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Athan Kaliakmanis and the Minnesota Gopher football program had high expectations entering the season.

As the dynamics of the Big Ten continue to evolve, the league has lined up the Minnesota Golden Gophers football opponents for the next five seasons.

Minnesota's defense sparked its fast-break offense in time for the Gophers to pull away from Rutgers on Saturday.

The home team in the first Big Ten Tournament in Madison Square Garden will play at least one more game.

Nate Mason scored a season-high 26 points, Jordan Murphy had his ninth straight double-double to start the season and No. 12 Minnesota beat Rutgers 89-67 on Sunday night in the Big Ten opener for both teams.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Jordan Murphy scored 17 points and had 11 rebounds to lead Minnesota past Rutgers 72-63 on Saturday.

Minneapolis, MN (KROC-AM News) - Minnesota Gopher running back Rodney Smith has been named the Big 10 conference offensive player of the week.

Minneapolis, MN (Learfield)  --  It took a 28-yard field goal by Emmit Carpenter with 10 seconds to go for the Minnesota Gophers to avoid an ugly loss on their 2016 Homecoming game Saturday.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers ended a 32-game losing streak in the Big Ten Conference and a 17-game overall skid with a 75-52 victory over undermanned Minnesota

(Gophersports.com) - Minnesota opened its Big Ten season and wrapped up the year 2015 with a tightly-fought 66-55 loss at Rutgers on New Year’s Eve.

Minneapolis (from University of Minnesota) - The Big Ten Conference has announced its full women’s basketball schedule and it shows Minnesota will open at Rutgers on Dec. 31.

CHICAGO (AP) (GopherSports.com) -- Joey King hit six 3-pointers and scored 20 to lead Minnesota to an 80-68 victory over Rutgers in the first round of the Big Ten tournament on Wednesday.