GOPHERS: Remembering Jessi Pierce - Minnesota Gophers are Sweet 16 bound

Mackey & Judd -- a Minnesota Sports Podcast

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4.5 • 755 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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SKOR North continues to mourn the loss of our friend and coworker Jessi Pierce along with her three adorable children. Ross starts the show by sharing his thoughts on Jessi and her family, before moving onto something she cared deeply about. Woman’s athletics. Ross and Manny break down the Gophers victory over Ole Miss to move onto the Women’s NCAA Sweet 16! Why is advancing to the Sweet 16 so important and what does it represent? Can the Gophers beat UCLA? Plus, we get Manny’s thoughts on big changes with both men’s and women’s hockey.

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0:00.0	Take your seat.
0:01.9	Settle in and listen up.
0:04.1	Gophers 101 is underway and in session.
0:07.5	It's time to go to class and talk all things Gophers.
0:14.9	Welcome into what is sure to be an emotionally charged Gophers 101 for many reasons.
0:25.5	Ross Brendel here, Manny Hill as well.
0:29.2	Many under some circumstances that I'm about to get into that pretty much everybody who follows Minnesota sports is aware of. just kind of a real tough time right now.
0:40.0	But it's always great to see you.
0:42.7	You know, you and I go back now about 20 years.
0:45.4	One of the people that I talk to whenever things are going well or poorly in my life.
0:50.8	And I appreciate you.
0:51.8	And I think you are the perfect person to guide me through
0:55.3	the next 20 or 30 minutes of talking primarily go for women's basketball.
1:00.9	We might get into a few other things, but we're definitely, I'm going to share my thoughts
1:04.8	on my relationship with Jesse Pierce as well as we go along here.
1:09.6	I think I'll start with that.
1:11.8	But first and foremost, Manny, you're my guy and I we go along here. I think I'll start with that. But first and foremost,
1:16.5	Manny, you're my guy and I appreciate you being here on this edition of Gopher's 101.
1:35.9	Yeah. It's, I mean, it's a tough day. I know a tough, been a tough few days for everybody that, you know, works at Score North and has been a part of Score North and 1,500 ESPN, Hubbard family and everything.
1:43.6	I, you know, I didn't personally, I didn't know Jesse Pierce very well.
1:49.0	I you know we followed each other on social media on on on on on on on on X but not a lot of interaction. I know that she did a lot of really good
1:57.1	terrific work for for score north and beyond.
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