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Minnesota will have playing time open up in its frontcourt after this season with the loss of three senior forwards. Palm Beach State’s Kevin Thomas is an uncommitted sophomore who could potentially help in 2013-14. READ MORE
Paul Friendshuh, a 6-foot-9, 210-pound junior from New Prague, is another top prospect from the loaded Class of 2014. Paul Friendshuh, a 6-foot-9, 210-pound junior from New Prague, is another top prospect from the loaded Class of 2014 that includes Tyus Jones, Rashad Vaughn and Reid Travis. Friendshuh helped lead the Trojans to a 19-10 […] READ MORE
The Ellenson Family are no strangers to the Gophers program. Six-foot-9, 250 pound forward Henry Ellenson, the younger brother of current Gophers freshman Wally, is one of the top players in the Midwest in the Class of 2015. Ellenson has already received six scholarship offers and is off to a strong start this season. He […] READ MORE
DEJA VU, Minn. — Here the Gophers are in a familiar place, sitting there this morning with their fat & sassy #11 RPI ranking, the same place they were 365 days ago. Last year in mid-December the Gopher hoopsters held a pair of RPI top-50 wins over #25 Indiana State and #45 Virginia Tech (something they don’t have this season), on their way to earning an […] READ MORE
Richard Coffey is a Gophers fan favorite more than two decades after he helped lead the U to the Elite 8. Amir Coffey, a 6-foot-5 freshman wing from Hopkins, comes from a basketball family. His father, Richard, played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1986-90 and one season with the Minnesota Timberwolves. His older sister, […] READ MORE
WINTER WONDERLAND, MN — Now that we’re a solid month into the 2012-13 college hoops season, enough time has passed to put together our first in-season NCAA Tournament “Field of 68” projection. Not surprisingly, in early December the Gophers are easily projected into the field, a common occurrence during Tubby Smith’s six years in Dinkytown. However, we […] READ MORE
The Gophers are 61-1 all-time vs. the Summit League and 26-1 all-time vs. North Dakota State, so those that bet on sports have to favor Minnesota head-to-head on Tuesday night. Here are the U’s notes and tid-bits about the game. SERIES INFORMATION Series: 28th Meeting (26-1) Series Home/Away: 25-1/1-0 Current Streak: W-15 Last Meeting: W, […] READ MORE
Sophomore Andre Hollins has been the Gophers top story early this season. We’re almost to that bleak, awful part of the year where students are on winter break and finals are starting, meaning college basketball basically gets put on hold. Seriously, after the NDSU game on Tuesday the Gophers only play once in 20 days. […] READ MORE
We’ve passed one milestone of the college basketball season. Most of the in-season tournaments and significant conference challenges (ACC/Big Ten, Big East/SEC) have been completed. Though there’s still a long and winding road to the finish line, we now have a little better feel for who’s gonna’ be good, and which teams look like they’re headed toward “bust” territory. To that […] READ MORE
Vaughn is a special talent that would look fantastic in maroon and gold. Rashad Vaughn, a 6-foot-5 junior guard from Robbinsdale Cooper, is a prized in-state recruit for the Minnesota Gophers. Vaughn tweeted that he will cut his list later this week. GopherHole.com recently caught up with Vaughn to learn the latest on his recruitment. […] READ MORE