MARCH 16, 2023 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS 4-1 · 14TH IN BIG TEN
4-1 · 14TH IN BIG TEN
Next Game vs Central Michigan · Tue 1:00AM
Gophers' Jamison Battle, Ta'Lon Cooper enter transfer portal while exploring pro options Battle and Cooper were both honored on Senior Night and expected to leave the program.
Gophers guard Jaden Henley plans to transfer out Point guard averaged 5.3 points and 2.2 rebounds across 31 games, including 18 starts, as a freshman.
MARCH 13, 2023 • TWINCITIES.COM
Gophers junior Ta'Lon Cooper might be leaving, but he sees 'bright future' for their guards Cooper thought freshmen guards Braeden Carrington and Jaden Henley, in particular, showed signs of growth this season.
MARCH 10, 2023 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
College basketball highlights: All the top plays from Thursday's games
Thursday's college basketball slate was stacked, as many major men's conference tournaments were in full swing. Here are the top plays!MARCH 10, 2023
Pharrel Payne - Scores 17 off bench Payne finished with 17 points (6-6 FG, 5-5 FT), nine rebounds, three assists, one block and one steal across 30 minutes during Thursday's 70-54 loss to Maryland.
Impact Payne logged two double-doubles and scored in double-figures over five of the last eight games of the season despite exclusively coming off the bench. His production is certainly worth monitoring if the Gophers can improve some in the offseason.
MARCH 10, 2023 • ROTOWIRE
Big Ten takeaways: Maryland, Penn State and Ohio State roll, Michigan falls
Preceded by three upsets in Thursday's early action at the Big Ten Tournament, the night cap between No. 6 Maryland and No. 14 Minnesota unf...MARCH 10, 2023
Gophers run out of upsets, end season with 70-54 loss to Maryland in Big Ten tournament Gophers freshman Pharrel Payne had a team-high 17 points and didn't miss a shot — making all six of his shots from the field and all five of...
MARCH 10, 2023 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
Jamison Battle reflects as Gophers career nears end this week in the Big Ten tournament The junior forward expects to play professionally after this season but was glad his time with the Gophers lasted longer than one game in th...
MARCH 10, 2023 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
Minnesota edges Nebraska in Big Ten first round Dawson Garcia had 18 points and 13 rebounds to lead Minnesota to a 78-75 win over Nebraska in a first-round Big Ten tournament game in Chica...
MARCH 9, 2023 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM
Garcia, Cooper help Minnesota beat Nebraska 78-75
Dawson Garcia had 18 points, 13 rebounds and six assists and Ta’lon Cooper had 16 points and set the program record for assists in a Big Ten Tournament game with 12 to help Minneso...MARCH 9, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gophers basketball freshmen Braun, Heyer, Holloway plan to return Braun, Heyer and Holloway are part of a heralded class that Lindsay Whalen recruited to Minnesota.
MARCH 7, 2023 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
The Day After: Wilcher's big buckets; the Husker Quad 1 win climb; Gophers again Imagine being told beforehand that Nebraska would win a game in Iowa's den for the first time in 11 years without Keisei Tominaga scoring in...
MARCH 6, 2023 • 247SPORTS.COM
Dawson Garcia - Scores 19 points in loss Garcia closed with 19 points (8-14 FG, 3-6 3Pt), two assists, one block and two steals over 40 minutes during Sunday's 71-67 loss to Wisconsin.
Impact Garcia ends a good sophomore season with averages of 15.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game for a struggling Gophers team. If they are to improve, Garcia will be a major reason why that happens.
MARCH 6, 2023 • ROTOWIRE
Gophers lose 71-67 to Badgers in possibly Jamison Battle's last game Minnesota squandered a six-point halftime lead and lost its sixth consecutive Border Battle matchup with Wisconsin. The Gophers might also l...
MARCH 6, 2023 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
Jamison Battle, Ta'Lon Cooper leaning toward moving on from Gophers The Gophers men’s basketball program will honor three players on Senior Day against Wisconsin at Williams Arena on Sunday, and it might be t...
MARCH 6, 2023 • TWINCITIES.COM
GAME DAY: Wisconsin at Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS -- The 2022-23 regular season ends with a Big Ten border battle.Wisconsin (16-13, 8-11) travels to Minnesota (8-20, 2-16) on Sun...
MARCH 5, 2023 • 247SPORTS.COM
Mark Coyle, having gambled twice on Gophers basketball coaching hires, gets another shot Ben Johnson will get time to improve on two last-place finishes. Lindsay Whalen ran out of time. These are high-stakes hires, and Mark Coyle...
MARCH 4, 2023 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
Bailee O'Reilly among Gophers wrestlers heading to Big Ten championships seeking NCAA berths Eight on the team have been to the national tournament, including O'Reilly, and three are All-Americas. He wrestled in NCAA meet last year w...
MARCH 4, 2023 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
Bailey O'Reilly among Gophers wrestlers heading to Big Ten championships seeking NCAA berths Eight on the team have been to the national tournament, including O'Reilly, and three are All-Americas. He wrestled in NCAA meet last year w...
MARCH 4, 2023 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
Taurus Samuels - Logs two minutes in return Samuels (undisclosed) ended with zero points (0-1 FG) in two minutes during Thursday's 75-74 win over Rutgers.
Impact Samuels made his return for the Gophers after missing Saturday's game against Nebraska. The 6-foot-1 senior has appeared in 27 games this season (13 starts), logging 2.4 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.9 assists on 17.4 minutes per game.
MARCH 3, 2023 • ROTOWIRE
Braeden Carrington - Scores eight points off bench Carrington (leg) closed with eight points (2-4 FG, 2-4 3Pt, 2-2 FT) and two rebounds in 16 minutes during Thursday's 75-74 win over Rutgers.
Impact Carrington was not limited in Thursday's matchup after sustaining a leg injury last Saturday, playing his usual minutes off the bench. The freshman guard shot the ball well from deep on Thursday, tallying his first multi-three game since Dec. 22.
MARCH 3, 2023 • ROTOWIRE
Jamison Battle's buzzer-beater lifts Minnesota over Rutgers Jamison Battle hit a game-winning 3-pointer as time expired to give Minnesota a stunning, come-from-behind, 75-74 win over Rutgers on Thursd...
MARCH 3, 2023 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM
Lindsay Whalen out as Gophers coach: Chip Scoggins on why it happened now Why didn't things work out for Lindsay Whalen as Gophers women's basketball coach? Columnist Chip Scoggins joins host Michael Rand to break...
MARCH 2, 2023 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
Minnesota's Whalen steps down as basketball coach Lindsay Whalen coached the Gophers from 2018 to 2023 and compiled a 71-76 record in five seasons.
MARCH 2, 2023 • THEATHLETIC.COM
Chip Scoggins: Give Whalen one more season to make a big jump The day that news surfaced in 2018 that Gophers women's basketball coach Marlene Stollings was bolting for Texas Tech, I made a public plea...
MARCH 2, 2023 • CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM
