Mbakwe deletes Tweets vowing to repay scholarship

Gophers basketball star Trevor Mbakwe is offering to pay back his scholarship this year if Minnesota doesn’t make the NCAA tournament in March. He tweeted that news over the weekend, but FoxSportsNorth now says those messages have been deleted from his account.
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Gophers basketball star Trevor Mbakwe is offering to pay back his scholarship this year if Minnesota doesn’t make the NCAA tournament in March. He tweeted that news over the weekend, but FoxSportsNorth now says those messages have been deleted from his account.

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