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By Marcus R. Fuller St. Paul Pioneer Press Anyone looking at Andre Hollins’ Twitter feed last week could see how ecstatic he was when his girlfriend, Rachel Banham, led the Gophers to a big comeback victory in the Big Ten tournament opener. “That my girllllllll!!!!!!!!...

By Marcus R. Fuller St. Paul Pioneer Press MINNEAPOLIS — The Gophers were fortunate to play Penn State on Senior Day because they desperately...

Sports Xchange Representatives from more than half the NFL teams were on-hand at the University of Minnesota Pro Day Monday, where nine former Gophers were among those to work out. The star attraction was Ra’Shede Hageman, the No. 26 overall prospect and No. 4 defensive tackle...

By Marcus R. Fuller St. Paul Pioneer Press MINNEAPOLIS — It seemed strange to hear the University of Minnesota student section go crazy...

By Marcus R. Fuller St. Paul Pioneer Press MINNEAPOLIS — The Gophers suffered the biggest blow to their NCAA tournament hopes Wednesday night with an embarrassing 62-49 loss to Big Ten bottom feeder Illinois. If there was ever a game in which Richard Pitino’s team could...

By Marcus R. Fuller St. Paul Pioneer Press EVANSTON, Ill. — Gophers coach Richard Pitino ended up making the coaching move of the game Sunday by sitting leading scorer Andre Hollins with six seconds left in the first half of a 55-48 win at Northwestern. Pitino noticed that...

By Marcus R. Fuller St. Paul Pioneer Press MADISON, Wis. — The last time the Gophers played — and beat — Wisconsin, they had the benefit of playing at home and being emotionally charged after leading scorer Andre Hollins went down with an injury on the first play. But...

By Marcus R. Fuller, St. Paul Pioneer Press MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota and Indiana still have a long way to go before the NCAA tournament selection committee decides their postseason fates. But don’t tell them that. Both teams battled Saturday like an at-large bid...

MINNEAPOLIS — Gophers football coach Jerry Kill made his third full recruiting class his best yet. The University of Minnesota on Wednesday signed 20 scholarship players, including the state’s No. 1 recruit, running back Jeff Jones of Minneapolis Washburn, plus other high-potential...

SportsDirect Inc. LINCOLN, Neb. — Terran Petteway scored a career-high 35 points to help the host Nebraska Cornhuskers survive a stellar shooting night by Minnesota Golden Gophers guard Malik Smith and a last-minute flurry in their 82-78 win Sunday. Petteway was 10-for-15...

MINNEAPOLIS — Losing their best player to an ankle injury less than 15 seconds into Wednesday’s game against rival Wisconsin could have been the Gophers’ worst nightmare. Andre Hollins had been just short of a Badger killer in his career. The junior had averaged 20 points...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — It was an uncharacteristic near shutout as Iowa forward Aaron White and guard Roy Devyn Marble managed one combined point during the first half of Sunday’s Big Ten clash with Minnesota. Fortunately for the No. 14 Hawkeyes, the slump did not last. White...

MINNEAPOLIS — Guard DeAndre Mathieu had 12 points and five assists and center Elliott Eliason had 12 points and 13 rebounds to lead Minnesota...