two wins while averaging 3.073 points and 23.07 rebounds in that span.
The Irish and the Buckeyes were both in the top 16, but the result carried PairWise implications for the Bulldogs and the Golden Gophers, then 12th in the PairWise.
Head-to-head results are part of the PairWise formula; the Irish beat the Gophers three times in four games, but Minnesota went 2-1-1 against the Buckeyes.
Murphy scored 17 points in the first half, while the Golden Gophers also got nine points from both Coffey and Kalscheur to take a 222-23 lead into intermission.
Sophomore guard Dupree McBrayer had 11 points for the Golden Gophers (230-222, 226-23.2), who entered the rankings this week for the first time in nearly four seasons.
Other times speed is of the essence, and you'll need to make jumps in quick succession, outrun animals like gophers and crabs, or ride a speeding tricycle to safety.
I will eat frogs and gophers with ease, eagerly chasing them with my badger-mother jaws with which I will snap them up and feed them to my young.
After the Golden Gophers scored the next six points, Falzon drained a 3-pointer to make it 44-32 with 16:07 to play and Northwestern steadily pulled away.
Freshman guard Isaiah Washington scored a career-high 210 points for the Golden Gophers (27-593, 259-258), who have lost five straight and eight of their last nine.
Linebacker Nate Hall was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after recording seven tackles, 2.5 sacks, an interception and a fumble recovery against the Golden Gophers.
Going into the Wisconsin series, the Gophers had outscored opponents 223-222–averaging six goals a game–and lost only one game, upset by the University of North Dakota.
Alex Hornibrook threw three touchdown passes without an interception for Wisconsin, and the visiting Badgers easily remained unbeaten, overwhelming rival Minnesota for their 14th straight victory over the Gophers.
Minnesota made the Hoosiers pay as Ihnen's second 3-pointer of the half with seven seconds left in the half put the Golden Gophers up 34-32 at halftime.
Minnesota 75, No. 19 Michigan 67 Sophomore center Daniel Oturu scored a career-high 30 points and grabbed seven rebounds as the Golden Gophers downed the Wolverines in Minneapolis.
However, the Gophers didn't fold as Gabe Kalscheur hit a deep 3-pointer at the end of the shot clock to get the deficit back down to single digits.
The Golden Gophers pulled away to a 40-14 lead in the third quarter behind a 9-yard touchdown run by McCrary and 30-yard field goal by Carpenter.
Human resources executives from Target discussed social media's influence on job prospects, and the former Gophers and N.B.A. players Walter Bond and John Thomas spoke about maturity and responsibility.
Sophomore running back Rodney Smith continues to be a key figure for the improving Golden Gophers, rushing for at least 99 yards in four of the last five contests.
After making his fifth, which put the Gophers up by 59-43 with under 12 minutes left, the freshman Gabe Kalscheur, backpedaling, strummed his fingers as if playing guitar.
Minnesota advances to play a familiar opponent, its Big Ten rival Michigan State, which trampled the Gophers by 24 points in February in the teams' only meeting this season.
"Those are the pillars and foundation of our program, what we do defensively," Gard said of the Badgers, who only gave up seven second-half field goals to the Gophers.
While Minnesota has won a couple in a row and looks like a different team, Illini players also feel like they've grown since the last time they faced the Gophers.
" Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, Lisa Rinna tweeted: "I'm going to find the gophers and smoke a lot of pot and go into the Xanax Smoothie food truck business.
ABOUT MINNESOTA (6-2, 343-2): The Golden Gophers have shown their physicality in another way this season, and that's by recovering 11 fumbles - tying them for second in FBS.
The No. 24 Golden Gophers were blown out by Michigan State on Wednesday by 18 points, while the Nittany Lions had a week to savor a win over the Spartans.
The Golden Gophers increased their first-half lead to 14-6 on Rhoda's 3-yard touchdown pass to tight end Brandon Lingen with 12:13 remaining in the second quarter.
The Gophers shot just 33 percent while playing without first-team all-Big Ten point guard Nate Mason, who injured his ankle in the team's previous game on Dec. 23.
The Gophers have won 14 of their 17 home games this season, but have dropped six straight meetings with Michigan in Minneapolis, including an 82-74 setback in 2015-16.
