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Per RandBall:
The Gophers men’s basketball team started this season 0-6 in conference play, which included four losses by at least 15 points and another in double overtime to a mediocre-at-best Ohio State squad.
Picking a low point out of that morass is not easy, but quite possibly it was the uninspired second half that turned a close game into a blowout loss at Wisconsin and led to an airing of frustrations by players afterward.
Minnesota played better in a six-point loss at Maryland the next time out, but winless is winless. It was fair to wonder at that point whether the Gophers would win a game this entire Big Ten season.
That all makes what has happened since so shocking: The Gophers haven’t lost a game, defeating ranked Michigan and Oregon at Williams Arena with a strong victory at Iowa sandwiched in between.
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!
The Gophers men’s basketball team started this season 0-6 in conference play, which included four losses by at least 15 points and another in double overtime to a mediocre-at-best Ohio State squad.
Picking a low point out of that morass is not easy, but quite possibly it was the uninspired second half that turned a close game into a blowout loss at Wisconsin and led to an airing of frustrations by players afterward.
Minnesota played better in a six-point loss at Maryland the next time out, but winless is winless. It was fair to wonder at that point whether the Gophers would win a game this entire Big Ten season.
That all makes what has happened since so shocking: The Gophers haven’t lost a game, defeating ranked Michigan and Oregon at Williams Arena with a strong victory at Iowa sandwiched in between.
RandBall: This Gophers men’s basketball winning streak is shocking
You can be forgiven if you weren’t sure Minnesota would win a Big Ten game this season, which means you are surely forgiven if you are flabbergasted by the Gophers’ last three victories.
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!
