University of Minnesota

Sports

Main article: Minnesota Golden Gophers

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Sports teams associated with the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota go by the Golden Gophers moniker. The Gophers are members of the Big Ten Conference and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association in the NCAA. Most of the facilities that the teams use for training and competitive play are located on the East Bank of the Minneapolis campus. There are arenas for male and female basketball (Williams Arena) as well as hockey (Mariucci Arena).

Related Topics:
Big Ten Conference - Western Collegiate Hockey Association - NCAA - Basketball - Williams Arena - Hockey - Mariucci Arena

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The school has held recent national championships in men's hockey (2002 and 2003), women's hockey (2004 and 2005), wrestling (2002), and men's golf (2002). In addition, the men's basketball team reached the NCAA Final Four in 1997 , but this feat has since been erased from official NCAA records after a much-publicized scandal involving team members having papers and other assignments written for them by a secretly-hired professor at the coach Clem Haskins' request. The women's basketball team made it to the Final Four in 2004.

Related Topics:
2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - Wrestling - Golf - NCAA Final Four - 1997 - Clem Haskins

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There used to be a football stadium on campus, but the football team started playing at the Metrodome near downtown Minneapolis when that dome was constructed. Memorial Stadium was torn down and the area has since been developed with other University buildings. As of 2005, there is major ongoing discussion trying to determine if a stadium to be named TCF Bank Stadium will be built on campus.

Related Topics:
Football - Metrodome - Memorial Stadium - As of 2005 - TCF Bank Stadium

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