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Big Ten Expansion - what about Texas

It appears the Joseph brothers will not wear maroon and gold together for the Gophers. Reports indicate that Cory Joseph, Devoe Joseph's younger brother, has offered his verbal committment to Rick...

The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers are upgrading their schedule and have added a home and home series with the University of Texas Longhorns. Dates are to be determined but the Gophers have at least one BCS conference team on their schedule for the next seven seasons. Is this a good move or will this come back to bite the Gophers?

Q&A with Burnt Orange Nation founder, Peter Bean regarding the University of Texas vs. University of Minnesota Golden Gophers basketball game tonight.

The Gophers have finally returned to the NCAA Tournament and are the underdogs to the Texas Longhorns. Do the Gophers have a enough talent to hang with and beat the Longhorns? Is the tournament magic of Tubby Smith going to come into play and we'll see the Gophers make a mini-run into the Sweet 16?

Here is your first look at the match up of Minnesota and Texas on Thursday. First round NCAA Tournament action between the Longhorns and Golden Gophers.