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Gopher Basketball Early on, it looked like Minnesota was going to get blown out in its first road game of the season. 45 minutes later, it appeared that the Gophers had won. But Jamal Abu-Shamala’s buzzer-beater was ruled a two-pointer, sending the game into its second extra period. Lawrence McKenzie fouled out shortly thereafter, the […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: UAB Blazers When: 7 pm, December 5th, 2006 Where: Bartow Arena ““ Birmingham, AL Television: None The Gophers will face their first hostile road crowd Tuesday night when they travel to Birmingham, Alabama, to take on UAB. On their bench will be a very familiar face in former Indiana coach […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball A general consensus can be drawn that Dan Monson was a good man and restored respectability off the court to the University of Minnesota basketball program. Beyond that, it was hard to come up with positives to say about Coach Monson’s run at the “U”, particularly after the lost momentum following the NCAA-bound […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball It has been an emotional week for the Minnesota Golden Gopher basketball program. After suffering their fifth consecutive loss on Wednesday night to Clemson, Coach Dan Monson resigned and Jim Molinari was named the interim head coach. That is why a sigh of relief spread across The Barn on Saturday afternoon as Arizona […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball The U of M held a press conference at 3pm Thursday announcing that Dan Monson is no longer the coach at Minnesota. The U bought out the remainder of Monson’s contract for approximately $1.2 million dollars. Jim Molinari was named the interim coach for the remainder of the 2006-07 season. The press conference […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball This is starting (starting???) to get a little old. Minnesota lost its 5th consecutive game Wednesday night, falling 90-68 to Clemson. Granted, Clemson is now 8-0 on the season and has some impressive athletes, but losing to a team like them at home and by 22 points is not a good thing. There […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Clemson Tigers When: 8:30 pm, November 29th, 2006 Where: Williams Arena ““ Minneapolis, MN Television: ESPN2 When you’re a team riding a four-game losing streak and struggling for confidence, taking on a team that’s undefeated isn’t exactly what the doctor ordered. While Clemson’s 7-0 start has come against pretty easy […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Heading over the hills and through the woods, I arrived at my Mother’s home for Thanksgiving faced with a crew of blood relatives who could care less about college basketball and who I knew better than to present with the cornucopia of hoops action as our method of entertainment (the youngest sibling has […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Friday’s game against Southern Illinois figured to be tougher than Thursday’s opener against Marist, and it certainly was. A three-pointer at the buzzer gave the Salukis a 28-21 halftime lead, and from there they cruised to a 69-53 victory that wasn’t as close as the final margin indicates. Once again, the Gophers’ lack […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball The Gophers dropped the opening game of the Old Spice Classic to Marist 63-56 Thursday afternoon in Orlando. They face Southern Illinois Friday at 11:40 am on ESPN2 in what figures to be an even more challenging game. When you hold your opponents to 41% shooting from the field, win the rebounding battle, […] READ MORE