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Will Tyus sign with the Gophers a year from now? Or will he head to a traditional power program? Tyus Jones, a 6-foot-2 junior point guard from Apple Valley, recently narrowed his list of schools to eight. GopherHole.com caught up with Jones at the Minnetonka Fall League to learn the latest on his updated list […] READ MORE
Austin Hollins has been a catalyst in the Gophers first two games. Early season non-conference games are great fodder for debates in college basketball. Lineups are far from concrete, player growth is slowly becoming evident, relationships are still being developed and on-court execution ebbs and flows like a tide. However, because these games often come […] READ MORE
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