Gopher men's basketball

Amir Coffey matched his career high with 32 points, making two free throws with 2.5 seconds left on Tuesday night to seal Minnesota's 73-69 victory over No. 11 Purdue and give the Gophers a big boost for an NCAA Tournament berth.

Minneapolis (Gophersports.com) - For the first time since 2013, the Minnesota men's basketball team was voted among the nation's top 25 teams.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Kendrick Nunn scored 25, Malcolm Hill added 22 points with seven rebounds and five assists and Illinois beat Minnesota 84-71 Sunday night.

State College, PA (Learfield sports)  -- Penn State used a 14-6 run over the final 3:46 to spoil a hot-shooting night for the Golden Gophers as the drop the visitors 86-77.   The Gophers made 11 3-pointers and led for most of the game but couldn’t hold off the Nittany Lions. Joe...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP- Gophersports.com) -- Nate Mason and Kevin Dorsey scored 11 points, but the Gophers fell to No. 1 Michigan State 69-61.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Joey King scored 18 points and Bakary Konate added 14 with 10 rebounds and Minnesota held off Nebraska-Omaha 93-90 on Friday.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Devin Coleman scored 12 of his 15 points in the final seven minutes, and Temple rallied past Minnesota 75-70 on Thursday in the opening game of the Puerto Rico Tipoff.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of Minnesota's top incoming freshmen has been denied medical clearance to play for the team.