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We want to be the best, we have to beat the best. That’s the challenge ahead of us. We play one of the darlings of mid-major ball and the Top Dog in the NIT. Their coach has a great backstory and who doesn’t love Cream Abdul Jabar. But the squad doesn’t want the season to end, gotta play with...

WE'VE GOT POST-SEASON BASKETBALL GOPHERS FANS!!!!! Yes, not the tournament we'd aspire towards, but a tournament no-less. More Gopher basketball is fun. And fun is fun! Hinkle Fieldhouse is historic similar to Williams Arena. Of course it's home to where Jimmy Chitwood hit his iconic shot and...

We wanted to avoid Weakling Wednesday, we got it! We wanted to host BTT for a long time, we got it! We wanted meaningful games in March, we got it! We want to see if CBJ can out coach a legend when it matters most, we got it! This is big big big!! Huge opportunity on Thursday to stop a losing...

Back at it after that awful performance vs Indiana. Big opportunity to finish .500 in conference play and avoid a dismal end to the season. Stop jacking 3s when the 3s aren’t falling. Match the energy and passion of Fox. We need this one. GET ‘ER DONE JOHNSON!!!!!!!!!!!

That comeback was FUN!!! But lets not dig ourselves a 23 point hole tonight. This Indiana squad is likely two weeks away from a coaching search, might as well help the process along a bit. The chance to finish the season strong at home, get to 10-9 in BT and a real chance to finish above .500...

Well that Illini game was an offensive clinic! But close loses don’t mean Jack squat. Apparently we’re celebrating the Seniors today, though I hold out hope Fox comes back. To me the goal is simple, win the last 3 BT games and finish above .500 in BT, something Tubby never did. Today will be...

Getting kicked in the nuts in Lincoln was no fun. Any fleeting chance we have to make the NCAA Tournament (outside of running the table in the BTT) requires a win tonight at Illinois. But we rarely win at Illinois and this Illini squad is tough! But Ben Johnson seems to get this team focused...

Revenge will be in the air Sunday night and this time we’ll be on the other side. Huskers can’t be happy with the way we pulled last game out early in season. This isn’t football, Gophers don’t own Huskers in basketball, and Lincoln is a tough place to play. But stay out of foul trouble, take...

Thursday night is going to be a BATTLE!!! One team has transfers making a big impact as they have a shot at the NCAA Tournament. The other team has a transfer who is on the team who's coach was fired this season for not winning enough. One of these transfers is not taking the high road. I hope...

We have ourselves a losing streak again, despite playing some solid ball. This BT season has been a series of streaks. Rutgers is playing well so this game will not be easy. Biggest issue for this team is our scoring slumps. We need to find a way to cut those in half, buckets beget buckets...

That Iowa game still chaps my hide. I’m pissed. It sucked. I don’t want to embrace any more suck. Well, lucky for us, we get to play at #2 Purdue in an attempt to not sustain a losing streak. Oh and we may not have our best player due to getting kicked in the balls. I guess Garcia now knows how...

Squad is feeling good and rightfully so. 3 straight wins, but Johnson has never beat Iowa as HC, at Iowa City would be a lovely first time. We need to start games stronger and not dig a “gopher hole”, gotta keep Payne on the court and hit 3s early. Fran will get pissed about something. We...

Who can we realistically get in mid February? Coyle would need to move fast.

This season is fun. I look forward to every game so much more than last few years. I’m FIRED UP(!!!!!) for this one. This may not be the best Spartan team these parts have seen, but as usual, they are playing better as March approaches. It’s still Izzo. It’s still traitor Tre and it’s still...

Back at the Barn, Saturday Big Ten battle and a chance to get to .500 in Big Ten play in February! Collins is coming off an ejection after Northwestern was outshot 46-8 at the FT line. This is a game we need and should get. Hope the crowd is rocking and we stay out of foul trouble. GET ‘ER...

We need a win, we need a win badly. PSU is an ideal slump buster though they probably say the same thing about us. Winning and losing are learned skills. We are very good at the latter. Fix that Ben. GET ‘ER DONE JOHNSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This pre-game post will be short, because not much needs to be said. I’m sick and tired of losing to wisconsin. It’s been 4 years since we beat them. We haven’t finished ahead of them in the standings since 1997. That’s beyond pathetic. FN PATHETIC. It has to change. Johnson is Coyle’s pick to...

Well shit got sour again. Did we already peak? Was early January the “good old days”? I sure hope not. I don’t want injury excuses. I don’t want talent level excuses. Ben, your job is to win. Your job is to occasionally out-coach another coach. So here’s your chance and your job, go into...