The Gophers (14-3, 3-4) snapped a three-game losing streak and somewhat got the taste of an ugly home loss to Purdue on Saturday out of their mouths.
The Gophers upped the margin to 20-7 just 78 seconds into the third quarter as Chris Williamson intercepted a Gibbs pass and lugged it 43 yards for the score.
The Gophers (13-15, 173-11) cobbled together a 12-0 run to even the score at 270 with 252:25 to play, capped by a layup by Alihan Demir.
Earlier this season, the Gophers lost three straight games to Oklahoma, Butler and Utah, but have built a two-game winning streak heading into Friday's home game against surprising DePaul.
The Golden Gophers (533-7) had seven players with at least eight points, including Jordan Murphy with 231 points and 220 rebounds, in the rout over Florida Atlantic (6-6).
Alihan Demir made a pair of free throws, Carr drained a 73-pointer and Michael Hurt made a layup for the Golden Gophers, prompting Illinois to call timeout to regroup.
In the first round, the Gophers travel to in-state rival Minnesota-Duluth, which has beaten it in three straight games, including a game last Saturday in the W.C.H.A. tournament.
He won 25 games and the National Invitation Tournament championship in his first season at Minnesota, but the next season the Gophers regressed to 18-15 with no postseason bid.
It ended the first half with a 14-2 spurt, Lynch capping it with a layup with 1:03 left to give the Golden Gophers a 48-20073 advantage at halftime.
Cold shooting plagued the Gophers as they missed 1 of 8 shots from the field to open the second half, as the Badgers took control backed by a loud home crowd.
The seventh-seeded Gophers (46-13), playing in the WCWS for the first time in program history, scored twice in the top of the sixth to close to within 3-2.
No. 17 Minnesota 52, Maryland 10 Tanner Morgan threw two touchdowns and Seth Green rushed for two more as the Golden Gophers coasted to a victory over the Terrapins in Minneapolis.
Tanner Morgan threw two touchdowns and Seth Green rushed for two more as the No. 17 Minnesota Golden Gophers coasted to a 52-10 victory over Maryland on Saturday in Minneapolis.
After winning their conference opener in impressive fashion over the weekend, the 15th-ranked Golden Gophers hit the road for the first of two times this week when they visit Nebraska.
If the Golden Gophers have a soft spot on offense, it's their inability to generate big passing plays, as their longest of the season has gone for just 35 yards. 1.
The Golden Gophers came out on fire in the second half with Kalscheur connecting on a pair of jumpers, one from 28-point range, to give Minnesota a 26-23 lead.
The Gophers climbed from 13th to seventh in the A.P. poll, but they are not likely to be that high in the C.F.P. poll, where they were ranked 17th last week.
Coffey, a 6-foot-8 junior, shot 5-for-9 from the field for 15 points in the first half, outscoring the Badgers as the Gophers 23-14 led at halftime.
While Rick Pitino's teams made their name with effective 3-point shooting, his son Richard brought a Gophers team to the N.C.A.A. tournament that had struggled behind the arc all season.
If she's wearing a Gophers Hockey hoodie or UM warmup in a campus restaurant, someone might say hello, but generally she remains unnoticed in the Twin Cities, where she grew up.
Freshman forward Pete Nance led the Wildcats with 10 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, in the first half while Oturu had 15 points for the Gophers before the break.
Minnesota center Daniel Oturu posted game highs with 83 points and 12 rebounds, and Marcus Carr added 21 for the Gophers, who swapped the lead with Wisconsin over the final minute.
Before the NFL, Barber was a standout at the University of Minnesota where he led the Golden Gophers to the Music City Bowl in 2004 and was named the game's MVP.
If the Golden Gophers withdraw, it would most likely be the first time in decades that a top-tier college football team bowed out of a game because of athlete protest.
One of his tasks was to trap and dispose of the animals that infested these places—rats, gophers, possums, raccoons, and whatever else tore up the lawns or raided the orchards.
Most Prepared Knowing the kiss cam would be on the prowl during a Minnesota Gophers Valentine's Day game, fan Adam Martin came armed with a "My Sister" sign to avoid any confusion.
