Charlie Creme's updated bracket projection slots the Gophers as a No. 10 seed in the Birmingham Regional, where they would face No. 7 Florida State. A win would likely set up a second-round showdown with No. 2 UConn, which Creme projects to face No. 15 Albany in the opening round.

NEWS: Former Gophers standout WR KJ Maye ( @kjmaye_4) has been named Wide Receivers Coach at North Alabama. The Mobile, Ala. native has been a high school offensive coordinator since 2020. He's only 30 years old and will now be a position coach at the FCS level. pic.twitter.com/EG11wY4CRV

BOTTOM LINE: Nick Martinelli and Northwestern visit Dawson Garcia and Minnesota in Big Ten play Tuesday. The Golden Gophers are 10-7 on their home court. Minnesota has a 5-6 record in games decided by 10 points or more. The Wildcats are 5-11 in Big Ten play. Northwestern scores 73.4 points and has outscored opponents by 3.7 points per game.

Washington visits the Minnesota Golden Gophers after Elle Ladine scored 28 points in the Huskies' 83-62 win against the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Sophomore Cameron Grayson (1-0) got the win out of the bullpen for Minnesota. The right-hander went one inning, giving up two runs, one earned, on two hits, allowing no walks and striking out one. Junior Sydney Schwartz started the ballgame and went six innings, surrendering three runs, earned, on five hits, walking none and striking out one.

The Minnesota Golden Gophers (5-9, 0-0 B1G) took a 3-1 lead in the first inning and never surrendered the advantage on the way to a

If the Big Ten regular season was called to a halt before the Northwestern-Minnesota game Tuesday night in Minneapolis, then the Golden Gophers would be one of the 15 teams invited to the Big Ten tournament and the Wildcats would be among the three left out.