The fans' enthusiasm was similar to four years earlier, when Tim Brewster unveiled a second recruiting class that ranked much higher than Kill's second group by analysts that work full time in assessing such things. If you had asked the Gophers...

I think we've made some strides with certain things, certainly the stadium is good in football. We need to find a practice facility for men's and women's basketball to conclude that. But I do think you can win at Minnesota and I don't think we're that...

Maturi also made a splash with the hiring of men's basketball coach Tubby Smith in 2007. But if ADs are ultimately judged by the success of their high-profile programs, Maturi fell short. His hiring of football coach Tim Brewster turned out very badly,...

It was time for him to go. Even Maturi doesn't argue that. "It makes sense," Maturi said, his voice often cracking during the news conference. "It's the right time." Actually, maybe the right time would have been just before he offered Tim Brewster the...

Maturi also made a splash with the hiring of men's basketball coach Tubby Smith in 2007. But if ADs are ultimately judged by the success of their high-profile programs, Maturi fell short. His hiring of football coach Tim Brewster turned out very badly,...

Every coach in the nation crows each year about the new players coming in. There’s a genuine relief and excitement in the air once the binding forms are faxed in and the whirlwind months of crisscrossing the country to sell teenagers on the school are...