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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Gopher Basketball Gopher inside players Janel McCarville and Jamie Broback were hampered by 1st half foul trouble, but they rallied to score the 1st 28 points of the 2nd half for the Gophers as Minnesota erased a 41-36 halftime deficit to finish 12-4 in the Big 10. Broback finished with 26 points, 5 rebounds, and […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Penn State Nittany Lions When: 7:00 pm, March 2nd, 2005 Where: Bryce Jordan Center – State College, PA Television: Fox Sports North (tape delay at 9:30) A few weeks ago, I said that beating Northwestern was important because it would give the Gophers a little margin for error rather than […] READ MORE