Minnesota agreed to a six-year contract with the Twin Cities-area native and former student manager for the Gophers who had the Rams within one basket of the Sweet 16.

If not for a buzzer-beater by Maryland on Sunday night, Niko Medved would still be coaching in the Sweet 16 with Colorado State this week. But if that loss did one thing, it sped up the process for Medved to return home to his alma mater and get started on injecting life into the Gophers men’s basketball program.

Minnesota has hired one of its own to lead its basketball program. Director of Athletics Mark Coyle announced Monday that Colorado State’s Niko Medved has agreed to a six-year deal to become the Gophers next head coach. He replaces Ben Johnson, who was fired after four seasons earlier this month.

A portrait of President Donald Trump, painted during his first term and unveiled in 2019, is being taken down from the Colorado State Capitol after Trump criticized its depiction of him on social media.

"The artist also did President Obama, and he looks wonderful, but the one on me is truly the worst," Trump said.

A portrait of President Trump hanging at the Colorado State Capitol will be taken down after Trump claimed it was “purposefully distorted,” according to state officials. The portrait went viral after the president ranted about the painting on Truth Social.