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Just four days removed from one of their most impressive games of the season in a 16-point win over Maryland, Iowa players heard boos from the home crowd as they were getting outplayed and outscored 12-0 during a first-half stretch Thursday night against Minnesota. This was the same...

Was it the Border Battle, or a pickup game? It was hard to tell at times. But it ended in another Gophers victory.

If Gophers coach Richard Pitino is looking for video that showcases his full-court pressing style at its best, the first four minutes of Saturday’s victory over Purdue would work. Purdue turnover. Minnesota layup. Purdue turnover. Minnesota jumper. Purdue turnover. Minnesota layup....

MINNEAPOLIS — Maurice Walker led all players with 19 points and eight rebounds as the host Minnesota Golden Gophers notched just their third win in the last 10 games by beating the Nebraska Cornhusker 60-42 Saturday at Williams Arena. Walker was 7-of-10 from the field and 5-of-5...

The Gophers women’s basketball team topped Penn State 75-64 on Wednesday night at Williams Arena and avoided its first three-game losing streak of the season. Amanda Zahui B. had a triple-double with 16 points, 13 rebounds and 12 blocked shots. Shae Kelly scored 18 points and junior...

There are times when a coach can rip his players at halftime for having lackluster effort and playing basically embarrassing basketball. But it wouldn’t have done any good in Richard Pitino’s case Wednesday night with his University of Minnesota basketball team trailing 33-23...

MINNEAPOLIS — Andre Hollins poured in 28 points, including 19 in the second half, as the Golden Gophers pulled away for a 79-71 home win over the Illinois Fighting Illini Saturday. Carlos Morris added 16 points for Minnesota (13-8, 2-6 Big Ten), which won for the second time...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Amanda Zahui B. scored a career-high 36 points, but it wasn’t enough for the No. 21 Gophers women as Rutgers scored a 66-61 win Sunday. Tyler Scaife scored 13 of her season-high 28 points during a 25-2 run that gave the No. 25 Scarlet Knights (14-5, 5-3 Big...

Randy Breuer was at a charity golf tournament in Faribault when University of Minnesota athletics director Norwood Teague called to inform him the school would be retiring his maroon-and-gold basketball jersey. It was something the 7-foot-3 Lake City, Minn., native had been waiting...

Nobody knew if or when Andre Hollins was going to break out of his Big Ten shooting slump. The senioritis that also affected point guard DeAndre Mathieu — and last season got Hollins’ friend and teammate Austin Hollins — was tough to overcome. But Hollins did it with the help...