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Minnesota vs. Yale: Preview, How to watch, and more

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November 16, 2024

Minnesota vs. Yale: Preview, How to watch, and more

The Minnesota Golden Gophers will look to bounce back from their first setback of the 2024-25 season on Saturday afternoon when they face the Yale Bulldogs.

Yale enters this weekend with a 2-2 record, picking up wins over Quinnipiac and Emerson while dropping games to Illinois-Chicago and Purdue as well. The Bulldogs this season are hoping to make a second straight NCAA Tournament appearance. Overall, the Bulldogs have made the tournament four times in the last decade under head coach James Jones who is in his 25th season with the program.

Here’s a closer look at Saturday’s matchup.

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How to Watch – Minnesota vs Yale:

WHEN: Saturday, November 16, 2024 – 4:05 p.m.

WHERE: Williams Arena

TELEVISION: BTN

STREAMING: B1G+

RADIO: KFAN AM/100.3 FM (Mike Grimm, Al Nolen)

SIRIUS: Sirius XM App

SPREAD: Minnesota is a 4.5-point favorite over Yale with the over/under set at 138.5 points.

Series History

Minnesota and Yale have played each other three times all-time but this will be the first meeting between the two programs since a 95-54 win for the Gophers in 1980. The Gophers have won each of the three previous matchups with games also being played in 1902 and 1957.

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Garcia leads Minnesota against Yale after 24-point game

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November 16, 2024

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Garcia leads Minnesota against Yale after 24-point game

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Yale Bulldogs (2-2) at Minnesota Golden Gophers (2-1)

Minneapolis; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Golden Gophers -4.5; over/under is 138.5

BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota takes on Yale after Dawson Garcia scored 24 points in Minnesota’s 54-51 loss to the North Texas Mean Green.

Minnesota finished 16-4 at home a season ago while going 19-15 overall. The Golden Gophers averaged 75.0 points per game last season, 13.6 on free throws and 23.7 from beyond the arc.

Yale finished 9-6 on the road and 23-10 overall a season ago. The Bulldogs averaged 6.2 steals, 3.2 blocks and 9.0 turnovers per game last season.

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Minnesota Lynx legend Sylvia Fowles headed to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame

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November 15, 2024

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Minnesota Lynx legend Sylvia Fowles headed to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame

Lynx legend Sylvia Fowles leaves on a high note

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MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Lynx legend Sylvia Fowles has been named to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.

Fowles will be inducted next June alongside WNBA greats Sue Bird, Cappie Pondexter and Alana Beard, the hall of fame announced Friday.

The former center won WNBA titles with Minnesota in 2015 and 2017 and was MVP of the Finals both times. She also was on four of the Olympic champion teams with Bird.

She was drafted second by the Chicago Sky in 2008 before being traded midway through the 2015 season to the Lynx. Fowles spent the final eight years of her 15-year career with Minnesota, retiring in 2022.

Fowles appeared in 408 regular season games, averaging over 15 points per game. She was on the WNBA all-defensive team eight times.

Her jersey was retired by the Lynx in 2023.

“I am immensely proud that Syl is being recognized by the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame for her illustrious career,” said Minnesota Head Coach and President of Basketball Operations Cheryl Reeve in a statement Friday.

She will be the eighth Lynx player inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, according to the team, joining Seimone Augustus, Teresa Edwards, Andrea Lloyd, Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Maya Moore, Katie Smith and Lindsay Whalen.

Note: The above video first aired on August 19, 2022.

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Minnesota DFL urges GOP House Reps. Emmer, Fischbach to release Gaetz report

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1 day ago

November 15, 2024

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Minnesota DFL urges GOP House Reps. Emmer, Fischbach to release Gaetz report

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota DFL Party is calling on the state’s Republican members of Congress to release an ethics report on former Florida GOP Congressman Matt Gaetz.

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he will nominate Gaetz as his attorney general, making him head of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Gaetz resigned his House seat hours later, and just two days before a House panel was set to release a report on sex trafficking and sexual misconduct allegations against him. Gaetz has consistently denied any wrongdoing.

In a statement released on Thursday, DFL Party Chair Ken Martin says two Minnesota GOP lawmakers — Majority Whip Tom Emmer, the House’s third-highest ranking member, and Rep. Michelle Fischbach, who sits on the House Ethics Committee — have a “unique position” in releasing the report.

“The fact that Gaetz’s abrupt resignation two days before the ethics report was supposed to be released raises serious concerns about what the report was going to say,” Martin said. “If Minnesota Republicans are confident that Matt Gaetz has the character required to be Attorney General, they should prove it by releasing this report.”

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz in 2021

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Martin also highlighted an X post that Emmer made congratulating Gaetz for the nomination. He’s the only Minnesota delegation member to have made any comment on the matter.

Rep. Brad Finstad has not made any statement about Trump’s nominations as of Friday morning. On Tuesday, Rep. Pete Stauber congratulated Tom Homan for his nomination as “border czar,” and on Wednesday Fischbach congratulated Emmer and fellow House Republicans Mike Johnson, Lisa McClain and Steve Scalise on their re-elections.

In February 2023, the justice department declined to file charges against Gaetz in connection to allegations of sex trafficking and subsequent obstruction of the investigation.

Gaetz likely faces a steep confirmation process in the U.S. Senate as many lawmakers, including several Republicans, have publicly stated they were surprised by his nomination to be the nation’s chief law enforcement officer.

“This one was not on my bingo card,” said Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski. “I don’t think this is a serious nomination for attorney general. We need to have a serious attorney general.”

Sources tell CBS News it’s possible Gaetz could circumvent the need for Senate approval if both chambers “recess shortly after Inauguration Day,” leading to a temporary recess appointment.

WCCO has reached out to the Minnesota GOP for comment and is awaiting a response.

Stephen Swanson

Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS Minnesota. A 21-year WCCO-TV veteran, Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the newsroom, where he focuses on general assignment reporting.

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