Preview: Gophers vs. Iowa State

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Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Iowa State Cyclones When: 11:30 am, March 18th, 2005 Where: Charlotte Coliseum – Charlotte, NC Television: CBS Do you have any idea how long I’ve been waiting to write a preview for a Gopher NCAA Tournament game? Of course you do. It’s been six years almost to the day since […] READ MORE


Gopher Women Awarded #3 Seed; Host St. Francis

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Gopher Basketball The Gopher women’s basketball team was awarded a surprise No. 3 seed for the upcoming NCAA tourney, and they’ll host 14th-seeded St. Francis at approximately 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Williams Arena. The Gophers were placed in the Tempe Bracket, in which their road for a repeat trip for a 2nd straight Final Four […] READ MORE


Gopher Men are Officially Dancing

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Gopher Basketball Well, I’m too pumped up to sleep, so I might as well write an article. As you all know, the unthinkable dream that became a legitimate dream that became a serious possibility and then a lock has now become official. The Gopher men’s basketball team is back in the Big Dance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Gophers […] READ MORE


Gophers Make #1 Illini Work in 64-56 Loss

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Gopher Basketball Ok, so I lied a little bit. After the Gophers locked up an NCAA bid by beating Indiana yesterday, I said that I could really care less what happened against Illinois today. Yet, when the Minnesota drew within 20-22 late in the first half, within 51-53 with 6:00 left in the game, and […] READ MORE


Gophers Lock Up Dance; Now Face #1

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Gopher Basketball And with that, ladies and gentlemen, six years of demons have finally been vanquished. It’s quite the feeling. Hopefully it’s ok for a grown man to cry, because I do have to confess to being a wee bit misty-eyed both during the closing minutes of the game and also now as I type […] READ MORE


Preview: Gophers vs. Indiana

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Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Indiana Hoosiers When: 1:30 pm, March 11th, 2005 Where: United Center – Chicago, IL Television: ESPN Tourney time is here, and for the first time in several years, it has a chance to be a very happy time for Minnesota fans. The Gophers have their first-ever opening round bye in […] READ MORE


Gophers Fall to MSU in Big 10 Title Game

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Gopher Basketball If Gopher star Janel McCarville sees Michigan State’s Kelli Roehrig again, it might be in a nightmare. Roehrig and her teammates held McCarville to 1 of 18 shooting from the field as MSU survived a determined Gopher team, 55-49, in the Big 10 tournament championship game Monday night in Indianapolis. The Gophers will […] READ MORE


Gophers Surprise Ohio State; Advance to Final

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Gopher Basketball Going into Sunday’s game against No. 3-ranked Ohio State, the Gopher women’s basketball team had 23 wins, but they hadn’t beaten a team ahead of them in the national rankings or the conference standings. The Gophers got the marquee victory they had been looking for when they outlasted the Buckeyes, 66-63 in overtime […] READ MORE


Gophers Advance to Conference Semifinals

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Gopher Basketball Led by the inside tandem of Jamie Broback and Janel McCarville, the Gopher women’s basketball team defeated a determined Purdue Boilermakers team Friday, 71-68, to advance to the Big 10 Conference tourney semifinal game for the 1st time ever. Going into the game in Indianapolis, the Gophers had already assured themselves of their […] READ MORE


Gophers Play March Ball – Survive and Move On…

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Gopher Basketball It’s March, which means one thing in college basketball ““ “œsurvive and move on.” And that is exactly what the Golden Gophers did Wednesday night with a 73-69 road win at Penn State. The win is monumental for Minnesota as it continues to build its postseason resume which now includes a 20-9 overall […] READ MORE