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3/9/2021 Carr receives All-Big Ten honors, while Kalscheur recognized for Sportsmanship Minnesota guards Marcus Carr and Gabe Kalscheur were recognized by the Big Ten today. Carr was named All-Big Ten Second Team (media) and All-Big Ten Third Team (coaches), while Kalscheur was Minnesota’s Sportsmanship Award honoree. Separately, Carr was named AP […]

3/11/2021  SERIES INFORMATION144th Meeting (54-89 all-time record)Home: 37-32 // Road: 17-54 // Neutral: 0-3 // Streak: W-3Richard Pitino vs. Ohio State: 5-7Minnesota vs. Big Ten: 780-867*Pitino vs. Big Ten regular season games: 54-96Pitino vs. Big Ten (includes postseason games): 61-103 * – excludes vacated games STARTING FIVE1. Minnesota […]

Tre Williams scored 14 points and Jamal Mashburn Jr. 11 and Minnesota snapped a seven-game skid with a 51-46 win over Northwestern in the first round of the Big Ten Conference tournament on Wednesday. The Golden Gophers advance to take on fifth-seeded and No. 9 […]

(5) Ohio State vs. (13) Minnesota • Date: Thursday, March 11 • Time: 2:00 p.m. • Where: Lucas Oil Stadium • TV: Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Stephen Bardo/Andy Katz) • Radio: 97.1 The Fan (Paul Keels/Ron Stokes) • Satellite Radio: Sirius (OSU 84), XM (84), Internet (84) Game Basics Ohio State enters the 2021 Big Ten Tournament as the […]

JOHNNY APPLESEED DAY Celebrating John Chapman, legendary American pioneer and folk hero who planted apple trees across the American Frontier. Chapman was born in Massachusetts, September 26, 1774, but Johnny Appleseed Day is celebrated on March 11th. Chapman earned his nickname because he planted small […]

Kispert Named Player of the Year; Few is Coach of the Year; Suggs is Newcomer of the Year SAN MATEO, Calif. – Mark Few was selected as the West Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year, Corey Kispert was titled the Player of the Year, Jalen Suggs was named the […]

3/9/2021 Suggs and Timme tabbed second team by both outlets SPOKANE, Wash. – Gonzaga’s Corey Kispert was named First Team All-American by Sporting News and Sports Illustrated. Jalen Suggs and Drew Timme were selected second team by both outlets. The Sporting News team is one of the four the NCAA employs in […]

The game is set for Friday, Nov. 26 at T-Mobile Arena LAS VEGAS – Gonzaga men’s basketball has announced a marquee opponent for the 2021-22 regular season – a heavyweight bout vs. Duke at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The game is set for Black Friday – […]

Zag coach one of 10 candidates up for nation’s top head coach ATLANTA – Gonzaga’s Mark Few was named a semifinalist for the 2021 Werner Ladder Naismith Coach of the Year Award Friday. Few extended his own conference record, capturing his 14th West Coast Conference Coach of the […]

3/9/2021 Zags remain unbeaten and win 23rd straight game by double-digits LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gonzaga was out of sorts for one of the few times this season, falling into its biggest halftime deficit in three years. Corey Kispert got the Bulldogs back in it. Jalen Suggs finished […]

March 09, 2021 Badgers to conduct search for new head coach MADISON, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin has made a change in its women’s basketball program and will conduct a search for a new head coach, Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez announced Tuesday. “I appreciate Coach Tsipis’s […]

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland State head men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates has been named the Horizon League Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season. Junior Tre Gomillion is this year’s Defensive Player of the Year, while senior Torrey Patton is an All-League First Team member and junior forward Deante […]

CBJ TEAM NOTES Columbus had its 16-game home point streak (14-0-2) vs. Florida snapped with tonight’s loss.  The last regulation loss against the Panthers was Nov. 21, 2007. The winning team has scored 3+ goals in 11 of the past 12 games of the series […]

Mar 09, 2021 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Cleveland State Vikings are going dancing. The Vikes punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament with an automatic bid for the first time since 2009 with an 80-69 win over Oakland in the #HLMBB Championship Game on Tuesday night […]

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MAR. 9, 2021 II vs. FLORIDA PANTHERS II NATIONWIDE ARENA II 7 PM ET TODAY’S MATCHUP COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS Record:  10-11-5, 25 pts.  (5th, Discover Central Division)  Goals:  2.62 Goals-For/3.19 Goals-Against… Shots:  28.5 Shots-For/31.0 Shots-Against Power Play:  16.2 percent (25th, NHL)… Penalty Kill:  74.2 percent (24th-T, NHL) Penalty Minutes:  7.4 PIM (10th-T, NHL)… Overtime Record (Shootout):  1-3-2 (1-2) FLORIDA PANTHERS Record:  15-5-4, […]

COURTESY BLUE JACKETS COMMUNICATIONS

MARCH 8, 2021 The 30-minute special recognizes the top players through the club’s first 20 NHL seasons COLUMBUS, OH — In commemoration of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ 20th National Hockey League season in 2020-21, the club and FOX Sports Ohio will unveil the club’s all-time team in […]

MARCH 8, 2021 COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated goaltender Elvis Merzlikins off Injured Reserve and assigned goaltender Veini Vehvilainen to the club’s taxi squad, General Manager and Alternate Governor Jarmo Kekalainen announced today. Merzlikins, 26, has missed the past seven games with […]

Monday, March 8, 2021 MAR. 9, 2021 II vs. FLORIDA PANTHERS II NATIONWIDE ARENA II 7 PM ET TODAY’S MATCHUP COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS Record:  10-11-5, 25 pts.  (5th, Discover Central Division)  Goals:  2.62 Goals-For/3.19 Goals-Against… Shots:  28.5 Shots-For/31.0 Shots-Against Power Play:  16.2 percent (25th, NHL)… Penalty Kill:  74.2 percent (24th-T, NHL) Penalty Minutes:  7.4 PIM (10th-T, NHL)… Overtime Record (Shootout):  1-3-2 […]