This is her 2nd season and has been without Braun for a majority of the 2 season and without a key reserve in Woodson. I'm excited to see how next season goes and with her recruits coming in, the team will continue to improve.
This is the Gophers 3rd overall matchup against UCLA. They split the previous 2, with the first one being a memorable first round victory of the 2004 NCAA tournament. Here’s that game if anyone wants to take a trip down memory lane.
https://gophersports.com/news/2003/11/30/Golden_Gopher_Women_s_Basketball_WIns_Junkanoo_Jam_Title
The last and only time the Gophers have played USC came back in Whalen's senior year, a win over USC sealed the Junkanoo Jam title for the Gophers.
Go Gophers!
With this win, the Gopher women have 6 conference wins. They only had 5 all of last season. All of this without Braun and Woodson. The future is bright, Coach P is building something good here.
https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/30423107/ncaa-women-bracketology-2025-women-college-basketball-projections
In today's updated bracketology, Minnesota was in as the 10 seed and one of the last 4 byes. First round matchup would be against the 7 seed Baylor.