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.

The former Colorado State coach is taking over at his alma mater Minnesota on a six-year deal. Colorado State lost to Maryland on a buzzer-beat in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Sunday night. He takes over for Ben Johnson, who was fired earlier this month.

The Gophers’ effort to bring in Medved has been a bit complicated by geography. While Colorado State was playing in Seattle, Gophers athletic director Mark Coyle was in Milwaukee on Sunday, sitting courtside at Fiserv Forum preoccupied with his role on the NCAA selection committee and the Illinois-Kentucky, Iowa State-Mississippi games.