Gophers Features

Amir Coffey is Having a Great Year, and He’s Doing it Quietly
By Sam Ekstrom - Feb 8, 2017
Reggie Lynch Must Stay on the Floor For Gophers to Emerge From Slump
By Sam Ekstrom - Feb 1, 2017
Gophers Have to Execute Better in the Clutch to Succeed in Parity-Filled Big Ten
By Sam Ekstrom - Jan 23, 2017
X-Factor Akeem Springs Showing Gophers How to Win
By Sam Ekstrom - Jan 8, 2017
When Charles Buggs opted to transfer in June of 2016, graduate transfer Akeem Springs became the lone senior expected to see minutes in the upcoming Minnesota Golden Gophers […]
Win Against Purdue Gave Gophers Validation; Now They Must Sustain It
By Sam Ekstrom - Jan 4, 2017
Head coach Richard Pitino said the critical word was “Respond” heading into a road matchup with 15th-ranked Purdue. And respond they did. The Golden Gophers were fresh […]
Gophers’ Well-Roundedness Could Make Them a Worthy Big Ten Challenger
By Sam Ekstrom - Dec 8, 2016
Gophers Looking for Renewed Respect as Pitino Begins Year Four
By Sam Ekstrom - Nov 11, 2016
Charles Buggs, The Last Link to Tubby Smith, Becomes Latest Gopher to Transfer
By Sam Ekstrom - Jun 24, 2016
Richard Pitino’s Gophers Tenure is Hanging in the Balance
By Sam Ekstrom - May 18, 2016
On April 3, 2014, Richard Pitino stood on a ladder, his right hand raised triumphantly with a freshly-snipped net clasped in his fingers. His father Rick, a […]
How the Gophers Could Make a Tourney Run in Two Seasons
By Sam Ekstrom - Mar 9, 2016
That’s it. That’s a wrap. The ugliest Gophers basketball season is recent memory is complete, and while it might not have gone as poorly record-wise as Boston […]
Gophers’ Suspensions An Attempt to Mend Culture
By Sam Ekstrom - Mar 2, 2016
FIRST REPORT: Gophers Suspend Three Players For Season
By Sam Ekstrom - Mar 1, 2016