WCCO Radio:  100 Years

WCCO 100 Days - Gopher Basketball Final Four Run


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It may not exist according to the NCAA. But the 1996-97 Gopher Basketball team went on a run Minnesotans will never forget. All season long, the great Ray Christensen brought us win after win as the Gophers ran all the way to the Final Four for the first and only time (even if it doesn't count!). It's another of WCCO's 100 Moments in 100 Years.

(Photo: Ron Mercer of the Kentucky Wildcats shoots the ball over the head of a Golden Gopher Bobby Jackson during a NCAA Final Four game. Brian Bahr / Getty Images.)

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