Ben Johnson has lamented a handful of games that got away from the Gophers men’s basketball team this season. “You look at the schedule, and you just want to punch walls,” the head coach said

The Gophers had one last chance to earn their right to keep playing basketball on Wednesday's Big Ten Tournament first-round game against Northwestern, but the Wildcats looked like the team with more urgency,

Johnson, a Minneapolis native, is a Minnesota alum, having finished his playing career there after spending his first two seasons at Northwestern.