The 24th Ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers lost first year post player Ashley Ellis-Milan for the season. Ellis-Milan, a graduate of St. Paul Central high school, injured her ACL during the Gopher's first practice of the season last Saturday (Thanks to gopherfan on rebkell for the news). Ellis-Milan joins another first year player, Katie Ohm, on the injured list. Ohm has a stress fracture. She was last seen in Williams Arena sporting a stylish blue walking cast.

Let's hope that both Ms. Ellis-Milan and Ms. Ohm have speedy recoveries. I know this isn't how they envisioned their first experience with gopher basketball.

The Ellis-Milan story has been picked up by ESPN.com.

Just some food for thought here (especially for the gopher frosh), but how many ESPN stories featured the gophers four years ago at this time?