The Gophers fired coach Ben Johnson after four years of repeatedly rebuilding rosters at his alma mater. Johnson had two seasons remaining on his contract, which calls for a $2.92 million buyout.

San Diego State's Dutcher is a name that will be floated around a lot. His father, Jim Dutcher, was the Gophers head coach from 1975-86, and Brian has said many times how highly he respects the ...

The Gophers traveled to New Jersey to face Rutgers in their final game of a roller-coaster regular season, and it followed the same trend with a 75-67 overtime loss. Dawson Garcia came out fast in ...

After losing nearly everyone to graduation or the NCAA transfer portal last spring, Gophers men’s basketball coach Ben Johnson built a team, in fairly quick order, around his ace in the hole ...

University of Minnesota Athletics Director Mark Coyle announced early Thursday morning Ben Johnson has been fired after four seasons as head coach of the Gophers men’s basketball team.

The Minnesota-Wisconsin men’s basketball rivalry has been a one-sided deal since 2020, and Gophers head coach Ben Johnson knows that isn’t going to cut it. “We got to hold our end of the ...

Former Gophers hockey player Richard “Dick” Meredith, who played on two U.S. Olympic hockey teams, died Feb. 6. He was 92. Meredith, who graduated from Minneapolis Southwest, lettered for the ...

Gophers junior guard Mara Braun said on Monday's Gopher Coaches Show with Ahmad Hicks, Justin Gaard and Dawn Plitzuweit that she is day-to-day with a foot injury that required surgery for the ...

Hunter Strand and Henry Nelson each scored and Owen Say made 31 saves for the Irish, who may have finished last in the Big Ten but have made the Gophers work hard on every shift this weekend.

MINNEAPOLIS- Gopher baseball (5-5, 0-0 Big Ten) is set to open Big Ten play at U.S Bank Stadium with a three-game series versus the Purdue Boilermakers (12-1, 0-0 Big Ten). - The Purdue Boilermakers ...

The result drops the Gophers from the No. 3 overall seed to the No. 4 seed in next week’s NCAA tournament. Minnesota will host fifth-seeded Colgate in a two-team regional while the sixth-seeded ...

Layups by Asuma and Mitchell put the Gophers up 17-14, but a 4-0 RU run gave it a one-point lead. Rigsby and Asuma added layups as the Gophers reclaimed a 21-18 edge, but the Scarlet Knights went on a ...