Gopher Basketball

Gopher men's basketball coach Richard Pitino is adding 6'2 transfer Malik Smith from Florida International.

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The Gopher men's basketball team received a commitment from 5'11 160 pound point guard Dre Mathieu, a junior college transfer from Central Arizona Community College. Mathieu chose Minnesota over Pepperdine and Ole Miss.

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Gopher men's basketball coach Richard Pitino failed to get 6'6 junior college forward Cameron Forte. Forte instead this weekend committed to play at the University of Georgia instead.

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New Gopher men's basketball team Richard Pitino received a comittment from 6'3 shooting guard Daquein McNeil. McNeil had originally committed to join Pitino at Florida International.

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According to rivals.com the Gopher men's basketball program will be adding former Louisville 6'7 215 pound power forward Raheem Buckley.

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The Gopher men's basketball team has reportedly reached an agreement with 30-year old Richard Petino to become their new head men's basketball coach. CBS was the first to report the agreement. Petino is the son of Louisville head coach Rick Pitino.

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The Gopher men's basketball team showed a sign of life Tuesday night with an unexpected home win over top ranked Indiana. The Gophers appeared close to be falling into the same trap when they fell behind by 8 in the 2nd half.

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Just when it looked like this would be a lost season for the Gophers, they come roaring back in stunning fashion.

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The Gopher men's basketball is not ranked this week in either national poll. Minnesota is 17-7 overall and 5-6 in the Big Ten. The Gophers have lost 6 of their last 8 including both games last week against #12 Michigan State and Sunday night against unranked Illinois.

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The 23rd ranked Gopher men's basketball team will host Iowa today in another game they really need to win to stay on a pace to be a NCAA Tournament team. Gametime today at 12:00, pregame on AM 1390-the Fan at 11:30.

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