Rob Litt Articles

Gopher Basketball It has been a roller coaster Big Ten season for the Minnesota Gophers. After starting out 0-6, the team has responded by winning four of its last six, including three wins over ranked teams and all four of the wins by double digits. This performance has been matched by a rowdy home crowd […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball Both winning and losing can be contagious and the Minnesota Golden Gophers and Michigan Wolverines are both experiencing that right now. After starting out 0-6 in conference play, the Gophers have won three of their last four games, including two over Top 15 teams and all three by double digits. Meanwhile, the Wolverines […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball Just days earlier the Penn State Nittany Lions shocked the college basketball world and upset Illinois at Assembly Hall. On Wednesday night they jumped out to a 10-0 lead over the Minnesota Gophers and all seemed normal. But the Gophers refused to roll over and received a much needed boost from their trio […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball It’s been a long and frustrating season for the Gophers and the team is only half way through its Big Ten schedule. At 1-7, the Gophers find themselves alone in the Big Ten cellar and remain a team without an identity, consistent scoring or any type of sustainable momentum following last months dominating […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball For a good portion of the game it looked like the Gophers could avoid an embarrassing final score. Minnesota hung tough during the first half and cut the second half lead to four points early on, but in the end, it got ugly”¦.again. The Fighting Illini of Illinois built a methodical lead in […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball Over the last few weeks the Minnesota Gopher basketball team has not made things easy for itself. From poor field shooting to game-costing free throw misses to a lack of energy. Now in an attempt to earn its first Big Ten win, the schedule makers take their turn in putting up obstacles. The […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball Coach Dan Monson said it all week ““ college basketball is a bottom line business. It is almost as if he was forecasting Wednesday night’s game at Iowa as the Gophers lost a heartbreaking triple overtime thriller to the Hawkeyes 76-72. The Gophers’ gutsy performance is extra tough to take as the team […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball Wow. That is the first thought I had when I looked at the number of points Iowa gives up on a nightly basis. In 17 games, the Hawkeyes give up an average of 56.6 points per game. In six of those games Iowa’s opponents have scored 50 or fewer points. This is not […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball Oh the agony of hitting one of your first 21 shots. Oh the agony of making three field goals in the first half. Oh the agony of fighting your way back from a 19 point deficit to take a three-point lead, only to lose by two. Oh the agony of losing to your […] READ MORE