Seven-foot-2 center Malick Kordel showed how big the discrepancy between the Gophers and North Dakota men’s basketball teams was in Monday’s season opener. During an 18-0 second-half Gophers run, the senior transfer from Michigan had four dunks to put the nonconference game away in a 85-50 win at The Barn. “Fans see he’s big, he’s athletic and he just continues to get better and better,” head ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Malick Kordel was an avid handball player growing up in Germany, starting at age 6 until nationwide social distancing orders during the pandemic cut off gym access.He went outside and picked up another team sport instead, a well-timed foray into basketball that has brought his 7-foot-2, 275-pound frame to the U.

We got our first look at the 2026-27 Minnesota men's basketball team on Thursday night.

Minnesota's basketball program was well represented on Saturday morning.

Malick Kordel has been the storyline of the summer for Gophers basketball.

Minnesota's frontcourt will have a significant upgrade in size this season.

The Gophers men’s basketball team has nine new players for the 2026-27 season, and the most head-turning newcomer during summer workouts is 7-foot-2, 275-pound center Malick Kordel. The sophomore transfer from Michigan will provide Minnesota with an imposing presence at the rim this winter. “He has been able to — just in a practice setting, in a short time — kind of add a dimension that we ...

Minnesota's incoming transfer portal class won't be catching any headlines from the big recruiting services.

Minnesota officially made a handful of additions to its 2026-27 roster this week.