Minnesota suspends White, Bostick

Minnesota star basketball recruit Royce White faces misdemeanor charges of theft and fifth-degree assault after being accused of shoplifting at the Mall of America.

Gophers to wait on Mbakwe clearance

Junior forward Trevor Mbakwe will not be allowed to play for Minnesota until his pending court case on a felony battery charge is cleared up.

Once-fired Monson: 'I enjoy life again'

...Monson helped put Minnesota in the position it is today. Tubby Smith, one of the best hires an athletic director has pulled off in the last decade, has put the Golden Gophers in the mix...

Team preview: Minnesota

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2009-10 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | October 06, 2009

Dissecting Sagarin's all-time rankings

Pat Forde loves the first 1,195 pages of the "ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia." But when it comes to Jeff Sagarin's all-time rankings, well … let the debate begin.

UCLA's Howland recruits through appendicitis

Ben Howland's right side had been bothering him for about a week. But it wasn't pressing enough to keep him from traveling during a recruiting period....

Need a coach? Get to know these guys

Beyond the ivy-covered walls of major American colleges sit powerful men who often know long before anyone else does when the team's coach will be fired (or a new one will be hired). Chances are they had something to do with it.

Story | Conversation | September 15, 2009

...19: Dexter Pittman #34 of the Texas Longhorns shoots against Ralph Sampson III #50 of the Minnesota Golden Gophers during the first round of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament at the Greensboro...

If a Final Four is taken away, did it ever exist?

The 1985 Final Four banner that Memphis earned is down for the summer. The plan, as is the case every year, is to put it back up at FedExForum in t...

...Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan State Spartans forward Delvon Roe (10) drives to the basket against a Minnesota Golden Gophers defender in the second half at the Breslin Center. Michigan State defeated Minnesota 76-47. Mandatory...

Big Ten ShootAround: League's elite aim for Final Four berth in Indy

...played only 16 minutes a game for upstart Minnesota last season. He averaged just 5.3 points...League, and was named the co-MVP. The Gophers were at times offensively challenged last season. So...

Pair emerges from fatherly shadows

Each is a rising soph and the son of a former No. 1 overall pick. But Wazzu's Klay Thompson (son of Mychal) and Minnesota's Ralph Sampson III (son of you-know-who) don't have comparable burdens.

National title game rematch slated

Michigan State will visit North Carolina in a rematch of the national championship game, highlighting the 11th annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

Ex-coach sues Minnesota's Smith

A former assistant coach who said he quit his previous job to work with Minnesota's Tubby Smith, only to be denied the job later, has sued Smith for more than $50,000, according to a report in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Feb 7, 2009; Columbus, OH, USA; Minnesota Golden Gophers head coach Tubby Smith on the bench against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Value City Arena...