WCCO: Fans React To Gophers Landing Spot In NCAA Tournament

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Many customers at Buffalo Wild Wings in Roseville focused on the big screen Sunday evening as CBS announced the field of 68 college basketball teams playing in the NCAA Tournament, including the University of Minnesota.

“All right, Gophers baby,” Reagan Hogan said excitedly when it was announced that the Gophers landed as a No. 10 seed, facing off against 7-seed University of Louisville.

Minnesota is an underdog based on the seeding, but Hogan is confident they will sneak by with a win.

“Ten-7 is a popular upset, so I’m going with it. I think it’s a good first-round upset for them,” he said.

He also feels the Gophers are golden based on the fact that the game will be played in nearby Iowa.

“Des Moines is not too far from Minneapolis. So who knows, maybe they’ll get a lot of fans down there,” he said.

Not long after the bracket was revealed, a 3D version of it was being built outside the IDS Center in downtown Minneapolis. It’s only a short walk or light rail ride from U.S. Bank Stadium, where the final four teams in the tournament will play for a national title.

Making it that far is a long shot for a No. 10 seed team, but crazier things have happened during the madness that is March.

“Winners win. They overcome obstacles. They don’t blame the obstacles that get in their way,” Gopher fan Andrew Germain said.

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/03/17/minnesota-gophers-ncaa-tournament-march-madness/

Go Gophers!!
 

KARE 11: Gophers fans excited for big dance and Minneapolis Final Four

As soon at the Gophers' seed was announced in the NCAA Basketball Tournament, fans Susan Sturms and Mary Bear-Dukes cheered.

The Minnesota Gophers are headed to the NCAA tournament for the second time under coach Richard Pitino, seeded 10th against 7-seed Louisville.

"Playing against his dad's old team," Sturms laughed.

"They were hoping for a higher seed, but it doesn't matter," Bear-Dukes said.

"I thought they should have gone higher. Purdue got a third seed and Minnesota beat them twice this year," said Gophers fan Mark Amon.

The game will be played Thursday night, less than a 4-hour drive away in Des Moines.

https://www.kare11.com/article/news...-four/89-0fad5d38-fd01-4f13-a7b6-a193dbeab65a

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