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FULLER'S FOUR THINGS TO WATCH: How healthy are the Gophers? This probably would've been a good time for Richard Pitino and his Gophers to have a bye week with so many players banged up and dealing with nagging injuries. They don't call it the dog days of February for nothing. No team is fully healthy, but Pitino is going into the final stretch run of Big Ten play without several Gophers at full strength. Prior to Wednesday's pregame warmups at Indiana, the Gophers announced starting junior guard Gabe Kalscheur is out indefinitely with a hand injury suffered in practice. Having to replace Kal...

FULLER'S FOUR THINGS TO WATCH: Foul trouble for Robbins In the first four wins against ranked opponents for the Gophers this season, Liam Robbins looked the part of a top-five center in the Big Ten. The 7-foot junior averaged 21.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.5 blocks to help lead his team to victories against Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, and Iowa. One thing those games had in common was Robbins avoiding foul trouble, not having more than three fouls in any of them. The Drake transfer provides a game-changing inside presence when he's on the floor, but the Gophers struggle mightily to...

The Timberwolves host the L.A. Clippers tonight at 7 p.m., pregame on WJON at 6:30. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says Karl-Anthony Towns (Covid-19) is doubtful and guard D'Angelo Russell (knee) is questionable to play tonight.

Robbins helping Gophers keep up with crowd of Big 10 big men By DAVE CAMPBELLFebruary 4, 2021 GMT MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Liam Robbins needed a couple of calculated steps of development before he plunged into major college competition, a late-blooming 7-footer now in his first season with Minnesota who has proven he belongs in one of the toughest conferences in the country. The transfer from Drake found quite the collection of big men waiting for him. “They’re finding a way to our league a lot more than other leagues, maybe. It’s amazing the amount of bigs we have in this league that are r...

Copy shortlink: Gabe Kalscheur was asked after Saturday's 81-62 loss at Purdue if he thought the Gophers basketball team needed to win on the road this season to make the NCAA tournament. "My mind-set is not even on the NCAA tournament right now," the junior guard said. "I don't want to think about the tournament and all that talk. It's just about the next game, getting better." The Gophers (11-6, 4-6 in the Big Ten), who play next on Thursday at Rutgers, haven't won a road game this season. They have enough quality home wins, namely vs. Michigan, Iowa and Ohio State, ...