One of coach Cori Close’s mantras has prevailed throughout the season: toughness. “You cannot give toughness,” Close said Wednesday. “You cannot hope it into place. You have to earn toughness.

Taiye Bello, one of the top rebounders in Gophers women’s basketball history, has died, her family announced Friday. In a post online, the family wrote, “The Bello/Lawal family is saddened to inform ...

Dawson Garcia had just scored a season-high 31 points and provided outstanding defense in the Gophers’ 77-69 upset of then-15th-ranked Oregon last Saturday. The senior forward from Savage would go on ...

The Minnesota women's basketball team (18-4, 6-4 B1G) fell short in an 82-69 loss to the No. 4 Southern California Trojans (19-1, 9-0 B1G) on the road ...

The Spartans (18-2, 9-0 Big Ten) are riding a 13-game winning streak, their longest in six years, and just became Izzo’s first squad to go unbeaten in both December and January. Even Izzo, whose team ...

The Gophers got themselves back in the game behind Hart, who scored 10 first-half points from the post. Minnesota pulled ...

Minnesota cut its deficit to six early in the fourth quarter, but the Trojans then put them away Thursday night.

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There is late-night Big Ten basketball on Thursday, Jan. 30 when the Minnesota Golden Gophers visit the No. 4 USC Trojans at ...

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Sunday’s Big Ten slate includes the UCLA Bruins (20-0) facing the Minnesota Golden Gophers (18-3) at 3:00 PM ET on BTN.Buy tickets for UCLA vs. MinnesotaUCLA vs. Minnesota game ...