Rachel Banham takes pride in her versatility, but she's thrilled with the specificity that has come in training camp this spring, her third with the Lynx. The clarity, she said, is cool. "It has ...

Banham is coming off perhaps her best WNBA season and is working for the Gophers under Dawn Plitzuweit. Cheryl Reeve calls her, 'the Pied Piper.' By Kent Youngblood. May 4, 2023 at 3:18AM.

The Minnesota Gophers all-time leading scorer was selected fourth in Thursday night's WNBA draft. Rachel Banham is going to the Connecticut Sun, and she did so about four-spots higher than expected.

Minnesota's Rachel Banham, right, stands with WNBA President Lisa Borders after the Connecticut Sun chose Banham with the fourth pick in the WNBA draft, Thursday, April 14, 2016, in Uncasville, Conn.

Before the Lakers’ game against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday, Kobe Bryant made an unlikely recruiting pitch. During warmups, he spotted University of Minnesota women’s basketball star ...