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Nolan Groves chooses Minnesota in the transfer poral
Niko Medved and staff have secured a portal commitment from Nolan Groves who had entered the portal after playing his freshman season at Texas Tech. Nolan GrovesPos: SG/SFHt: 6’5”Wt: 205 Groves is from Long Lake and played his high school ball for Orono, where he led the Spartans to a third-place finish in state and […]
An Active Transfer Portal for the Gopher Men’s Hockey Team
The 2026 NCAA Men’s Hockey transfer portal officially opened on Monday and it was a busy day across the nation as players from nearly every school in the country jumped in looking for a fresh start. As is expected with a coaching change, the Minnesota Golden Gophers saw many players moving in both directions. In […]
Minnesota Football Recruiting: Four-star TE Brooks Bakko commits to the Gophers
It’s a big day for the Minnesota Golden Gophers and tight ends from the Dakotas, as head coach P.J. Fleck and co. have reeled in another tight end from their neighbors to the west. Tight end prospect Brooks Nakko, the No. 1-ranked recruit in the state of North Dakota this cycle, has committed to the […]
UStreet wins the Daily Gopher Women’s Bracket Challenge
That’s right y’all. I am an elite Women’s basketball knower. Congrats to ModoTNT and espn07619014 (love the personalization of the name) for finishing second and third. To brag on the internet, I finished 1,391st of ~3.4 million. Not bad for 30 seconds of work. Far more importantly, I defeated our fearless leader GopherNation and our […]
JdWorshak wins the Daily Gophers’ Men’s Bracket Challenge
Congratulations to jdworshak for winning the 2026 TDG Bracket Challenge with a total score of 1400. We have no prize but the best prize of all: bragging rights that you are smarter than the TDG writing staff. Kudos. In a result that has sent me into a deep depression, our fearless leader GopherNation finished second, […]
Minnesota Football Recruiting: Four-star TE Drake Mikkelsen commits to the Gophers
Head coach P.J. Fleck and co. have reeled in the No. 2-ranked recruit in the state of South Dakota, with four-star tight end prospect Drake Mikkelsen committing to the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Get to know Drake Mikkelsen Height: 6’5”Weight: 205 Power 4 Scholarship Offers: Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Michigan State, and Wisconsin 247 Sports […]
Grading Gopher Basketball in Medved’s first season
The first season under Niko Medved is in the books. Year Zero was better than expected in many ways and the several days are going to be a whirlwind of roster moves and portal additions. Stay tuned for more on that. But before we move on to the next season, let’s take one look back […]
Golden Gophers Weekend Preview
March has come to a close and April is springing into the Upper Midwest this weekend with very springlike weather. While that may shift some games times of the Gophers outdoor sports like baseball and softball later this weekend, it gives others a great chance to get comfortable on the coach and take in some […]
Baylor wins 67-48 in the Crown, ending Minnesota’s season
The Baylor Bears cruised to a 19-point win over Minnesota, winning 67-48 in the first round of the College Basketball Crown in Las Vegas. The Bears were led by Tounde Yessoufou who had 19 points and seven rebounds. THE STAT: Is shooting 13% from three bad? Cause the Gophers were just 3/23 from behind the […]
OPEN THREAD: Gophers and Baylor Bears in College Basketball Crown
The Gophers are one of 16 teams remaining in all of college basketball.
Gopher basketball retaining key players for next year
Today’s college basketball requires you to not only recruit high school players into your program, but you are also re-recruiting them every offseason. Continuity is correlated to success, especially for programs that are not able to write blank checks for the best available talent in the transfer portal. The transfer portal officially opens on April […]
With Sweet Sixteen Run the Future of Gopher Women’s Basketball Looks Bright
The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s basketball season came to a close in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen Friday night in Sacramento, California. Number #1 seeded UCLA was just too strong and while the Gophers kept the game close only trailing by five points at halftime, the Bruins used a dominant third and fourth quarter […]
Former Gopher Wrestling Coach J Robinson Dead at 79
Former Minnesota Golden Gophers wrestling coach J Robinson died on Sunday at the age of 79 according to the University of Minnesota. Robinson led the Gopher wrestling program from 30 seasons from 1986 through 2016 and led the Gophers to the only three NCAA Team Championships in school history in 2001, 2002 and 2007. In […]
OPEN THREAD: Gophers and UCLA in the Sweet 16
The Gopher women are up against the 1-seeded Bruins.
