The five players named first-team All-Big Ten included Purdue's Braden Smith and Trey Kaufmann-Renn, John Tonje from Wisconsin, Nebraska's Brice Williams and Michigan big man Vladislav Goldin. Williams and Kaufmann-Renn are the only two players on the first team who averaged more points per game than Garcia.

The Gophers men's basketball team locked down the 12th seed in the Big 10 Conference Tournament and will take on 13th seeded Northwestern.

Two weeks ago, coach Chris Collins’ patchworked squad traveled to Minneapolis to take a stab at securing unlikely back-to-back Big Ten road wins as it approached the finish line of a season shell-shocked by injuries.

How long can the Gophers keep the season going? Without winning the Big Ten Tournament, it's possible that the end of the season will arrive this week.

Minnesota and Northwestern both ended the Big Ten regular season on two-game losing streaks. The 12th-seeded Golden Gophers and 13th-seeded Wildcats realize wiggle room will be out the window on

Minnesota rallied from two double-digit deficits to force overtime, but did little right in the extra frame in a 75-67 loss Saturday to Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J.

The Big Ten announced its postseason awards this afternoon and Vladislav Goldin and Danny Wolf took down honors. Goldin was named to the All-Big Ten First Team by the media, but second team by the coaches.

Ohio State's captain and go-to player on both ends of the court earned second-team all-Big Ten honors as a junior.

Dawson Garcia and other Gophers seniors came back. Could it happen again next season? Gophers seniors Dawson Garcia, Parker Fox, Lu’Cye Patterson and others will be honored Wednesday vs. Wisconsin, but some of the team’s seniors might be back.

Dawson Garcia had 19 points and eight rebounds and Frank Mitchell had a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds in the overtime loss.