Trevor Mbakwe

Gophers point guard Andre Hollins will get a chance to prove he's one of the top college basketball players in country as he was invited to tryouts for the World University Games team, coach Richard Pitino said Friday. Hollins, who led the University of...

Kansas' Jeff Withey saw the other big men at the NBA draft combine today and, at one point this spring, expected Michigan's Mitch McGary to be in that mix. McGary was ranked by some experts ahead of Withey, in the mid-teens range, before deciding to...

Former Gophers forward Trevor Mbakwe arrived Thursday at the doorstep of his dreams -- the annual combine for the NBA draft's top prospects -- after admittedly taking the long way around. In a sweepstakes often won by the collegiate game's one-and-...

Ben Coleman was excited for his nephew, Joe, when he heard new Gophers basketball coach Richard Pitino was going to have an up-and-down, run-and-gun style of play. That system seemed to fit Joe Coleman's game best. But the sophomore swingman still...

One concern the Vikings won't have going into the draft, unlike last year, is the addition of an outstanding left tackle for the offensive line. The drafting of Southern California tackle Matt Kalil filled that opening and the shift of Charlie Johnson...

UCLA's basketball season is over. Is Ben Howland's tenure as Bruins coach? Minnesota knocked off UCLA, 83-63, Friday night in a second-round South Regional game at Austin, Texas. The Bruins (25-10) went out with a whimper, shooting poorly and...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Mike Rosario scored 25 points and Florida used an overpowering first half to roll past Minnesota and into the NCAA tournament round of 16 for third consecutive year with a 78-64 win Sunday in the South Regional. The No. 3-seeded...

AUSTIN, Texas — Down in south Texas where gunslingers and lawmen used to rule, Florida Gators point guard Scottie Wilbekin will look to add another notch to his belt. For No. 3 seed Florida (27-7) to beat No. 11 Minnesota (21-12) Sunday and...

It's tough to figure the Minnesota Golden Gophers - the Florida Gators' next opponent in the NCAA Tournament. Following a 15-1 start, coach Tubby Smith's squad went into a funk. The Golden Gophers finished 8-10 in the Big Ten and lost seven of it...

EAST LANSING, MICH. -- For all the pain that Michigan State freshman Gary Harris seemed to be in throughout Wednesday's game, it had nothing on the anguish he inflicted on Minnesota. Despite moving gingerly throughout the game, Harris gutted it out and...

TALLAHASSEE -- Leonard Hamilton's eyes said it before his lips even moved. Reality, the dark pupils suggested, had finally sunk in; this was going to be a challenging year for his young Florida State Seminoles. That realization had long been rattling...

NEW YORK - Andre Ingram went up for a wide-open dunk in the final seconds of the first half with Minnesota still in striking distance. The ball slipped out of his hands before he could slam it in, a fitting image for a frustrating night. The short-...