Minnesota/Miami NIT second round game will be played Monday at 8:00 p.m. CT in Miami.

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"RT @MNGopherHoops: Just found out that the Minnesota/Miami NIT second round game will be played Monday at 8:00 p.m. CT in Miami."

Go Gophers!!
 



Gopher Warrior said:
Take her to South Beach, cheapskate.
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Already bringing the family down there in 2 weeks. Not sure that would go over well!
 

I've got to believe it will be on ESPN or ESPN2.
 



Miami is the #1 kenpom team not invited to the tournament. I'm guessing we will be 3-4 point underdogs again.

You can't deny this tournament is a great experience for the team to build on.
 

Gold Vision said:
Miami is the #1 kenpom team not invited to the tournament. I'm guessing we will be 3-4 point underdogs again.

You can't deny this tournament is a great experience for the team to build on.
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I think 4-5 is likely as far as the opening line, but with respect to kenpom - remember that the ranking assumes their most valuable player Durand Scott will hit the court for 32 minutes, which he will not.

I can't believe I am thinking about dropping down to attend. But I am.
 

1-0 in non-conference road games this year!
 




No Durand Scott this should be a cake walk. Go Gophs
 





I'm totally in Panama City Beach for spring break next week. Here's to me finding a way to see the game. BTW i'm thrilled with how the Missouri Valley, Big Ten, and my Bulldogs / Gophers have yet to lose a tournament game so far; a pretty impressive start. Let's keep it up. Go Gophers!
 

Drake University Gopher said:
I'm totally in Panama City Beach for spring break next week. Here's to me finding a way to see the game.
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Haha not to rip you, but I just looked it up and you'll still be about 600 miles away. I knew PCB and Miami weren't close, but I didn't think they were THAT far away. Damn panhandle.

I hear Coral Gables is beautiful, though. Hope you can find a way down!
 

920/414 Gopher said:
Haha not to rip you, but I just looked it up and you'll still be about 600 miles away. I knew PCB and Miami weren't close, but I didn't think they were THAT far away. Damn panhandle.

I hear Coral Gables is beautiful, though. Hope you can find a way down!
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If he is able to make it to the game I don't think it'll be too tough to find a seat. Only 1,229 according to the attendance figure for the Valpo game. http://espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=320742390
 

fan of Ray Williams said:
If he is able to make it to the game I don't think it'll be too tough to find a seat. Only 1,229 according to the attendance figure for the Valpo game. http://espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=320742390
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Wow. I guess it would be less of a disadvantage to play in an empty house on the road, but I LOVED the fact that La Salle's gym was packed with La Salle fans. It felt like a true road game...wouldn't hurt to get our young guys in those types of environments as often as possible.
 

920/414 Gopher said:
Wow. I guess it would be less of a disadvantage to play in an empty house on the road, but I LOVED the fact that La Salle's gym was packed with La Salle fans. It felt like a true road game...wouldn't hurt to get our young guys in those types of environments as often as possible.
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Capacity: 4,000

Attendance: 3,023
 

station19 said:
Capacity: 4,000

Attendance: 3,023
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3,000 fans cheering against you in a gym that small isn't going to be a cakewalk to play through. That was my point. Maybe I shouldn't have used the word 'packed,' but for an NIT game, it was a pretty good crowd.
 

920/414 Gopher said:
3,000 fans cheering against you in a gym that small isn't going to be a cakewalk to play through. That was my point. Maybe I shouldn't have used the word 'packed,' but for an NIT game, it was a pretty good crowd.
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From watching on the tube, I was surprised at the announced attendance. It looked closer to full than that.
 


GophersInIowa said:
I thought so too.

That attendance at the Miami game is embarrassing.
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It must have been their Spring Break, no? And really, with the Heat playing so well I can't imagine there is a huge wave of support for Hurricanes Basketball--especially if people were hoping that they'd make the NCAA Tournament. There's probably a large fanbase that sees the NIT as a failure and doesn't want to shell out the money for it. I'd imagine the attendance during our game will be a bit better, especially if last week was Miami's Spring Break.
 

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