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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.

Saturday, the Gophers threatened to push themselves to the Big Dance on sheer grit, but they instead set the stage for a much more difficult path, falling at Michigan 66-56.

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.

Several teammates and friends applauded Charles Buggs as he finally walked out to greet them long after the Gophers' 95-89 victory over No.

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Austin Hollins scored a career-high 27 points on 8-for-10 shooting, DeAndre Mathieu had 19 points and seven assists and Minnesota bounced back from a monthlong slump with a 95-89 victory over No.

Gophers at a glance: The Gophers have a few big opportunities remaining to pull out of their extended slump, but they're running out of time.

The Gophers avoided talking about the NCAA tournament all season, but entering Saturday's game against Ohio State, they clearly knew they were close to falling off the bubble with another loss.

Minnesota guard Andre Hollins wipes his eye during the first half of a game against Northwestern in Evanston, Ill., on Sunday, February 16, 2014.

Freshman guard Kendrick Nunn hit five 3-pointers and led Illinois with 19 points as the last-place Illini beat Minnesota 62-49 on Wednesday night, putting a damper on the Gophers' hopes for an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.

The Gophers suffered the biggest blow to their NCAA tournament hopes this season with an embarrassing 62-49 loss to Big Ten bottom feeder Illinois on Wednesday night at Williams Arena.

Gophers at a glance: Minnesota is coming off a much-needed victory over Northwestern - only its second road win of the conference slate after going 1-5 before that - but the Gophers still are trying to put a streak behind them that has featured four losses in six games.

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.

With a little more than three minutes to play last Sunday, Andre Hollins got the ball inside to Elliott Eliason, and the Gophers big man converted, sending Williams Arena into a frenzy.

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 time around, there is a good chance Bo Ryan's scouting report looks a little different.

The 6-foot-9, 225-pound former Eastview High School standout is one of the Gophers' tougher inside players, and he started at power forward for the first time against Indiana last week.

It turns out the Gophers can win games in February. Minnesota defeated Indiana in front of a sell out crowd 66-60.

Gophers at a glance: They return home from their triple-overtime loss at Purdue desperate to end a three-game losing streak.

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.