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Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Purdue Boilermakers When: 7 pm, January 12th, 2005 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: Fox Sports North As a young child, I had a chance to sit just a few rows behind the visiting team’s bench for a couple of seasons at Williams Arena. It made for quite a […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball For the 4th straight game, the Gophers held their opponent under 50 points in a blowout victory over New Mexico. The Lobos should only 25.5 percent (12 for 47) from the field, hounded by a Gopher defense that has become the trademark for this year’s team. The Gophers used full-court pressure and half-court […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball One of the fun things about of the 2004-05 Gopher basketball team is that the team’s star changes nightly. Tonight, senior Aaron Robison took his turn as he hit six three-pointers and led the Gophers to a dominating 83-62 win over Penn State to kick off the Big Ten season Saturday night at […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball For the 3rd game in a row, the Gophers held a Big 10 opponent to less than 50 points. Wisconsin entered Thursday’s game averaging 74.1 points per game, but they shot only 26.6 percent (17 of 64) from the field against a Gopher defense that contested just about every shot. Janel McCarville returned […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Penn State Nittany Lions When: 7 pm, January 8th, 2005 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: Fox Sports North Anyone else been anxiously (and not very patiently) waiting to see how this new-look Gopher team will handle Big 10 competition? Well, the wait is finally over…pretty much. Penn State […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball The Gopher women’s basketball team used solid defensive efforts in home games against Northwestern and Indiana to open Big 10 Conference play with two victories. The Gophers (11-2; 2-0) play their first conference road game Thursday against Wisconsin in a regionally-televised game on Fox Sports Network. Guard April Calhoun keyed a defense that […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball This recap’s going to have a little different twist to it. After eight straight wins over eight overmatched opponents, my typical recaps are probably getting a bit stale. So I’ll keep this one brief and will then make some general comments about the team as well as about each regular as we head […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Loyola Marymount Lions When: 7 pm, January 3rd, 2005 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: None Basketball is a confusing sport. Teams can go from great to horrible almost instantly, and you never know which version is going to show up on a given night. Case in point, the […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Remember what the #1 concern about the Gophers was this fall? The general consensus was that they had poor outside shooters, and teams would just pack a zone inside and dare Minnesota to shoot. Just a few months later, that defensive philosophy is looking like a recipe for disaster. The Gophers had yet […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Coppin State Eagles When: 1 pm, January 1st, 2005 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: None Happy New Year, and congratulations to the Gopher Football team on their Music City Bowl victory. As for the men’s basketball team, they closed out 2004 with six consecutive victories and are playing […] READ MORE