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Rick Barnes, Clem & Yevette Haskins discuss greatest Gopher game ever played: '97 S16
per Pat:
his was the game by which all others must be judged in the modern history of Gophers men’s basketball, even if you no longer can find details in the University of Minnesota’s official record guides:
Gophers 90, Clemson 84, in two overtimes, in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament in San Antonio’s Alamodome on March 20, 1997.
This week, Rick Barnes, then the 42-year-old coach at Clemson, said: “It was one of the great ones ever. Bunch of players on both teams making tremendous plays and being physical for 50 minutes.’’
And Clem Haskins, then the 53-year-old coach of the Gophers, said: “I’ve never been more impressed with two teams — mine and Rick’s. Bobby Jackson was never better … and playing with four fouls.’’
“Do I remember that game? Two overtimes!’’ said Yevette Haskins, Clem’s wife since they were college age. “I still get nervous thinking about it.’’
Clem and Yevette have been back on the farm in Campbellsville, Ky., for two decades, since the brouhaha involving academic papers that were submitted but not written by players cost the coach his job and also official recognition of the Gophers’ one trip to the Final Four, in 1997.
Big-time college coaching has been kinder to Barnes, now 64 and in possession of 678 career wins.
http://www.startribune.com/tennesse...-after-loss-to-gophers-in-sweet-16/504898902/
Go Gophers!!
per Pat:
his was the game by which all others must be judged in the modern history of Gophers men’s basketball, even if you no longer can find details in the University of Minnesota’s official record guides:
Gophers 90, Clemson 84, in two overtimes, in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament in San Antonio’s Alamodome on March 20, 1997.
This week, Rick Barnes, then the 42-year-old coach at Clemson, said: “It was one of the great ones ever. Bunch of players on both teams making tremendous plays and being physical for 50 minutes.’’
And Clem Haskins, then the 53-year-old coach of the Gophers, said: “I’ve never been more impressed with two teams — mine and Rick’s. Bobby Jackson was never better … and playing with four fouls.’’
“Do I remember that game? Two overtimes!’’ said Yevette Haskins, Clem’s wife since they were college age. “I still get nervous thinking about it.’’
Clem and Yevette have been back on the farm in Campbellsville, Ky., for two decades, since the brouhaha involving academic papers that were submitted but not written by players cost the coach his job and also official recognition of the Gophers’ one trip to the Final Four, in 1997.
Big-time college coaching has been kinder to Barnes, now 64 and in possession of 678 career wins.
http://www.startribune.com/tennesse...-after-loss-to-gophers-in-sweet-16/504898902/
Go Gophers!!
