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Leave it to Bleed to have us organized by 3:00 am!

Indy means the 1982 NCAA tourney win over the UT-Chatt Mocs with their post player Russ Schoene missing at the buzzer at the old Market Square Arena.

Shaky goaltending all weekend even in the win. Airey was fighting the puck. OSU lost to Michigan in football and were pilloried locally and nationally for two weeks. The Gophers will take their hits the next three weeks. Let’s see if the team can find some resolve like the football Buckeyes...

Hard caught Big Ten game—scrum on the floor—trying for a tie-up: just a bs call like the non-Tonje charging.

As I said in an earlier post, the Wisconsin fans were surprisingly quiet (even with the Gophers shooting free throws) until the last couple minutes. The Minnesota fans were engaged; passionate and loud.

Need Thompson & Battle in abstentia to rain threes on Rutgers—it is the stuff of their nightmares.

As has been the case of most Minnesota-Wisconsin games in Ben’s years, the Gophers scratch & claw & hustle and stay close for 35 minutes. The Badgers maintain their composure; execute their offense with precise spacing; make their shots; can their free throws; (yes, get the key calls: Mitchell...

The athletic director’s record for coaching hires for U of M basketball does not exactly inspire confidence. Coyle has hired three coaches, collectively, for eleven years. Zero is the number for winning Big Ten seasons and NCAA tournament appearances—sobering.

You would have hated the Minnesota-Iowa games from about 1986-1989 when there were about 5000 Hawkeye fans a game at the Barn. The second deck sections behind the baskets were almost 100% Iowa fans. Beating them with the Jimmy Williams’ Iron Five in 1986 and the Shik tip-in in 1989 was all the...

Alamodome—site of the two greatest wins in Gopher basketball history…

Welcome—drive safely & looking forward to a great game. Enjoyed wearing my gold hoodie at Camp Randall and seeing the ‘Axe return home and watching the hockey sweep at the Kohl Center.

Thank you for sharing—priceless. My dad is hale & hearty at nearly 94. He attended the 1940 Washington game and the 1941 Pittsburgh game. (He has seen games in about 80 different seasons.) My mom’s folks went to all the home games in 1940 and 1941 and the 1941 game at Ann Arbor which was the...

Memo to Big Ten hockey officials; if it takes five minutes to discern the supposed penalty the evidence is not sufficient to overturn a non-call. Then apply the common sense you’re about to completely change the complexion of the game and you had better not make the call under those flimsy...

Wait until Wednesday when there is a compelling conference need to protect Wisconsin’s seed if you want to see some “fancy” officiating…over/under on the combined fouls of Crowl & Winter?

I credit a number of posters who predicted the nature of this team: the combination of veteran players who generally play decent defense coupled with Dawson’s scoring touch & occasionally one of the guards shooting well wouid win a few Big Ten games. Five conference road wins is the most since...

I admit I’m chronic complainer when it comes to officiating and the Gophers. But seven consecutive fouls?

Game 1 of ‘81 series against the Bruins. Jack Carlson (of all people) ties the game in the last few minutes and Steve Payne scores the OT winner to finally beat Boston in the Garden after 14 years. Game 5 of the ‘84 series against Chicago. I had been in Israel and knew there was a game 5...

Outstanding game for 60 minutes with great plays for both teams—gut check twice rallying to tie the game. Then an OT abomination: lost face offs; discombobulated rushes; ref backcheck helping to torce the last turnover and the soft goal. Four 3 x 3 losses this year for a strong skating team...

Nathan Detroit—“Guys & Dolls”…