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Minnesota will host Idaho in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday night.
The Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s basketball team is heading to the NCAA tournament for the first time in nearly a decade — and they’ll start the tourney at home.
The Gophers women’s basketball team learned the biggest bit of news about its postseason fate Saturday, March 14, when the NCAA tournament selection committee awarded coach Dawn Plitzuweit’s squad a top-16 seed and the opportunity to host the first and second rounds at Williams Arena.
We have several Conference Championships this weekend—so we get the guide a day early with tons of action Thursday!
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Gopher basketball gets No. 11 seed for Big Ten Tournament
The Gophers men's basketball team closed out the regular season with a 67-66 win over Northwestern and is the No. 11 seed for this week's Big Ten Tournament.
Auburn, New Mexico, Tulsa and Wake Forest highlight the 32 teams from 18 different Division I conferences that make up the National Invitation Tournament field released by the NIT committee today.
The Gophers were in the middle of the Big Ten pack, averaging 10.6 turnovers per game this season, but had 15 against Rutgers. That included 10 in the second half, six coming during a decisive six-minute stretch when the Scarlet Knights took the lead for good.