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Johnny Woodard, a 6-4 guard/forward formerly of Duluth East, has had a strong year as a redshirt freshman at North Dakota School of Science. Johnny Woodard, a 6-4 guard/forward formerly of Duluth East, has had a strong year as a redshirt freshman at North Dakota School of Science. Woodard had received recruiting interest from Minnesota […] READ MORE
Here’s the most realistic scenario for the Gophers TO HAVE A CHANCE to hear their name called on Selection Sunday. … win the two home games (Iowa, Penn State), lose the two road games (Ohio State, Michigan), go 1-1 in the Big Ten Tournament. That’s 9-11 DON’T QUIT, Minn. — O ye of little faith — “ye” […] READ MORE
Delshon Strickland, a 6-4 senior guard from Minnetonka (MN) High, decided to not sign in the early signing period and instead focus on his final year of high school basketball. Delshon Strickland, a 6-4 senior guard from Minnetonka (MN) High, decided to not sign in the early signing period and instead focus on his final […] READ MORE
The Gophers got an important win Sunday night in Evanston, Illinois over Northwestern, keeping Minnesota on the right side of the NCAA bubble for now. After two consecutive road games, the Gophers return home Wednesday night for another big home game, a game Minnesota should win over Illinois. Most predictions have the Gophers in the […] READ MORE
Piper made an official visit to Minnesota this past weekend and came away impressed at the atmosphere of The Barn. Djuan Piper, a 6-6 senior small forward from Seattle (WA) Rainier Beach, visited Minnesota last weekend and attended the Gophers’ 66-60 win over Indiana. Rainier Beach is ranked second in the country by Max […] READ MORE
Consider that in a single calendar year we’ve seen Walker evolve from a troubled, overweight, underachieving underclassman to a powerful, agile, double-digit scoring threat in the heart of the conference schedule. The gauntlet that came with the beginning of the conference season was fantastic, but it was the “easy” part of the conference schedule that […] READ MORE
Gophers Dre Mathieu played a fantastic game against Indiana. Great locker room today, nice to see these guys get a win. When DeAndre Mathieu was being interview, players kept on yelling across the locker room “GOOD GAME, DRE!” Sid randomly kept on asking Dre about his recruiting, where he had offers from, why he chose […] READ MORE
Nate Mason signed with Minnesota over offers from Kansas State, Virginia, Clemson, Memphis and many others. Nate Mason, a senior point guard from Jacksonville (FL) Arlington Country Day, signed with Minnesota in the fall and recently led his team to victory against Sunrise Christian Academy televised nationally on ESPNU. Gopher Hole caught up with […] READ MORE
The Gophers must defend their home court on Saturday night against Indiana. EXHALE, MINN. — Now is a good time to take a deep breath Gopher fans, myself most definitely included. After last night’s excruciating loss to Purdue in West Lafayette, it’s ever so slowly becoming apparent the Big Ten’s most likely bubble teams come Selection Sunday will be […] READ MORE
Mathieu has evolved from Morehead State transfer, to JUCO All-American to an explosive player that can not only hang around in the Big Ten, but utterly dominate opposing defenses. It seems like every year the Gophers have a gauntlet during the conference season where they face a handful of dangerous teams consecutively, which both tests […] READ MORE