The Gophers basketball nonconference schedule announced last week has Minnesota playing all of its games at either Williams Arena, or at a neutral site. Coach Tubby Smith’s team will play 12 games at home including two exhibitions and go on the road to Orlando, Florida for the Old Spice Classic against a field that includes DePaul and Texas Tech. The Gophers will play DePaul on Thanksgiving afternoon with the game televised on ESPN2.
Prep basketball authority Ken Lien said Harvard has a lot of interest in recruiting Hopkins point guard Siyani Chambers. Lien reported via email that Wally Ellenson from Rice Lake, Wisconsin has been offered a scholarship by the Gophers.
The White Sox used four home runs yesterday to defeat the Twins 7-0. It was the third time this season the Twins have allowed that many home runs in one game.
Brian Duensing started the game for the Twins. He is 0-2, with a 6.57 ERA in his last two starts.
The White Sox swept the Twins in a three-game series for the first time since April 21-23, 2006 and first time in Minneapolis since June 29-July 1, 2004.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said on his 1500 ESPN show Sunday that Nick Blackburn, who hasn’t lasted until the sixth inning in his last three starts, will remain in the rotation.
Pat Ruff, writing in the Rochester Post Bulletin last month, reported that Ingrid Neel is considering girls tennis at Rochester Mayo High School. As a seventh grader last spring Neel played for the boys team that won the Class 2A state championship. Minnesota State High School League rules won’t allow her to play for both the boys and girls teams during the same school year.