As Yogi Berra once said, “It’s like deja vu all over again!”
Wins at Purdue and at home against Ohio State have convinced the press enough for the Minnesota Golden Gophers to crack the USA Today Coaches men’s basketball poll, coming in at #24 for the week of January 9th, 2017.
This poll further reflects the upward trajectory of the national opinion of the program, as the 32 coaches who contribute to the poll finally put the Gophers in their combined top 25. A quick review of the AP Poll here illustrates the newly acquired national attention the Gophers have obtained on this Monday.