Reusse: Most beloved teams in Minnesota sports history (1997 Gophers basketball)

per Pat:

1997 Gophers basketball. If you were in San Antonio for the regional, you saw an outpouring of maroon-and-gold fandom for the ages.

http://www.startribune.com/1987-twi...a-s-most-beloved-sports-teams-list/412063543/

Go Gophers!!

THey were great and really fun to watch. But my personal favorite was the 1982 team.

Maybe at the time, the 1997 team may have been my favorite, but now in retrospect I would have to say the 1990 squad just edges out the 1977 squad. It is too bad the 77 team didn't get to play in the NCAA tourney, because they were probably the team with the best chance to win it all, or at least reach the Final Four.