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Bits and pieces from the first weekend of the college hoops season and a look ahead to Week 2, highlighted by Tuesday’s ESPN Tip-Off Marathon and seven intriguing neutral-site tournaments. Caught My Eye in Week 1: A Little of This, A Little of That 1) At-Large Berth Builder: Bucknell wins at Purdue, 70-65. 2) Baylor freshman […] READ MORE
Hopefully there will be many opportunities like this for Gophers fans to show appreciation for Williams. He didn’t ask for the hype. He didn’t seek the attention NBA Mock Draft experts. He didn’t set unrealistic expectations for himself. No, Rodney Williams didn’t ask for any of that. Instead, all he’s done at the U is […] READ MORE
A healthy Maurice Walker is a welcome addition to the Gophers rotation. It didn’t take long for Gophers fans to fall in love with Maurice Walker. At 6-10, 295lbs, the Canadian-native briefly showed a rare combination of great size, touch, passing and shooting ability. His role was increasing his freshman year before a knee injury […] READ MORE
Mo Walker, a Gophers fan favorite, is back and ready to contribute for the first time in about 22 months. DINKYTOWN, MN — With the recent off-court developments surrounding first Trevor Mbakwe and then assistant coach Saul Smith, the start of the college basketball season can’t come soon enough for the Gopher basketball program. And their fans, too. The […] READ MORE
Gophers fans will get to enjoy a brand new scoreboard this year at The Barn. A lot can happen in seven months. For Gopher fans, the basketball offseason is basically spent hoping and praying that nothing of note happens. No news is always good news, and the best thing to hear from the basketball program […] READ MORE
32 Conferences, 32 Questions 1. America East — Can Maine win an America East Tournament game for the first time since 2005? I’m unaware of any other Division I coaches who have survived going seven consecutive seasons without a conference tourney win, but that’s the case with UMaine’s Ted Woodward. Sounds to me like being the head basketball coach at a […] READ MORE
As Tubby shows, this program’s fortunes can either go up or down due to the critical season ahead. A year ago I wrote that the Gophers 2011-2012 season was the most critical in decades. Tubby Smith and the U desperately needed a breakthrough regular-season and post-season run that mattered. A season-ending injury to Trevor Mbakwe […] READ MORE
This is part 1 of 3 of “The Road to SelectionSunday” college and Gopher basketball preview. Editor’s Note: This is the first of three columns this week, previewing the “Road to SelectionSunday” by GopherHole’s SelectionSunday. Today we look at a pre-season Top 25, sechedule analysis and more. Later this week we’ll get the first Field […] READ MORE
Wally Ellenson (left) and Charles Buggs (right) have impressed Gopher coaches and players this Fall. It’s no secret that Tubby Smith loves athletes. And it’s no secret that the Gophers could use some outside shooting help. Enter Wally Ellenson. The 6-4 freshman guard from Rice Lake, Wisconsin comes to the U with a reputation as […] READ MORE
Alex Foster is the second member of the Gophers 2013 recruiting class. Alex Foster, a 6-foot-7, 219-pound forward from Chicago (IL) Seton Academy, recently committed to Minnesota. Foster, who is one of the top players in a loaded Class of 2013 big man from Illinois, visited Minnesota three weeks ago and attend the Gopher football […] READ MORE