minnesota gophers

The Gopher men's basketball team defeated Augustana 72-60 in exhibition play Monday night at Williams Arena. Trevor Mbakwe led the Gophers with 22 points and 13 rebounds and Rodney Williams added 10 points. Minnesota freshman guards Andre Hollins (3 points) and Joe Coleman (5 points) were mostly held in check.

Gopher head football coach Jerry Kill is improving but remains hospitalized after suffering a seizure Saturday afternoon in the final seconds of the Gopher football game against New Mexico State. Gopher team physician Pat Smith says all tests have come back normal and no further testing will continue as necessary. Kill could be released from the hospital as early as today.

The Gopher Football team lost 28-21 at home to New Mexico State Saturday afternoon. With :20 seconds left in the game Gopher first year head coach Jerry Kill suffered what appeared to be a seizure on the sideline. Play stopped for several minutes before the game resumed. Kill was taken off the field by medical staff on a golf cart. The Gophers trailed 21-14 at halftime and were down 28-14 going into the 4th quarter.

Gopher 6'8 242 pound forward Trevor Mbakwe is one of 22 college basketball players invited to try out for the U.S. junior national basketball team's entry in the World University Games. The try out will take place next month in Colorado and the top 12 players will be chosen to play.

Minnesota sports fans are depressed after terrible seasons for the Vikings, Wild, Timberwolves, Gopher basketball, and the bad start to the season for the Twins. Here's a pick-me-up. The Gopher basketball team will make the biggest improvement of the teams I mentioned.

Intern Justin says the Gophers held great promise at the beginning of the season. Now they're the laughing stock of the Big 10. Bye-bye Big Dance -- hello NIT.