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May 23, 2013
Upon Further Review has everything you ever wanted to know about Gophers athletics (and then some). The Daily’s Sports team brings in-depth analysis, live blogs of Minnesota game days as well as any extra tidbits of information to help fans get their Gophers sports fix.
Tue, 5/21, 5:20pm (2 days ago)
The Gophers enter this week’s Big Ten baseball tournament at Target Field almost certainly needing to win the tournament to extend their season.
Minnesota (30-20) is the fourth seed in this week’s double-elimination tournament and will start Wednesday afternoon against fifth-seeded Illinois.
The Gophers sport an RPI of 0.5833, placing them 124th…
Mon, 5/13, 1:32pm (1 week ago)
The Gophers softball, men's tennis and men's track and field teams continued seasons of steady improvement over the weekend.
- The softball team won two games in the Big Ten tournament to advance to Sunday's final, where it lost to Wisconsin. The strong showing helped the Gophers (35-17) earn their first…
Wed, 5/8, 4:23pm (2 weeks ago)
Gophers women's basketball star guard Rachel Banham has accepted an invitation to attend USA Basketball Women's University Games Team tryouts, the University of Minnesota announced on Wednesday.
Banham is one of 31 college women's basketball players that accepted the invite. The trials will be held May 16-19 at the U.S. Olympic…
Wed, 5/8, 4:02pm (2 weeks ago)
Gophers basketball will host Florida State on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at Williams Arena.
Minnesota defeated the Seminoles 77-68 last season in Tallahassee, Fla. behind then-sophomores Joe Coleman, who had 16 points, and Elliott Eliason, who had 10 rebounds.
In 14 years of the event, the ACC leads 10-3-1 after Minnesota nabbed one…
Tue, 5/7, 12:51pm (2 weeks ago)
There's been plenty of discussion about the quality, or lack thereof, of Minnesota's nonconference schedule.
On Tuesday, the Gophers announced they'll be beefing it up.
Minnesota will play a home-and-home series with Big 12 foe TCU. The Gophers will travel to Fort Worth, Texas to play the Horned Frogs on Sept. 13,…
Mon, 5/6, 10:20pm (2 weeks ago)
Men’s golf senior Erik Van Rooyen will compete at the Ohio State regional May 16-18 in his third trip to the postseason.
The Gophers' No. 1 golfer this spring will compete as an individual at the Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio. A total of 13 teams and 10 individuals will compete…
Wed, 5/1, 5:21pm (3 weeks ago)
Erik Van Rooyen of the Gophers men's golf team was named to the All-Big Ten second team, the conference announced Wednesday. This is the second straight year the senior has received the honor.
Van Rooyen tied for second at the Big Ten championships last weekend and recorded the lowest scoring average on the…
Wed, 5/1, 2:45pm (3 weeks ago)
The Gophers can't seem to escape connections to athletics director Norwood Teague.
Minnesota's men's tennis team will face Virginia Commonwealth, Teague's former school, in the first round of the NCAA tournament May 10. The Gophers lost 5-2 to the Rams earlier this season, but they played much better in the second half…
Mon, 4/29, 10:02pm (3 weeks ago)
The Gophers women’s golf team failed to make the NCAA Tournament for the second-straight year.
Minnesota did not qualify its team or sophomore Carmen Laguna, the team’s top performer this spring, according to an NCAA release.
Minnesota advanced to the NCAA championships in 2011. The team has made the NCAA Tournament six…
Mon, 4/29, 1:21pm (3 weeks ago)
Gophers freshman second baseman Connor Schaefbauer earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors for his peformance in this past weekend's series against Iowa.
Schaefbauer hit .545 (6-for-11) and drove in three runs in the three-game set. The South Dakota native has split time at second base with sophomore Tony Sjkefte.
Peformances…
Sun, 4/28, 7:45pm (3 weeks ago)
The Big Ten Conference on Sunday approved new East and West divisions that will begin in 2014. The conference also approved a nine game conference schedule beginning in 2016, ESPN reported. The new divisions include future Big Ten schools Rutgers and Maryland.
The Big Ten East will include Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan…
Thu, 4/25, 2:07pm (4 weeks ago)
Richard Pitino has taken steps to distance him from the Tubby Smith era of Gophers basketball, taking very little from the national champion coach.
But the University of Minnesota officially announced four additions to Pitino’s staff late last week, one of whom was a special assistant to Smith during his six…
Wed, 4/24, 9:10pm (4 weeks ago)
Former Gophers commit Alvin Ellis committed to Michigan State on Wednesday.
"Proud to be apart of the Spartan family! #SpartanNation #GoGreen," Ellis tweeted Wednesday evening.
Ellis decommitted from Minnesota and reopened his recruitment shortly after the Gophers fired coach Tubby Smith last month.
Ellis is a listed as a three-star recruit by most…
Sat, 4/20, 9:52pm (1 month ago)
Gophers gymnast Ellis Mannon will compete in the pommel horse finals at the NCAA championships on Sunday afternoon. The sophomore finished second on the apparatus Saturday night with a score of 15.0. He will compete again Sunday for the event title.
Six Gophers gymnasts competed Saturday night at Recreation Hall on the…
Sat, 4/20, 7:28pm (1 month ago)
Perhaps lost in the breath of fresh air that is the new Siebert Field was the fact that Minnesota's weather, even in April, can be treacherous.
And that treacherous weather cost the Gophers baseball team its first Big Ten series since 2007.
The roughly eight inches of snow that Mother Nature dumped…
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RT @SPACEJACE27: #Gophers pitchers DJ Snelten and Tom Windle receive first-team All Big Ten honors
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