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The Badgers are going through their pregame warmups at the Barn, and the sound crew has an extended polka play list going. Clever touch.

The construction at St. Thomas of a D1 basketball program has shown strong early returns. The Tommies are 22-9 and the #2 seed in the Summit League Tournament, but they must wait one more year to be NCAA Tournament-eligible. bit.ly/3Xrr4Mf

The strangest of all the conference tourney title games this month tips off in a half-hour. Omaha already has the Summit League bid to the NCAA Tournament. St. Thomas, still ineligible in the last stage of its D1 transition, is aiming to close with a win. bit.ly/3Xrr4Mf

The Gophers are moving on from Ben Johnson after four seasons. In 28 years since the Final Four team, five coaches have totaled seven NCAA Tournament trips with just two wins. bit.ly/3Fnvn58

After the Wild finally clinched a playoff spot with 21 seconds left in their 82nd game, they gave Marc-Andre Fleury perhaps his most memorable tribute yet. bit.ly/4inguxx

The Timberwolves have outscored the Lakers in every fourth quarter of the series, a 105-69 advantage: bit.ly/42ZBox4 It's been quite the coming-of-age performance for Anthony Edwards: bit.ly/42zyT5q

JJ McCarthy on his gratitude journal, feeling better than he did before his injury and thriving under pressure: bit.ly/4lPJMrv

Timberwolves history: With Anthony Edwards: 17 playoff wins in 5 seasons Without Anthony Edwards: 18 playoff wins in 31 seasons

The #Twolves got a scare from Anthony Edwards ... bit.ly/3GOXLOk ... before finishing off the short-handed Warriors to even the series: bit.ly/43oOsNG

Way to go, Lindsey!

Solid work by the social media team here … everywhere you look.

File this away in case it comes up at the next trivia night: The Timberwolves in 36 seasons have never lost in the second round of the playoffs. bit.ly/3GWuxgd

Before the season, Timberwolves coaches challenged the players with this riddle: "Are you a Western Conference finals team, or were you a team that just happened to make the Western Conference finals?" bit.ly/43crWGA

On the T-wolves shooting 62.8% from the floor last night ... Not only was it the best in 89 playoff games in team history, it was the 9th-best in the history of the NBA playoffs. Also, their 76.6% rate on 2-pointers in Game 5 was the 2nd best in team history, regular or post.

Abbie Parr from the Associated Press delivered a pretty cool Ant dunk photo from Game 3..

Timberwolves shot 51.2% and made 18 3s. Before tonight, teams that shot 50% or better from the floor and made 18+ 3s were 55-0 in the playoffs. Now they are 55-1

Game 4 was a disheartening defeat for the T-wolves given how well they shot the ball from all over the court. bit.ly/4mNCWDo

The Thunder's big 3 players brought everything they had, with the brilliance of Jalen Williams and consistency of Chet Holmgren almost overshadowing a near-40-point-triple-double by the NBA MVP. bit.ly/3H7mvBx