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A young child tosses a football through the dense Georgia air as a receiver stands in the distance. The ball whizzes into a father’s gentle hands and a smile crosses his face. Every Saturday, a father-son duo pretended they were on the game’s biggest stage, with seconds left on the clock. Years later, former Gophers […] READ MORE
J.J. Guedet, a 6-foot-7, 257-pound junior offensive tackle from Washington (IL) High, recently committed to Minnesota. Guedet is the fourth player from the Class of 2019 to verbal to the Gophers. Guedet helped lead the Panthers to a 10-3 record last year, losing to Dunlap 21-0 in the Class 5A semifinals. Gopher Hole […] READ MORE
Minnesota athletic director Mark Coyle announced Thursday the University has hired Lindsay Whalen as the next women’s basketball coach. Whalen, the former Gophers star, holds the team record for points, is second all-time in assists, and third all-time in steals. Marlene Stollings announced Monday she was leaving for the same position at Texas Tech. It […] READ MORE
University of Minnesota Athletics Director Mark Coyle and Head Coach Don Lucia today announced that Lucia will step down as Minnesota’s head men’s hockey coach, pending the approval of the University’s Board of Regents later this week. Coyle and Lucia have agreed that he will remain with Gopher Athletics as special assistant to the athletics […] READ MORE
Zeke Nnaji, a 6-foot-9 junior forward from Hopkins (MN) High, is one of the top forwards in the Midwest in the Class of 2019. Nnaji received a scholarship offer from Minnesota last fall. Nnaji is averaged 19.5 points per game this season as Hopkins finished 26-2 after losing the section 6AAAA championship game to […] READ MORE
Tough defensive line play is needed to compete in a physical conference like the Big Ten. If you can’t develop up front, it will be a tough day at the office. Last year, the Gophers didn’t have necessary personnel to deploy a competitive defensive scheme. Creativity was hindered and opposing offenses wore Minnesota down, one […] READ MORE
Matthew Hurt, a 6-foot-9, 205-pound junior forward from Rochester (MN) John Marshall, is considered Minnesota’s top player in the Class of 2019 and is ranked fifth by ESPN, Scout and Rivals. Hurt comes from a basketball family. His older brother, Michael, is a sophomore at Minnesota and was ranked as the number two senior […] READ MORE
Running back Shannon Brooks suffered a non-contact lower leg injury and will miss the entire 2018 season, P.J. Fleck announced Tuesday. “He suffered a lower leg injury in one of our last days of winter conditioning,” P.J. Fleck said Tuesday. “[It was a] non-contact injury. That’s unfortunate, obviously, that’s not the news everyone wants to […] READ MORE
Tyrell Terry, a 6-foot-2 junior guard from Minneapolis (MN) DeLaSalle, is considered one of the top players in the Minnesota Class of 2019. Terry is averaging 17.2 points per game this season. He scored in double figures in all but four games, including a season-best 47 points versus Fridley. He has seven games of twenty or […] READ MORE
Photo Courtesy of Star Tribune. Gabe Kalscheur, a 6-foot-5, 200-pound senior guard from Minneapolis (MN) DeLaSalle, signed with Minnesota in the fall, joining two of his Howard Pulley AAU teammates. Kalscheur is ranked as the fourth best player in the Minnesota Class of 2018. He received a scholarship offer from Minnesota last summer. Kalscheur caught up […] READ MORE