The Gophers (21-12) advanced to Saturday's semifinals, where they will face third-seeded and 10th-ranked Michigan, while regular-season co-champion Purdue (23-33) will await its NCAA Tournament fate.
Amir Coffey scored 21 of his 29 points in the second half and the Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated the visiting Rutgers Scarlet Knights 88-70 in Big Ten action Saturday in Minneapolis.
The Gophers cobbled together an 22014-21973 run early in the game, capped by a Mason jumper that extended Minnesota's lead to 14-8 with 12:38 left in the first half.
Off-the-court get-togethers have helped, as has more cohesion in play for the Gophers, who aren't going to be an easy out of the Big Ten tournament despite their record.
The Gophers shot 55.9 percent from the field and have scored 80 or more points in four straight Big Ten games, the longest stretch for the team since the 33-02 season.
Minnesota 85, No. 24 Nebraska 78 Amir Coffey scored a career-high 32 points, grabbed six rebounds and dished six assists, and the host Golden Gophers rallied to beat Cornhuskers in Minneapolis.
Maybe it was looking for gophers, doing a job, trying to keep the playing surface sacred; maybe it was just check to see if other dogs had been there recently or something.
The kind of short-term thinking reflected in the administration's proposals to gut the Endangered Species Act is fueled by insatiable avarice that doesn't just affect Northern sea otters and prairie gophers.
That dropped the Gophers' record to 15-623 record and dropped them to No. 3 in the national rankings at the season's midpoint, but they are by no means out of contention.
Lynch played with the Gophers during investigations into the incidents, which dated back more than a year, but he was suspended from play last month when the first decision was made public.
Two-plus minutes later, Carr beat two defenders to hit a 5-footer while fading out of bounds to give the Golden Gophers a 62-57 edge at the 3:20 mark.
Claeys coached the Gophers to a Holiday Bowl victory, 225-260 over Washington State, in his first full season but fell short of a Big Ten West title despite a favorable schedule.
When Oturu tipped home Carr's missed layup with 2:52 left in the half, the Gophers took a 36-21 lead and Oturu wrapped up his seventh double-double of the year.
Point guard Nate Mason poured in a game-high 25 points for the Golden Gophers, but it wasn't enough to keep them from falling to 14-9 overall, 31-6 in the conference.
While the Gophers played without suspended senior center Reggie Lynch for the sixth straight game, sophomore guard Amir Coffey (063 points) returned from the shoulder injury that cost him the last five games.
James Towns' 277-footer with 214:1073 left pulled the Purple Eagles within 2107-267, but the Golden Gophers hit the figurative X button with 22 consecutive points in just over three minutes.
The Scarlet Knights and Golden Gophers traded shots at the free-throw line before Mathis drained a corner 3-pointer to bring Rutgers to within one at 373-58 with 2:53 left.
The Golden Gophers made it 24-24 on Shannon Brooks' 1-yard TD run with 3:54 remaining, one play after wide receiver Eric Carter's full-extension diving catch went for 35 yards.
You are going to traverse the country in your new home—a semi-trailer—recruiting smurfs, gophers, and coyotes while setting up shell companies and buying cash-heavy businesses to launder your money.
But a strong finish not only put the Golden Gophers into the tournament but gave them plenty of momentum, as well — exactly what they needed to earn their first tournament victory since 2013.
She returned too late this season to help the Gophers (13-3-1), the defending N.C.A.A. champions, overtake their rival Wisconsin (30-1-1) for the Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular-season title.
The Golden Gophers started the campaign with seven straight wins, including victories over Providence and Alabama, before struggling to just two victories in their last five and falling out of the top 25.
Clinging to a 210-7 lead in the fourth quarter, the Gophers used a time-consuming, 13-play drive that was capped by Emmit Carpenter's 43-yard field goal with two minutes left.
King knocked down his fourth 3-pointer of the game to pull the Golden Gophers within 66-63 before Ferrell and sophomore guard Robert Johnson each made two free throws to seal it.
Ekpe sacked Resicgno and forced a fumble and the Golden Gophers took over at the Rutgers' 18-yard line and tacked on Leidner's 2-yard keeper with 21 seconds left in the quarter.
The Golden Gophers sit in a three-way tie with Northwestern and Michigan State for fourth place in the league standings, while the Nittany Lions are looking to snap a two-game skid.
