Pres Kaler on Indiana win and the status of Tubby Smith

[BleedGopher]

per Shooter:

University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler was among the sellout crowd of 14,625 that rocked Williams Arena on Tuesday night when the Gophers upset No. 1 Indiana 77-73.

Kaler's cheering left him in a sweat at game's end.

"I think I played," he said. "This was a great win for Gopher basketball, a great win."

I asked Kaler about the status of Tubby Smith, who is in his sixth season as Gophers men's basketball coach, is signed through 2017, and has been criticized by fans for his team's enigmatic play.

"It's the same as all of our coaches when they're in season," Kaler said. "Norwood will take a look at the overall season, we'll make some decisions and go forward from there. But I don't like to talk about it during the season -- it takes the focus away from the coach and the team."

Norwood is Norwood Teague, the Gophers' athletics director whom Kaler hired last summer. Smith, who has a $2.5 million contract buyout, was hired by former AD Joel Maturi.

http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_22679143/shooter-now-jim-dutcher-crowd-gophers-big-upset

Go Gophers!!

 

[matt]

"Former Gophers baseball players Terry Steinbach, Paul Molitor, Glen Perkins, Kyle Knudson and Cole De Vries of the Twins had a group picture taken at spring training in Fort Myers, Fla., wearing their Twins jerseys but with Gophers caps."

That's awesome.

 

[WhoFellDownTheGopherHole?]

Here's that picture (Courtesy of Glen Perkins' twitter feed): https://twitter.com/Twins_morsecode/status/306100960088948736/photo/1

 

[gopherbadgerman]

Molitor looks like he can still play...