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Louisville to replace Maryland in ACC

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Wed, 11/28, 6:23pm (6 months ago)
The Atlantic Coast Conference has found a replacement for Maryland as its 14th member. Louisville, a member of the Big East Conference, will likely join the ACC starting in 2014, the same year Maryland joins the Big Ten. The Cardinals will be required to pay the Big East a $10 million exit…

ACC sues Maryland in effort to force exit fee payment

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Tue, 11/27, 8:53pm (6 months ago)
The Atlantic Coast Conference filed a lawsuit Monday against the University of Maryland, saying the school is bound by conference laws to pay its nearly $53 million exit fee in order to join the Big Ten Conference. The announcement comes a week after Maryland announced it would leave the ACC for…

Harms, Dixon make All-Big Ten volleyball team

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Tue, 11/27, 1:05pm (6 months ago)
Two Gophers volleyball players made the All-Big Ten Conference team Tuesday. Big Ten coaches voted unanimously for junior middle blocker Tori Dixon  and senior outside hitter Katherine Harms to receive the postseason honor. Dixon made the team last season and was an honorable mention her freshman season. This is Harms' first…

Gophers ink three Minnesotan wrestlers

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Mon, 11/26, 3:50pm (6 months ago)
And the rich get richer. The top-ranked Gophers wrestling team, which is fresh off three wins in Fargo, N.D., announced Monday the addition of three in-state recruits. Jake Short, Nick Wanzek, and Nate Thomas have all signed National Letters of Intent and will wrestle with the Gophers next season. Short, a three-time Minnesota…

Hollins wins Big Ten Player of the Week

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Mon, 11/26, 12:32pm (6 months ago)
Gophers point guard Andre Hollins was named Big Ten Player of the Week on Monday after scoring 61 points in three games at the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. Hollins scored 41 points Friday against his hometown Memphis — the most scored by a Gophers player since 1971. Minnesota upset the No. 19…

Purdue fires head coach Danny Hope

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Sun, 11/25, 4:28pm (6 months ago)
Danny Hope vowed at Big Ten Media Days in July that this was his best Purdue team yet. He raved about his talented roster and high expectations, and early in the season he seemed to be on track as the Boilermakers pushed now-No. 1 Notre Dame to the brink. That was…

Bozek, Brandt given WCHA honors

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Wed, 11/21, 12:05pm (6 months ago)
Senior women's hockey defenseman Megan Bozek and freshman forward Hannah Brandt were awarded WCHA weekly honors Tuesday. Bozek was named Co-Defensive Player of the Week along with North Dakota's Monique Lamoureux. Bozek had two goals and three assists in Minnesota's sweep over Minnesota State-Mankato. She currently ranks third on the team…

PSU's star point guard out for season

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Tue, 11/20, 1:04pm (6 months ago)
Penn State's star point guard Tim Frazier will miss the rest of the season with a torn left achilles tendon. Frazier, a 6-foot-1 senior, was averaging 16.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game before he went down in the first half of the Nittany Lions' loss to Akron on…

Dixon nabs Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award

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Mon, 11/19, 2:46pm (6 months ago)
Junior middle blocker Tori Dixon earned the Big Ten Conference's Defensive Player of the Week award Monday. Dixon had 10 blocks in Minnesota's five-set win over Nebraska and sweep of Iowa this weekend. She averaged 1.3 blocks per set, with seven against the Cornhuskers and three blocks against the Hawkeyes. She also…

Minnesota climbs to No. 11 in AVCA poll

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Mon, 11/19, 2:32pm (6 months ago)
The Gophers volleyball team climbed from No. 14 to No. 11 in Monday's American Volleyball Coaches Association poll. Minnesota beat Nebraska, which dropped one spot to No. 10, in five sets Friday and swept unranked Iowa on Saturday. Penn State, the newly crowned Big Ten conference champion, regained the No. 1 position.…

Bailey tabbed conference freshman of the week

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Mon, 11/19, 12:05pm (6 months ago)
Gophers women's basketball player Mikayla Bailey was named Freshman of the Week by the Big Ten Conference on Monday. Bailey averaged 9.5 points, 3.5 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals in a pair of victories in the Subway Classic this past weekend. The Maple Grove native scored a career-high 12 points…

Maryland accepts invite to join Big Ten

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Mon, 11/19, 10:31am (6 months ago)
Maryland is the newest member of the Big Ten Conference. The university's Board of Regents voted unanimouslyMonday  to leave the Atlantic Coast Conference for the Big Ten. The Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors followed suit with its unanimous approval for the university to join the Big Ten effective July 1, 2014,…

Maryland, Rutgers negotiating to join Big Ten

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Sat, 11/17, 4:23pm (6 months ago)
The University of Maryland is in "serious negotiations" to join the Big Ten Conference, according to ESPN.com. ESPN reported that if Maryland goes, Rutgers is expected to leave the Big East and join as well. Rutgers was in the conversation when the Big Ten added Nebraska in 2011. An announcement could be…

PG Ionescu leaves women's basketball team

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Sat, 11/17, 12:44pm (6 months ago)
Sophomore point guard Alex Ionescu has left the women's basketball team and will return to her native Romania at the end of fall semester. Ionescu barely played as a freshman and saw action in just 10 games. She was a member of the Romania National Team and helped lead it to…

Big East announces temporary football divisions

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Thu, 11/15, 11:55pm (6 months ago)
Big East conference football will feature two divisions beginning in 2013, according to a news release. Conference commissioner Mike Aresco said Tuesday there will be East and West divisions of six teams each in football, culminating with a new Big East championship game. The change is for the next two seasons. “This…
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