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The Gophers couldn’t stop Duke’s hot outside shooting and fall to 4-1 on the season. Seth Curry scored 25 points and Mason Plumlee added 20 points as No. 5 Duke grabbed a 89-71 victory over Minnesota on Thursday in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis. Plumlee was coming off a career-high 28 points […] READ MORE
Notes & commentary on several 2013 Chicagoland basketball recruiting targets and more READ MORE
The Gophers staff has been hard at work and this weekend they’ll host a few 2013 basketball recruits. Today, we look at Chicagoland product Alvin Ellis. READ MORE
Tyus Jones, a 6-foot-2 junior point guard from Apple Valley, continues to attract attention. Minnesota head coach Tubby Smith and Stanford head coach Johnny Dawkins and assistant Mark Madsen recently attended an open gym, even though Jones had a cast on his right hand. GopherHole.com caught up with Jones Sunday to learn the latest. […] READ MORE
A MONTH AWAY, U.S.A. — We’re officially four weeks from Midnight Madness, so to kick off the new season I’d like to wrap up the work I’ve been doing on the B1G’s nonconference schedules. The last of the B1G nonconference schedules, Michigan, became official a couple days ago when the NIT Season Tip-Off released its bracket. […] READ MORE
Vaugh will make yet another unofficial visit to the U this weekend. Rashad Vaughn, a 6-foot-5 junior guard from Robbinsdale Cooper, shined this summer and was recentlky ranked as the #12 player in the Class of 2014 by ESPN. GopherHole.com attended his open gym Sunday and caught up with Vaughn to learn the latest on […] READ MORE
Cedric Hankerson, a 6-foot-4, 195-pound guard from Miami (FL) Coral Reef, was one of three visitors to Minnesota this weekend. GopherHole caught up with Hankerson Saturday to learn the latest on visit. Cedric Hankerson, a 6-foot-4, 195-pound guard from Miami (FL) Coral Reef, was one of three visitors to Minnesota this weekend. GopherHole caught up […] READ MORE
Nigel Hayes, a 6-foot-7, 235-pound forward from Toledo (WI) Whitmer, is one of the top big men in the Midwest. Hayes is visiting Minnesota this weekend and talked to Gopher Hole about his trip. Nigel Hayes, a 6-foot-7, 235-pound forward from Toledo (WI) Whitmer, is one of the top big men in the Midwest. Hayes […] READ MORE
Jarvis Johnson, a rising sophomore point guard from Minneapolis DeLaSalle, has already landed six scholarship offers to date and has attracted interested from homestate school Minnesota. Jarvis Johnson, a rising sophomore point guard from Minneapolis DeLaSalle, has already landed six scholarship offers to date and has attracted interested from homestate school Minnesota. Johnson helped lead […] READ MORE
The Gophers coaching staff has made Illikainen a top priority for the 2015 recruiting class. Alex Illikainen, a 6-foot-8, 192-pound freshman from Grand Rapids, who received a scholarship offer in April from Minnesota, is considered the top player in the state in the Class of 2015. Illikainen helped lead Grand Rapids to the Class AAA […] READ MORE