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A huge fan favorite more than 20 years later, Burton returned to the Barn on graduation day last month. He’ll no doubt return again when his jersey is retired by the Gophers. When Willie Burton broke his nose the night before the start of the 1989 NCAA tournament, he put on a bulky, burdensome mask […] READ MORE
Joey King, a 6-foot-8 forward from Eastview (MN) High, recently transferred from Drake to Minnesota. King averaged 6.9 points and 2.9 rebounds per game for the Bulldogs, which was first in scoring and fourth in rebounding among freshman in the Missouri Va Joey King, a 6-foot-8 forward from Eastview (MN) High, recently transferred from Drake […] READ MORE
Reid Travis, a 6-foot-7 junior forward from Minneapolis DeLaSalle, has shined this spring for the Howard Pulley AAU program. He helped lead the team to a perfect 5-0 mark in the EYBL event held during Memorial Day weekend. Travis had an outstanding junior season as he helped pace the Islanders to their second straight […] READ MORE
The University of Minnesota department of athletics is expected to reveal the results of its master facilities planning project in the near future. For years the school has said a basketball practice facility is a need. A facilities plan may drum up support, but history shows impressive plans and great vision often are not enough to get a facility […] READ MORE
Illikainen earlier became the first sophomore in Grand Rapids boys basketball history to go over 1,000 career points and has over 1,000 rebounds. He has a chance to become the state’s all-time leading rebounder. Alex Illikainen, a 6-foot-9 sophomore from Grand Rapids, is considered the top player in the state in the Class of 2015. […] READ MORE
Foreman has a Gophers offer and will visit the U Monday. Dwayne “D.J.” Foreman, a 6-foot-8, 215-pound, shined this weekend as a member of the Boo Williams AAU program. He scored in double figures in all five games and averaged 16.6 points and seven rebounds per contests. GopherHole.com caught up with Foreman Sunday to […] READ MORE
The Minnesota Gophers basketball team has had a total of 43 NBA draft picks since 1957 with 19 of those picks in the top 2 rounds. Now players are gearing up for next month’s draft and are fighting to increase their value for the scouts and teams every day. Despite a good history of NBA […] READ MORE
The 16-and-under EYBL qualifier will be held this weekend at Bloomington Jefferson. Gopher fans will want to check out Alex Illikainen of Grand Rapids. His team, the Minnesota Cyclones face MoKan Friday evening at 8:45 and Mac Irvin Fire at 11:30 Saturday If you are a basketball fan and are unable to make it to […] READ MORE
Minnesota and Florida State will be meeting for the ninth time in each school’s history, including the second-straight matchup in the Challenge. The University of Minnesota men’s basketball team will host Florida State in the 15th Annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge, the conferences announced today. The Gophers and Seminoles will square off on Tuesday, Dec. 3, […] READ MORE
The Gophers’ second “Dre” soars over a defender during a JUCO game this past season. DeAndre “Dre” Mathieu, a 5-foot-11, 160-pound sophomore guard from Central Arizona (AZ) CC, committed to Minnesota Tuesday after a recent visit to the campus. The first team NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) All-American is expected to compete for immediate […] READ MORE