GAME DAY TID-BITS • The matchup between the Gophers and Chippewas will be the third between the programs. It will be the second time Tubby Smith has coached against Central Michigan. • The Chippewas traveled to Minneapolis during the 2007 non-conference schedule. It was the third game of the season for Minnesota, its first under the [...]
The Gophers are 14-5-1 overall and 11-3-0 in the WCHA at the winter break. They are tied for first in the league and ranked No. 2 in the nation. We recently talked with coach Don Lucia about this year’s team, exceeding expectations and what player has turned his head this year. We asked him a [...]
When I was growing up (way, way back in the 1970s) we didn’t start to think about Christmas until about this time of year. Once a little snow had fallen and Turkey Day was in the offing, looking forward to Christmas was allowed. These days, you barely get to mid-October and the Christmas decorations are [...]
Last Time Out: Minnesota split last weekend in a home-and-home series with rival St. Cloud State, as each team won its home game. The Gophers outshot the Huskies 43-18 on Friday, but fell 4-3. Scoring for Minnesota was Nick Bjugstad, Tom Serratore and Kyle Rau. On Saturday, Minnesota bounced back in a big way with [...]
The Minnesota Golden Gophers are back home Saturday for a Big Ten Conference matchup with the nationally-ranked Wisconsin Badgers Saturday. The game is scheduled for a 2:30 p.m. CT kickoff at TCF Bank Stadium. Wisconsin-Minnesota is the most-played rivalry in all of college football, with Saturday’s game being the 121st meeting. It will also be [...]
The Minnesota men’s basketball program today announced the signings of Charles Buggs and Wally Ellenson to National Letters of Intent. Both players will be eligible to compete during the 2012-13 season. “We’re really excited to have Wally Ellenson and Charles Buggs join the Golden Gopher basketball family,” said head coach Tubby Smith. “Our staff is [...]
Last Time Out: The Gophers earned their fourth sweep of the season last weekend when they defeated rival North Dakota 2-0 on Friday and 3-2 on Saturday. Nick Bjugstad and Tom Serratore scored for the Gophers on Friday and Kent Patterson made 24 saves to earn his fifth shutout of the season. On Saturday, Bjugstad [...]
The Minnesota Golden Gophers are back home Saturday for a Big Ten Conference matchup with the Iowa Hawkeyes Saturday. The game is scheduled for a 2:42 p.m. CT kickoff from TCF Bank Stadium with Floyd of Rosedale on the line. Minnesota is coming off a 41-14 loss to Nebraska in its last outing. The Gophers [...]
Oct. 25, 2011 University of Minnesota student-athletes recorded a Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of 80 percent, according to the NCAA’s latest GSR report. The GSR report, released by the NCAA today, represents data from first-time freshmen, student-athletes who entered at midyear, as well as student-athletes who transferred into the University of Minnesota between 2001 and [...]
University of Minnesota director of athletics Joel Maturi announced today that head football coach Jerry Kill has signed a seven-year contract with the Golden Gophers. The contract is effective as of December 2010 and runs through February 2018. “Rebecca and I, along with our family and staff, are very thankful to the university and certainly [...]
