“Our season-ticket sales were up 600% in women’s basketball the first 12 hours"

per Sid:

• Gophers athletic director Mark Coyle on the immediate impact of hiring Lindsay Whalen as women’s basketball coach: “Our season-ticket sales were up 600 percent in women’s basketball the first 12 hours that we announced the hiring.”

http://www.startribune.com/vikings-feel-confident-drafting-from-a-position-of-success/480469141/

Go Gophers!!