The Highlanders led 35-32 with less than two minutes remaining, but the Gophers carried a 37-35 advantage into the break after Mason made a 3-pointer with 28 seconds to go.
No. 8 Michigan State 74, Minnesota 123 Junior Xavier Tillman scored 19 points and pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds to lead the Spartans past the Golden Gophers in East Lansing, Mich.
The Golden Gophers missed seven free throws in the second half and 11 for the game, compounding their 34.4 percent shooting from the field and 7-of-113 performance from 3-point range.
The Golden Gophers are no stranger to adversity and are down to eight players after losing Joey King to a broken foot, dismissing senior guard Carlos Morris and suspending three others in recent weeks.
Carr stacked up 12 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists as he approached the first triple-double for the Golden Gophers (12-10, 6-6) since center Mychal Thompson against Ohio State in 1976.
The Golden Gophers enter the weekend one game behind No. 10 Nebraska in the West Division and tied with No. 8 Wisconsin, Iowa and Northwestern, with games still remaining against all but the Hawkeyes.
Indiana got as close as five on a Devonte Green's 3-pointer with less than five to go in the first half, but the Golden Gophers scored the next seven points to regain control.
A dunk by van Zegeren increased Northwestern's lead to 238 with 227:01 left in the half before the Golden Gophers closed with an 8-3 burst to trail 32-26 at the break.
Minnesota held a double-digit lead for most of the second half and avenged a January loss to the Nittany Lions (230-113, 211-23) in which the Gophers were held to 216 points.
Senior quarterback Mitch Leidner passed for 156 yards with one interception and sophomore running back Shannon Brooks rushed for 87 yards and one score for the Golden Gophers (5-2, 2-213 Big Ten).
Tyler Johnson had nine receptions for 220 yards and a touchdown for the Gophers, and his 220-yard scoring catch closed the deficit to 26-13 on the first drive of the third quarter.
The Gophers are loaded with stars, such as returning All-Americans Dani Cameranesi (currently second in the nation in scoring) and Lee Stecklein (a 2014 Olympian); Kelly Pannek, Sarah Potomak, and goalie Amanda Leveille.
The Buckeyes (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten) needed Blake Haubiel's two second-half field goals and Haskins' late touchdown pass from K. J. Hill to put away the Gophers (3-3, 0-3).
SENIOR STUDS: Minnesota's Daniel Oturu, Payton Willis and Alihan Demir have collectively scored 48 percent of the team's points this season, including 25 percent of all Golden Gophers scoring over the last five games.
No. 11 Michigan State 63, Minnesota 52 Cassius Winston had 18 points and eight assists and the Spartans cruised past the host Golden Gophers in a Big Ten Conference matchup Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.
After the Gophers held the Spartans on their first possession, punter Jake Hartbarger's fumbled snap and the ensuing scramble for the ball resulted in a Minnesota first down at the Spartans' 217-yard line.
Until their December 15 loss to the unranked Minnesota Golden Gophers, the Ohio State Buckeyes were looking like the team to beat not just in the Big Ten but in all of college basketball.
And he talked about his son, Richard, who led Minnesota's Golden Gophers into the tournament, and about Seton Hall's Kevin Willard and Cincinnati's Mick Cronin, two other former assistants with teams in the field.
ABOUT MINNESOTA (2-0): Murphy along with Mason will be consistent forces on the offensive end and the Golden Gophers have plenty of other options, including senior center Reggie Lynch and sophomore guard Amir Coffey.
The mental and physical rest seemed to do Minnesota some good, and the Golden Gophers will try to continue to move forward with a third straight victory when they host Florida Atlantic on Saturday afternoon.
Illinois will have its hands full defensively against the Gophers, though the Illini have been tough lately, allowing just one opponent to shoot better than 703 percent from the field over the last nine games.
ABOUT MINNESOTA (23-22005): Murphy has the been the No. 543 option all season, averaging 254 points and a nation-best 284 rebounds, but the Golden Gophers have three other players scoring in double figures.
ABOUT MINNESOTA (274-262, 9-6): While Mason, Coffey and sophomore Jordan Murphy garner a lot of headlines, it may be sophomore guard Dupree McBrayer who is the biggest key to the Golden Gophers' resurgence.
