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This is Amelia Rayno's third season on the Gophers men's basketball beat. She learned college basketball in North Carolina , where fanhood is not an option.

Fran Fraschilla has not seen Gophers recruit Gaston Diedhiou play in person. But the ESPN basketball analyst and former college coach is an authority on international players -- and he's heard the 6-foot-9, 230-pound forward from Senegal "has raw ability."

This is Amelia Rayno's third season on the Gophers men's basketball beat. She learned college basketball in North Carolina , where fanhood is not an option.

Two years after falling just short of its goal at Madison Square Garden, a Minnesota team made up of veterans from that game and new faces this season made good of the second chance.

New York Knicks players had to be jealous watching how hot the Gophers were from three-point range in the first half of Tuesday night's NIT semifinal at Madison Square Garden.

When FSU and Minnesota matched up on December 3rd the game was brutal. The refs were still figuring out the new rules, and they completely destroyed this game.

This is Amelia Rayno's third season on the Gophers men's basketball beat. She learned college basketball in North Carolina , where fanhood is not an option.

Fellow NIT Final Four coaches Leonard Hamilton and Larry Brown were impressed with the job first-year coach Richard Pitino did with the Gophers basketball team this season.

This is Amelia Rayno's third season on the Gophers men's basketball beat. She learned college basketball in North Carolina , where fanhood is not an option.

This is Amelia Rayno's third season on the Gophers men's basketball beat. She learned college basketball in North Carolina , where fanhood is not an option.

The Gophers responded from a poor start to cruise to an 81-73 win over Southern Mississippi at the Barn.

This is Amelia Rayno's third season on the Gophers men's basketball beat. She learned college basketball in North Carolina , where fanhood is not an option.

After trouble early, a burst of long shots gave Minnesota a victory over St. Mary's in the second round of the NIT on Sunday at Williams Arena.