Minnesota star Tori McKinney will miss the entire season because of a knee injury suffered in practice, Gophers coach Dawn Plitzuweit announced.

The University of Minnesota women’s basketball team opens its regular season in less than two weeks, and for the first time 2019, the Gophers will enter the season in the top-25.

Minnesota’s women’s basketball team took a giant step last season in Dawn Plitzuweit’s third year as the Gophers’ head coach, earning the program’s first NCAA tournament berth since 2018 and making the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2005. Despite losing four-year starter at point guard Amaya Battle and a big, efficient post in Sophie Hart, the Gophers have bigger goals for 2026-27. “It’s ...

Gophers junior Tori McKinney has been selected as a member of Team USA’s Under-23 three-on-three team, which will participate in the Nations League Americas Conference June 27-July 3 in Ñuñoa, Chile. McKinney was the Gophers’ leading scorer as a sophomore last season with a 12.7-point average in 29 games and set the program record for assist-to-turnover ratio (2.20). In Minnesota’s last 11 ...