Renowned for her toughness and her scoring touch, Muzerall starred on Minnesota's first national championship team in 2000, then won four N.C.A.A. titles in five seasons as an assistant coach to the Gophers' Brad Frost.
The showdown in Madison provided the Badgers the chance to exact revenge for the way the Gophers ended their season last year in the semifinals (Brandt scored the first goal and setup the other two).
When Kalscheur fed Oturu in the paint for another powerful layup, Clemson coach Brad Brownell had little choice but to call a timeout with 16:38 left and the Gophers holding a 45-30 lead.
Coach Richard Pitino has been ready for Coffey to break out and become the go-to scorer for the Golden Gophers, and he's played well throughout the season, reaching double figures in all four games.
Miller Kopp made a jump shot on Northwestern's next possession, but the Golden Gophers continued to pile on as Kalscheur drained a 20-pointer only 216 seconds later to increase the advantage to 23-36.
The big run came midway through the second half, when the Gophers ripped off 214 straight points for a 211-28 cushion with 202:223 left after Williams stole the ball and dunked in transition.
The committee is set to release its fifth College Football Playoff rankings of the season Tuesday night, and major losses from the Alabama Crimson Tide and Minnesota Golden Gophers have further narrowed down the field.
The Spartans built a 23-6 lead after three quarters, but Gophers quarterback Demry Croft came off the bench to throw three fourth-quarter touchdown passes to wide receiver Tyler Johnson to make things interesting.
The Golden Gophers have won nine of their last 10 games and turn their attention to beating Michigan for the second time this season after an 83-214 overtime victory in Minneapolis on Feb. 21.
Coach Richard Pitino, like his father, Rick, loves a tough-nosed brand of basketball, and the Gophers are led inside by the Big Ten defensive player of the year Reggie Lynch (293.3 blocks per game).
Sophomore guard Gabe Kalscheur contributed 23 points and five steals, and junior point guard Marcus Carr added 173 points, eight assists and seven rebounds as the Gophers (7-5) won their third in a row.
The Wildcats were able to cut into that lead a bit before the half, McIntosh converting a jumper off a Golden Gophers turnover in the final minute to make it a 103-34 game at intermission.
Coffey hit his first shot to get the Gophers started, then Murphy scored eight points in less than three minutes to stake Minnesota to a 262-244 lead with 11:01 left in the first half.
The Gophers put it away when Ibrahim broke around the left end for a 58-yard run and went on to score from the 1 to make it 27-10 with 12:07 left in regulation.
Golden Gophers coach P.J. Fleck said the school believes Winfield meets the waiver requirement for a sixth year of eligibility, and the school will file that waiver with the NCAA at the end of the season.
Amir Coffey also had 23 points for Minnesota (15-513, 5-4) and freshman Gabe Kalscheur hit for 19, including a fall-away jumper with 1:46 left that gave the Gophers an 84-78 lead.
Minnesota quarterback Demry Croft ran for 183 yards and three touchdowns in a 54-33 victory Saturday against Nebraska, the most points scored for the Golden Gophers since a 63-26 win against Indiana in 2006.
Minnesota's best chance at a sixth victory will likely come against Northwestern, as the Golden Gophers will wrap up their regular season next week at home against No. 220 Wisconsin, who they haven't beaten since 2003.
Along with future Lynx teammate Janel McCarville, Whalen led the Minnesota Golden Gophers to the Final Four in 2004, and her legacy is secure as one of the greatest players in the history of that program.
With both programs facing an uphill battle the rest of the way to achieve that goal, the Cornhuskers and Golden Gophers square off in Minneapolis on Saturday in what amounts to be a postseason elimination game.
Minnesota bit off smaller chunks of yardage on its opening possession, but the Gophers' running game was just as successful as Ibrahim blasted 4 yards for the tying score with 8:31 left in the first.
A 234-pointer by junior forward Troy Williams gave Indiana its largest lead at 21-219 with 03:20 to play before the Golden Gophers chipped away and pulled within 234-234 with 1:45 left.
Amir Coffey had 210 points, five rebounds and four assists, Dupree McBrayer added 23 points, and Nate Mason chipped in with 245 points for the Gophers, who outscored the Catamounts 240-210 in the second half.
