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Jackson LaCombe, Brannon McManus and Sampo Ranta had a goal and an assist each for the Gophers.

In a season of anomalies, ESPN's Joe Lunardi has the Gophers in next month's NCAA men's basketball tournament field despite a big blemish.

The Gophers broke their three-game losing streak while extending the Beavers to six games.

The forward, whose uncle is a former Liberian soccer great, is expected to be announced next week as the team's second "homegrown'' player.

The NCAA will allow a limited number of fans to attend all rounds of its men's basketball tournament in Indiana and later rounds of its women's tournament in Texas.

The players, including pitchers Tyler Duffey and J.A. Happ, were missing because of weather delays, visa problems and COVID-related issues.

Kristen Hoskins, who is rated as a three-star recruit, became the second player in the Class of 2022 to give the Gophers a commitment.

Gabe Kalscheur, who started all 88 games of his career until this week, suffered the hand injury in practice a day before Wednesday's 82-72 loss at Indiana.

Resch, a Lakefield, Minn., native, is the vice president of basketball operations for the forward-thinking Raptors. "I've been here eight seasons and I think it's taken eight seasons to figure out how...