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Minnesota Continues Resurrection, Ready for Finale in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – At first glance, the Minnesota Golden Gophers appear to be a team riddled with bad karma. The list of who's out at times has overshadowed the list of who's in. The team's best player, Devoe Joseph, was suspended indefinitely for violating team rules last week and did not make the trip to this...

It's Deja Blue for Roy Williams, Tar Heels in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Roy Williams was a solitary figure near the end of a hallway outside of North Carolina's locker room, engulfed in his own thoughts. A few minutes earlier Williams shared those thoughts and repeatedly explained that last year's struggles should not negatively impact this year's Tar Heels....

Big Ten Basketball Preview: Going Deep Again in 2011

Quick: Which conference had the most Sweet 16 teams last season? It wasn't the Big East or the ACC. It was that conference in the Midwest that, more often than not, opposing fans gleefully label "overrated." Yet, the Big Ten put three teams into the NCAA tournament's second weekend. Michigan State made it to the Final...

Royce White Headed to Iowa State

Royce White went to the University of Minnesota as a homegrown talent, but ended up never appearing in one game for the Golden Gophers. He won the state's 2009 Mr. Basketball award, but was looking for a new home after two arrests during his disappointing freshman year. Enter rebuilding Iowa State and first-year head...

Jury Awards Would-Be Minnesota Assistant Coach $1.25 Million

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A former Oklahoma State assistant basketball coach who sued Minnesota coach Tubby Smith over an aborted hiring was awarded nearly $1.25 million by a jury Wednesday. The jury found that Smith falsely represented that he had the authority to hire Jimmy Williams when he called Williams in 2007 to talk...

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02/23/12 DeLand column: Sometimes, it's a pile; sometimes, it's... Source: St. Cloud Times - St. Cloud MN Theres an old joke that revolves around a relentlessly optimistic youngster, one who is so irrepressibly upbeat all the time that his parents are worried that hes not equipped to handle the inevitable disappointments and disillusionment of the real world.
02/21/12 Minnesota (SID): Gophers Host Michigan State Wednesday... Source: The Mid-Majority Minnesota is back at Williams Arena to face the #6 ranked Michigan State Spartans. â¢
02/21/12 Tubby Smith Source: The Oklahoman - Oklahoma City OK Minnesota head coach Tubby Smith on the bench during an NCAA college basketball game against Ohio State in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
02/21/12 Blue bow ties Source: UDaily - Univ of Delaware - Newark DE University of Delaware men's basketball head coach MontÃ© Ross and the Blue Hen coaching staff will be wearing blue bow ties during Saturday's home game against Northeastern to participate in the ON THE LINE national prostate cancer education and awareness campaign.
02/21/12 COLUMN: '20-win Tubby' not getting it done with... Source: Mesabi Daily News - Virginia MN Tubby Smith was supposed to be a major coup for the University of Minnesota.