Reporter | Gophers basketball

Fuller joined the Star Tribune in 2016 after 11 years covering Gophers sports – and just about every other team and league in town -- for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Before making the Twin Cities his home, he spent two years in The Kansas City Star sports department. Fuller grew up in Hawaii and is a 2002 graduate of San Jose State.


St. Thomas leading scorer Rohde enters transfer portal

Andrew Rohde, a 6-6 freshman from Milwaukee, earned first team All-Summit League honors for the Tommies this season.


Long a hockey school, UMD sees both basketball teams surge

Both the Bulldogs women's and men's teams will play in the NCAA Elite Eight this week, with the women on Monday and the men on Tuesday.


Battle, Cooper may not be done with college despite Senior Night honor

Jamison Battle and Ta'Lon Cooper have entered the NCAA transfer portal at the same time that they are expected to pursue opportunities to turn pro.


Big Ten's NCAA tournament outlook at a glance

Eight Big Ten teams made the Big Dance. Here's a closer look.


Can this Purdue team end the Big Ten's NCAA championship drought?

The Boilermakers have the nation's top player, 7-4 Zach Edey, but his supporting cast might not be enough.


Fuller's NCAA men's tournament bracket: 10 big things to know

With the 68-team tournament starting Tuesday night, here are all the bracket picks, upsets, intriguing players and championship contenders — and college basketball writer Marcus Fuller's pick to win it all.


Minnesotans to watch in the NCAA men's tournament

Indiana's Race Thompson and Iowa State's Gabe Kalscheur are among those from Minnesota heading to the Big Dance.


Henley, Thompson planning to leave Gophers, enter transfer portal

Jaden Henley was an AAU teammate of Dennis Evans, who renounced his commitment to the U; Treyton Thompson, from Glenwood, Minn., is leaving after two seasons during which he played sparingly.


Dennis Evans commits to Louisville, which had 4-28 record this season

Louisville was among several programs that jumped into the recruiting mix for Evans once he was changed his mind about coming to Minnesota.


Repeat for KU? Breaking down the men's NCAA tournament bracket

Though Kansas had a blip of a three-game losing streak, the defending champion Jayhawks were otherwise strong, and are playing in perhaps the tournament's weakest region.