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Gopher Back to Full Strength and Host St. Cloud State In WCHA Playoffs

The Olympics are over. The players are back. The postseason starts now. The Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s hockey team begins their postseason run this weekend when they host the St. Cloud State Huskies in a Best-of-Three WCHA First Round Playoff series at Ridder Arena. Minnesota will look to advance to the WCHA Final Faceoff held […]

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Minnesota Gophers DL Deven Eastern Hits the NFL Combine

The 2026 NFL Scouting Combine kicks off this weekend in Indianapolis, and the lone Gopher to get an invite will take part in the opening day on Thursday. Minnesota Golden Gophers defensive lineman Deven Eastern is in Indy and met with the media on Wednesday before being slated to participate in drills with the rest […]

Minnesota Golden Gophers Weekend Schedule and Viewing Preview

Well, we have nearly reached March Madness. Not just the basketball version—though there will be plenty of that, but the winter sports championships are in full gear with a pair of Big Ten Championships this week kicking off earlier than the weekend, and the first round of the WCHA playoffs beginning as well. Its a […]

Gophers hang tough with #3 Michigan but falls 77-67

The Michigan Wolverines beat the Minnesota Gophers 77-67, clinching a share of the Big Ten title and improving their record to 26-2. The very limited Gopher roster played the Wolverines to within 32-28 at halftime and maintained that four-point cushion for the first 10 minutes of the second half before Michigan went on a run […]

Minnesota Golden Gophers: 2026 Winter Olympics Review

The 2026 Olympics came to a close last Sunday with a classic men’s hockey gold medal game. A total of sixteen former and current Minnesota Gophers competed on various forms of ice to try and bring home some medals to Minnesota, and in general it was a pretty great games for the maroon and gold! […]

3 Keys to beating Michigan and how to watch

Ann Arbor 7:30 TUE BTN Michigan Minnesota Golden GophersRecord: 13-14 (6-10)KenPom Rank: 72 Michigan WolverinesRecord: 25-2 (15-1)KenPom Rank: 1 I’ve said it privately, but let it be said publically that I think Michigan wins it all this year and brings home an NCAA Championship for the Big Ten for the first time since Michigan State […]

Minnesota rained threes to beat Rutgers 80-61

The Minnesota Gophers won their second consecutive game by double-digits, beating Rutgers 80-61 Saturday morning at The Barn. Minnesota started slow, going 0/5 (0/3 from three) to start the game and didn’t make a field goal in the first 5:28. But the shooting eventually caught fire and the Gophers took a 13-point halftime lead that […]

3 Keys to beating Rutgers at home and how to watch

The Barn 11:00 AM BTN Rutgers Minnesota Golden GophersRecord: 12-14 (5-10)KenPom Rank: 77 Rutgers Scarlet KnightsRecord: 11-15 (4-11)KenPom Rank: 140 The defense Minnesota played against Oregon was the best they’ve played all season. Technically, they had better efficiency numbers against Alcorn State and Fairleigh Dickinson, but this was against a Big Ten opponent. Oregon had […]

Minnesota Golden Gophers Weekend Schedule and Preview:

As the clock strikes closer and closer to march, the regular seasons in a majority of the winter Gopher spots start to come to a close, and its nearly conference tournament time, and then hopefully NCAA Tournament time for many of the Minnesota teams. We hit our first of those championships events this weekend with […]

#23 Minnesota Gophers Upset #10 Ohio State Buckeyes 74-61

The Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s basketball team remained on a roll after upsetting #10 Ohio State 74-61 at Williams Arena on Wednesday night. The Gophers have now won nine games in a row—their second longest Big Ten winning streak in program history only behind the eleven in a row the 2003-04 team won en route […]

NCAA Women’s Hockey Bracketology

We nearly have made it to the end of another women’s hockey season. The start of the year way back in September seems so far away, and with several top teams missing their best players for the final month of the regular season at the Olympics—it’s ending on a big of a weird note as […]

Gophers win at by double-digits at Oregon 61-44

Minnesota secured their fifth Big Ten win and their first by double-digits, taking down the Oregon Ducks 61-44 in Eugene. The thinning rotation for the Gophers was down to just six players last night, but four starters finished in double figures with Isaac Asuma leading the way with 15 points and Grayson Grove contributed 13 […]

3 Keys to beating Oregon and how to watch on Tuesday

Eugene, OR 9:30 FS1 Oregon Minnesota Golden GophersRecord: 11-11 (4-10)KenPom Rank: 83 Oregon DucksRecord: 9-16 (2-12)KenPom Rank: 97 Tonight will be the 4th game out of five where the Gophers are facing a team below them in the standings. The first three were losses (Penn State, Maryland and Washington). Can Niko Medved’s squad reverse this […]

Minnesota Women’s Basketball Enters AP Poll Ranked #23

On the heels of a current eight-game winning streak, the nation is finally starting to notice the Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s basketball team’s rise up the Big Ten standings. After lurking in the receiving votes portion of the AP Poll for the last few weeks, the Gophers finally cracked the AP Top 25 for the […]

Washington controls Minnesota 57-69

The Washington Huskies controlled the final 25 minutes of Saturday night’s game and cruised to a 57-69 win over the Gophers. Washington, led by freshman Hannes Steinbach, shot 63% from the field, the program’s best shooting percentage in a game since 2017. Steinbach scored 26 points for the Huskies with 9 rebounds on 12/17 shooting. […]

Previewing Gopher baseball, now in year 2 under Ty McDevitt

It has been a rough stretch for Gopher baseball over the past six seasons. The 2018 team won the Big Ten regular season title (their 24th), won the Big Ten tournament (for the 9th time), won their NCAA Regional, advanced to the Super Regional and finished with a 41-13 overall record. Since that team, this […]

3 Keys to winning in Washington and how to watch

Seattle 8:00 SAT Peacock Washington Minnesota Golden GophersRecord: 11-13 (4-9)KenPom Rank: 79 Washington HuskiesRecord: 8-5 (4-10)KenPom Rank: 47 These are two teams with a similar statistical profile.Both are in the 11-13th range in the Big Ten in both offensive and defensive efficiency. And both are within a half-game of each other in the standings. Can […]

Gopher basketball recruiting and local hoops recruits

I have been involved with basketball and coaching for most of my life. I was on a team through most of my college years. I began coaching as a senior in college and continued until there was a break of a few years until my kids were old enough to play, and I have coached […]

Three Keys: Minnesota Women’s Basketball vs Nebraska Cornhuskers

It’s a six game-winning streak at stake for the Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s basketball team as they return back to Williams Arena after a pair of road wins in the last week. Minnesota takes on a dangerous Nebraska team who while they have dropped three straight games to Big Ten foes in the NET Top-20, […]