Hoping for Gopher success, all over again

Coach Smith
Tubby Smith is the coach of the Minnesota Gophers men's basketball team.
Photo courtesy of the University of Minnesota

After a decade of heartache and disappointment, the University of Minnesota men's basketball team is flirting with success... and teasing its fickle-but-long-suffering fans back into love. Morning Edition commentator Peter Smith warns, "Let's be careful out there."

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