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For Crawford, it's worth the wait (Yahoo! Sports)

After a one-year exile, Xavier guard Jordan Crawford is a better player and one of the game's most explosive scorers. (original story)

Crawford scores 28 to lift Xavier over Minnesota (AP)

Jordan Crawford made a strong return to the NCAA tournament. Crawford scored 17 of his 28 points in the second half and Xavier kept its run of tournament success with a 65-54 victory over Minnesota in the first round of the West Regional on Friday. Xavier (25-8) will be in the second round for the f... (original story)

Xavier, Minnesota have own go-to players (AP)

Minnesota watched a movie about LeBron James for inspiration on the way to Milwaukee for its first round NCAA tournament game. Xavier's Jordan Crawford? He dunked on James this summer. When the Gophers and Musketeers meet Friday in the West regional, the styles and defensive philosophies will be... (original story)

After trying season, Smith rewarded with NCAA bid (AP)

Tubby Smith thought he had seen just about everything in his 19 years of coaching basketball. Then this year came along. In his third season at Minnesota, Smith lost his two best recruits to legal entanglements and his starting point guard to an academic suspension. The team that was left endured se... (original story)

Gopher surprise Spartans in semi-finals (Rivals.com)

INDIANAPOLIS -- Devoe Joseph wasn't going to let an errant desperation heave detour Minnesota's NCAA... (original story)

Minnesota upsets No. 11 Michigan St. 72-67 in OT (AP)

Devoe Joseph wasn't going to let an errant desperation heave detour Minnesota's NCAA tourney quest. So the sophomore came up with a different plan. He made two of his three 3-pointers during a decisive 10-0 overtime run, leading the Gophers to a 72-67 upset of No. 11 Michigan State in Friday... (original story)

Minnesota rolls over Iowa 88-53 (AP)

Lawrence Westbrook scored 20 points and Damian Johnson had 10 points and a career-high 11 assists in what could be the seniors' final game at Williams Arena to lead Minnesota to a 88-53 victory over Iowa on Sunday. Devoe Joseph added 17 points and Minnesota was 12-for-19 from 3-point range to bu... (original story)

Gophers roll over Iowa 88-53 (Rivals.com)

Lawrence Westbrook scored 20 points and Damian Johnson had 10 points and a career-high 11 assists in what could... (original story)

Michigan outworks Minnesota (Rivals.com)

DeShawn Sims scored 23 points to help Michigan top Minnesota 83-55 in its home finale. Manny Harris added 22... (original story)

With Hummel hurt Purdue rallies past Minnesota (Rivals.com)

Keaton Grant's jumper with 7.7 seconds left lifted Purdue past Minnesota 59-58 after losing star Robbie... (original story)





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