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Minnesota
What the Golden Gophers are known forMinnesota is a hockey school trapped in a “football and basketball matter a lot more for revenue” body. The Gophers also play on an elevated basketball court that players can fall off of.
The L.A. connection
Ron Perlman, who received a Masters in Fine Arts from Minnesota, starred as the villain in “Police Academy VII: Misson to Moscow” before going on to far more acclaim as Hellboy.
Of course, the far more visible Minnesota-to-L.A. connection is the Lakers. The Lakers kept their Minnesota-inspired name even after moving to Los Angeles in 1960.

Welcome to the B1G show: A Big Ten primer for UCLA and USC fans
Most think there isn't much cultural connectivity between Los Angeles and the Big Ten -- but we searched high and low to find some examples.
