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Gophers basketball in The Barn is always one of the hottest tickets in town in Minnesota. Minnesota coach Richard Pitino is just days away from completing the non-conference portion of his first season at Minnesota and entering the gauntlet that is the Big Ten. With the increased competition, the new coaching staff will finally get […] READ MORE
DECEMBER DOLDRUMS, U.S.A. — The least interesting month of the college basketball season is in full swing, but fear not folks the fun stuff (conference play) is right around the corner. To help bridge the gap between now and the Gophers’ Big Ten opener Jan. 2 (the Gophers may be catching Michigan at exactly the right time), here are some odds […] READ MORE
Rick Pitino looks great in maroon and gold! Great tidbits from today. Here you go: Richard Pitino: • Good win for us, I think that SDSU played really well especially in the 1st half. I think we got much better today, especially on the glass, Austin had 14 boards, and Elliott was great. We’re handling […] READ MORE
Johnson has already attended one Gopher game this year and said that Pitino’s style of play reminds him of DeLaSalle’s. Jarvis Johnson, a 2015 point guard from Minneapolis (MN) DeLaSalle, received a scholarship offer from Minnesota in April. Johnson helped lead the Islanders to its second Class AAA state title as they finished 30-1 and […] READ MORE
The Gophers coaching staff will have plenty of time to build a relationship with highly ranked Amir Coffey. Amir Coffey, a 6-5 sophomore wing from Hopkins, is considered the top in-state prospect in the Class of 2016. Coffey, who recently returned from an injury that kept him sidelined for nearly three months, received a scholarship […] READ MORE
Holiday tournaments are strange breed. They’re fun in that they provide a good opportunity for teams of all levels to face off on a neutral court, and give the Minnesota’s of the world a chance to match up with the Syracuse’s, North Carolinas and Memphises’ when it ordinarily wouldn’t happen. But they also come at […] READ MORE
WIlson already has offers from Wisconsin and Iowa State, and interest from the Gophers Marshawn Wilson, a 6-2 junior guard from St/ Paul (MN) Hill-Murray, is one of the top athletes in the state. Gopher Hole caught up with Wilson after playing Apple Valley in the High Performance Jamboree to learn more about his recruitment. […] READ MORE
Forward Josh Martin chose the Gophers over offers from Pitt, Oklahoma State, Florida State and others. Ahhh, National Signing Day. Where the grass always looks slightly less brown, the sky is marginally less cloudy and it seems just a few degrees warmer outside. Signing Day for the Gophers in recent years has been hit and […] READ MORE
Andre Hollins was on fire early, hitting his first three 3-point attempts and he finished with 24 points. As always, these are not verbatim, just as fast as I can type! Oto One of our main goals in practice is to stop the 3, we’ve done w good job of that 6-22, that’s a good. […] READ MORE
