Minnesota Golden Gophers NCAA Basketball News

The remaining regular-season schedule for the Gophers men's basketball team, including opponent's overall and Big Ten record: The remaining regular-season schedule for the Gophers men's basketball team, including opponent's overall and Big Ten record: No Trevor Mbakwe.

Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Rick Adelman encouraged his team in the fourth quarter.

With one month to go before Selection Sunday, afirst look at how the field is shaping up for the NCAA tournament: Miami : Beating Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium last Sunday was a huge boost to the Hurricanes, who have now won five of their last six.

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Jordan Taylor shot 5-of-9 from three- point range and dropped a game-high 27 points as No.

Wisconsin's Ryan Evans, left, is fouled by Minnesota's Elliott Eliason on a first-half drive to the basket as the Minnesota Golden Gophers play the Wisconsin Badgers at Williams Arena in Minneapolis Thursday, February 9, 2012.

Jordan Taylor shot 5-of-9 from three- point range and dropped a game-high 27 points as No.

Minnesota has worked hard to overcome the season-ending injury to star Trevor Mbakwe and those four straight losses to open Big Ten play.

There have not been very many bright spots this year for the Gopher basketball team.

NU hires a coach. Said coach works to install his system. Results are fair with some notable upsets, but little traction is gained against good competition.

Reserve guard Chip Armelin scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half and the Gophers took advantage of Nebraska's poor shooting to pull away for a 69-61 victory on Sunday.

We've reached the halfway point of the conference basketball season, and I begin our look at the Power Six conferences in the Midwest with the twelve-member Big 10.A The Big 10 currently has five teams ranked in the top 25 led by the #3 Ohio State Buckeyes.A As tournament time approaches, the Big 10 could get as few as five births to the NCAA ... (more)

Chip Armelin scored a career-high 15 points off the bench to lead the Minnesota Golden Gophers to a 69-61 victory over the Nebraska Cornhuskers in a Big Ten Conference bout at the Devaney Center.

Minnesota's Ralph Sampson III and Austin Hollins, rear, scramble for a loose ball against Nebraska's Mike Fox, front, and Bo Spencer, right, in the first half of their NCAA college basketball game in Lincoln, Neb., Sunday, Feb.

Reserve guard Chip Armelin scored 15 points and Minnesota took advantage of Nebraska 's poor shooting in the second half to pull away for a 69-61 victory on Sunday.

Elliott Eliason left fans in his home state frustrated two years ago when the two-time Nebraska prep player of the year picked the University of Minnesota over Nebraska.

Minnesota's Oto Osenieks yells to distract North Dakota State's TrayVonn Wright in the first half at Williams Arena in Minneapolis in December.

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The person who originally sought and hired Gophers men's basketball coach Tubby Smith and pushed for his extension is on his way out of power.

The Gophers fell way behind, roared back to grab a halftime lead, then squandered a double-digit edge in the second half vs.