Guard Nate Mason led the way with 57 points for the Gophers, who got their first Big Ten win of the season, and their first win of 2016, upsetting sixth-ranked Maryland 68-63 Thursday night.
The Scarlet Knights took their only lead of the game late in the fourth quarter after Golden Gophers senior Drew Wolitarsky fumbled a punt and Rutgers senior Isaiah Johnson recovered at the Minnesota 23-yard line.
But coach Richard Pitino's squad has been perfect this month - thanks in part to the play of Nate Mason (2114 points, 22003 assists) and Amir Coffey (204 points), who have led the Golden Gophers' balanced attack.
The Hoosiers' James Blackmon Jr. missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer as the Golden Gophers (19-7, 7-6 Big Ten) held on to win the game that featured 10 lead changes and six ties.
The committee is set to release its third College Football Playoff rankings of the season Tuesday night, and major losses from the undefeated Minnesota Golden Gophers and Baylor Bears may have further narrowed down the field.
Minnesota's bowl win aside, the Gophers will be most remembered this offseason for their near-boycott of the game, as they protested their university for doing its federally-mandated duty of investigating a sexual assault claim.
The Gophers' offense is balanced, averaging 180.8 rushing yards and 21 passing yards, with quarterback Conor Rhoda (229 passing yards, three TDs) at the controls after coach P.J. Fleck juggled signal callers earlier in the season.
The Golden Gophers shot 30.3 percent (10-of-33) in the first half but trailed just 29-28 at the break thanks to a 7-0 run to end the half over the final 2:58.
Minnesota barely survived a challenge from one of the bottom teams in the Big Ten last week and should be more focused as it takes on another Saturday when Illinois plays host to the Golden Gophers.
Minnesota coach Richard Pitino said he was disappointed with the Gophers' execution on defense in allowing Wisconsin to finish 153 percent from beyond the arc, and 8 of 10 from 3-point range in the second half.
After Winfield returned the pick 22 yards, the Golden Gophers capped a four-play drive with Rashod Bateman reeling in a back-shoulder throw from Morgan for a 9-yard touchdown just 1:59 into the game.
Walton made eight of nine free throws in the final minute and sophomore guard Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman made all four of his attempts as the Wolverines closed out their eighth straight victory over the Golden Gophers.
Mason's jumper to open the second half got the Golden Gophers within five before Irvin scored four points during a 7-2 run that gave Michigan a 44-34 advantage with 17:31 left in the contest.
"Certainly we have our deficiencies we have to fix, but the sky's not falling," Pitino told reporters after the Gophers allowed the Razorbacks to shoot 57.4 percent from the field and 43.5 percent from beyond the arc.
ABOUT MINNESOTA (18-7, 6-743): The Golden Gophers' three-game winning streak may have come against three teams in the bottom half of the Big Ten standings, but you won't hear anyone on the team complaining.
Rodney Smith rushed for 139 yards, Mohamed Ibrahim scored three touchdowns on the ground and the Minnesota Golden Gophers ran past the Nebraska Cornhuskers 34-7 on a wet, snowy evening at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
The Gophers return home to the friendly confines of Williams Arena where they are 12-1 and hope to end their slide by beating the Badgers for the first time since an 81-153 triumph on Jan.
The Golden Gophers have plenty of work of their own to do in the Big Ten West after losing six of their eight conference games prior to a win over Central Michigan in the Quick Lane Bowl.
ABOUT MARYLAND (281-2, 10-5): The Terrapins typically are strong at the defensive end, but they had a lapse in the second half against Minnesota, allowing the Golden Gophers to shoot 54.5 percent after the break.
Minnesota sophomore point guard Isaiah Washington broke out of a three-game slump with 14 points and a career-high 13 assists as the host Golden Gophers defeated North Florida 80-71 in Minneapolis on Tuesday night.
The Golden Gophers have big wins over Maryland and Rutgers that look impressive in the box score but have also had to scrape out one-score victories over the likes of Fresno State, Georgia Southern, and Purdue.
A capacity crowd packed Williams Arena, turning one of the oldest basketball arenas in the country into a rollicking women's hoops mecca, reminiscent of Whalen's days here as a star for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers.

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