Patrick Reusse

60 years ago today Texas Western won the national title in a groundbreaking game. Don Haskins’ Miners were the first team to start five African American players, busting the color barrier among southern schools.

It’s good luck for our Wild-ings they won’t have to play any of these 🐎 poop teams in playoffs.

High Point was 0-57 against power conference teams in school history entering today. They just upset Wisconsin for their first-ever March Madness win.

Tipped over Iowa center, causing fumble. Rose Bowl, there we* went. Note: Gophs were we* then, before I found this occupation & ethics demanded fair-mindedness to all sports entities (except bleepin’ Duke).

Heckuva story from the upcoming Minnesota boys high school basketball state tournament.

BREAKING: Bob Motzko out as Gophers men's hockey coach after eight seasons. startribune.com/gophers-mens-h…

Anyone around here not smiling with Luis Arraez wasn’t at a Twins home game from 2019 through 2022.

The Venezuelans cheated. They recruited Jesus to be on their side, according to Eugenio Suarez.

Royce Lewis is hitting .100 at the moment. That’s off-putting.

I have even less respect for Mark Coyle than I did before he fired Frost, who won more national titles for the Gophers (four) than any coach not named Bernie Bierman (five). Maybe Coyle should focus on finding a football coach who can contend for a Big Ten title once in a while instead of always extending the middle-of-the-pack one he has.

No Ant for at least 2 weeks. Play-in here we come.

To add to the Ken Rosenthal stuff: I know him 30+ years. The rough-edged guy at MLB games? That's me, not Ken And if you're really judging people based on character assessments by these derelicts at Barstool, I can't help you. A team of shrinks might. Or brain surgeons.

BREAKING: Gophers part ways with Brad Frost after 19 seasons, four NCAA titles startribune.com/gophers-womens…

Indiana has seen a 39% decline in girls basketball participation since 1999-2000. Why? It's complicated. I spoke with a few coaches and players during state finals week. Here's what they said: indystar.com/story/sports/h…

RT @DanaWessel: Every year around this year I get nostalgic and miss our beloved Wall Bracket at St Cloud State. She was a thing of beauty.…

@Patrick_Reusse I attended the NCCAA national women's BB tournament at Crown last Thursday. Ten teams playing on the same day. Went off without a hitch. Now that they've hosted that, it shouldn't be a problem!

Classic, hilarious and so sad (for readers) goodbye column from the great Scott Ostler. The funniest sportswriter who ever lived. Full stop. 27-time California Sportswriter of the Year. I might be low on that number. And a great guy. sfchronicle.com/sports/ostler/… via @sfchronicle

I don’t know how exciting it will be for Gophers to spend a few nights in those modest dorms out there in the St. Bonifacius countryside?

As I suspected, this wasn’t a first for breaking out the “pagan babies” angle in a Strib column. According to AI, there was suggestion in 2013 that Rick Spielman should have given $2+ million to a good cause — pagan babies — rather than Josh Freeman.

Major point here that is very accurate: More than ever, listeners want hosts that fully share their fandom— and will almost always back the current popular opinion on home teams. (i.e., smoother Sids.) *Sadly, I know an old dog way too old to perform new tricks.