NCAA Sweet Sixteen Preview: #4 Minnesota Gophers vs #1 UCLA Bruins
The Minnesota Golden Gophers will try and keep their NCAA Tournament run going against a familiar foe on Friday night in Sacramento, California. The #4 seeded Gophers will face off against the #1 seeded UCLA Bruins who they lost two back in January at Williams Arena. But much can change in over tow months of […]
The Hires are Made: What Comes Next For Both Gopher Hockey Programs
Within a span of 48 hours earlier this week the Minnesota Golden Gophers announced a pair of new hockey coaches for their women’s and men’s programs. On Sunday Minnesota athletic director Mark Coyle announced that Gopher assistant coach Greg “Boom” May would be promised and would take over the Gopher women’s program, and then on […]
Who Should Minnesota Teams declare Bird Rights on
According the Sports Business Journal, the Big Ten is discussing a carve out to the current revenue sharing cap to allow schools that exceed it to retain players. From SBJ, the proposal mirrors the NBA “Bird rights” the salary cap exception in the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that allows teams to re-sign their own […]
3 Keys to beating Baylor and how to watch the College Basketball Crown
Las Vegas 9:30 4/1 FS1 Baylor Minnesota Golden GophersRecord: 15-17 (8-12)KenPom Rank: 77 Baylor BearsRecord: 16-16 (6-12)KenPom Rank: 50 The game is on 4/1, but never too early for scouting the Bears. The season continues and the Gophers get to face Baylor. The Bears are led by Cameron Carr, son of former Timberwolf Chris Carr, […]
Brett Larson named new Men’s Hockey Coach
The Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s hockey team has decided to keep the St. Cloud State to Minnesota pipeline alive. Tuesday morning the Gophers announced that current St. Cloud State head coach Brett Larson will replace former St. Cloud State head coach Bob Motzko as the new head coach of the Gophers. Larson is expected to […]
Looking at next year’s needs for Gopher hoops and the transfer portal
The season is over for the vast majority of D1 teams and the official NCAA Transfer Portal window will open on April 7th. The Gophers have accepted a bid into the College Basketball Crown as their season will continue into this coming weekend, but by this time next week, they will also officially be in […]
Gophers Hire Greg “Boom” May as New Women’s Hockey Coach
On Sunday afternoon—coincidently during both the emotional aftermath of the Gopher women’s basketball win to advance to the Sweet Sixteen AND in the middle of the NCAA women’s hockey championships game, the University of Minnesota announced that Greg “Boom” May would be the third head coach in the history of the Minnesota Gophers Women’s Hockey […]
Sweet As Can Be!
The movie script could not have been written any better. The oft injured redshirt junior Minnesota native hits a step back three to tie the game. The home crowd is so loud that nobody…and I mean nobody can hear the shot clock buzzer expire. The 5th year senior transfer and Minnesota native hits a tough […]
Minnesota is going to the Sweet 16
Amaya Battle made the go ahead shot with .08 seconds left and the Gophers continue to dance in the Sweet 16. We’ll have full coverage later, but I have the following three thoughts. 1. Battle did everything you want your PG to do this game. 14/11/5 and tenacious defense all game. 2. Mara Braun going […]
Three Keys: NCAA Second Round #4 Minnesota Golden Gophers vs #5 Ole Miss Rebels
The presumed matchup is set and one of the best from the Big Ten will take on one of the best from the SEC to see who can advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Minnesota Golden Gophers got past #13 seed Green Bay in the First Round with a fourth quarter domination—winning the ten minute […]
Max McEnelly wins NCAA 184 Pound Wrestling Championship
Max McEnelly is having himself a year. After winning the 2025 U20 World Championship last summer he returned for his redshirt sophomore season with the Gophers looking to prove he was one of the best. Well, now he can take out the one of the. McEnelly defeated previously undefeated Rocco Welsh of Penn State 4-3 […]
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