Gopher Basketball Articles

Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Ohio State Buckeyes When: 2 pm, February 4th, 2006 Where: Value City Arena ““ Columbus, OH Television: KSTC Ch. 45 Fresh off their biggest (ok, only) victory in conference play, Minnesota’s heads to Columbus on Saturday looking to knock off their second ranked opponent of the week. The Buckeyes are […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball Happy happy joy joy, happy happy joy joy. Minnesota’s first Big Ten victory has been a long time coming, but this one was worth the wait. Inspired by an unexpected starting lineup which included Jamal Abu-Shamala and Zach Puchtel, the Gophers got off to a quick start and never looked back. Not a […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Indiana Hoosiers When: Noon, January 29th, 2006 Where: Williams Arena ““ Minneapolis, MN Television: CBS Usually a Sunday afternoon CBS game at The Barn against the #11 team in the country would be a cause for excitement and anticipation. But with Minnesota off to an 0-6 start in Big Ten […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball For a good portion of the game it looked like the Gophers could avoid an embarrassing final score. Minnesota hung tough during the first half and cut the second half lead to four points early on, but in the end, it got ugly”¦.again. The Fighting Illini of Illinois built a methodical lead in […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball Over the last few weeks the Minnesota Gopher basketball team has not made things easy for itself. From poor field shooting to game-costing free throw misses to a lack of energy. Now in an attempt to earn its first Big Ten win, the schedule makers take their turn in putting up obstacles. The […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball It’s getting frustrating writing about games like this, so it really must be bad playing and coaching in them. The Gophers continued a familiar pattern of starting slowly Saturday night, and they wound up pretty much duplicating their collapse at Purdue a week ago. Minnesota fell behind by 10 points early, rallied to […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Michigan Wolverines When: 7 pm, January 21st, 2006 Where: Williams Arena ““ Minneapolis, MN Television: FSN After a winless two-game road trip, the Gopher men are back in The Barn Saturday night ““ again looking for their first conference victory. Dan Monson has had a lot of success against Michigan […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball Coach Dan Monson said it all week ““ college basketball is a bottom line business. It is almost as if he was forecasting Wednesday night’s game at Iowa as the Gophers lost a heartbreaking triple overtime thriller to the Hawkeyes 76-72. The Gophers’ gutsy performance is extra tough to take as the team […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball Wow. That is the first thought I had when I looked at the number of points Iowa gives up on a nightly basis. In 17 games, the Hawkeyes give up an average of 56.6 points per game. In six of those games Iowa’s opponents have scored 50 or fewer points. This is not […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball Minnesota finally got off to a good start Saturday night at Purdue, but unfortunately their string of poor finishes continued. Somehow a Minnesota lead with 10 minutes remaining turned into a blowout 72-55 loss to the Boilermakers; a loss which puts the Gophers in sole possession of last place in the Big Ten […] READ MORE