With late push for NCAA tournament, Gophers get in
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two weeks ago, it looked like Minnesota was bound to be left out of the NCAA tournament.
But using the program’s first appearance in the Big Ten championship game to cap a late-season surge — emphasis on late — the Gophers got in the field of 65 on Sunday as an at-large team.
They’re the No. 11 seed in the West Region, with a first-round game against No. 6 seed Xavier set for Friday in Milwaukee, just a five-hour drive from campus.
The Gophers (21-13) got in by winning seven of their last 10 games, including their first three this weekend at the Big Ten tournament. They beat 11th-ranked Michigan State and blew out sixth-ranked Purdue before fading in a lopsided loss to fifth-ranked Ohio State in Sunday’s title game.
About a half-hour later, players and coaches anxiously watched the selection show. The CBS camera in the room showed the players jumping up and down and piling on each other in carefree celebration.
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By JON KRAWCZYNSKI
AP Sports Writer
ST. PAUL, Minn.
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