Gophers

The Gopher men's basketball team lost out on 4-star 6'5 guard Kerwin Walton from Hopkins. Walton chose North Carolina over Minnesota, Arizona, Creighton, Georgetown and Vanderbilt. Walton is ranked as the 99th best 2020 senior according to 247 Sports.

Gophers men's basketball big man Daniel Oturu wasn't on the list when the Big Ten All-Conference First Team was named Monday. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan thinks Oturu is now headed for the NBA draft.

The Gopher men's basketball team failed to score in the final 5 minutes and they lost 58-55 at home to #21 Iowa Sunday. The Hawkeyes closed the game on a 11-0 run to defeat Minnesota.

The University of Minnesota men's hockey team defeated the Wisconsin Badgers in game one of the weekend's border battle series.

The Gopher men's basketball team shot just 31 percent from the field and lost 59-51 at #19 Illinois Thursday night. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He said the Gophers just didn't shoot the ball well enough and you can't expect to get calls from the officials on the road in the Big Ten.

The Gopher men's basketball team lost 70-52 at home against #11 Michigan State Sunday afternoon at Williams Arena. Minnesota trailed by 8 at halftime and only got as close at 6 points in the 2nd half.

The University of Minnesota men's hockey team opened their first weekend series of 2020 with a loss on the road to Michigan State University on Friday.

The Vikings play in the NFC Wildcard playoffs Sunday at 12:05, pregame on WJON at 11 a.m. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He thinks this isn't a good match up and isn't sure how the Vikings can contain Michael Thomas or Alvin Kamara.

Penn State has hired Kirk Ciarrocca as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

The University of Minnesota volleyball team lost to the defending national champion Stanford 3 - 0 on Thursday night in Pittsburgh.