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Gopher Basketball Share With two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Gopher basketball team has reached its point of no return. Refusing to win even one winnable game the likes of Indiana, Illinois or most recently at Penn State which could have garnered them some precious breathing room, the Gophers — surprise, surprise (I […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball The Gophers’ mission tonight is simple. Win in Happy Valley and they move a huge step closer to their third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, as well as a rare bye (top-5 finish) in the Big Ten Tournament. Lose and they face the prospect of having to sweep the Michigan schools at The Barn […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball The Penn State Nittany Lions (13-11, 6-7) start four seniors, but it appears this group of veterans will fall short of making the NCAA tournament. They still have an outside chance to dance, but with their remaining schedule (road games at Wisconsin, Northwestern and Minnesota and a home game against Ohio State) they […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball The Gophers’ home loss to Illinois on Thursday pushed them to the bubble for the first time this season, but a nice 62-45 recovery & “M”beatdown of the Hawkeyes on Sunday in Iowa City has kept them on the right side of the bubble. In fact, the more I look at the Gophers’ […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball The NR/#25 Minnesota Golden Gophers (16-8, 5-7) look to defeat the Iowa Hawkeyes (10-14, 3-9) for the 100th time on Sunday, February 13, 2011. The game tips at 5:06pm CT and will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network, with Eric Collins doing the play-by-play and former Hawkeye Kenyon Murray providing color. As […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Somehow, after an 11-1 start that included wins over likely NCAA Tournament teams North Carolina and West Virginia, the Gophers have managed to work themselves from safely in the NCAA Tournament field to the wrong side of the dreaded bubble. The question now is, in their remaining six regular-season games (plus the Big […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Following Minnesota’s 71-62 loss to the Illinois Fighting Illini, Minnesota head coach Tubby Smith, Illinois head coach Bruce Weber, and Gopher players Ralph Sampson and Trevor Mbakwe reacted to the game. Illinois Head Coach Bruce Weber… -Obviously it’s a huge win tonight. It’s always great to get a road win, and to get […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball NW: What are your thoughts on having your jersey retired here today? DG: Well, it’s been quite a whirl wind. Many, many teammates and family (are here today). It’s been quite a whirl wind. It has been great. NW: Of course, you played with Charley Mencel, who has his jersey retires a few […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball The NR/#25 Minnesota Golden Gophers (16-7, 5-6) try to end a three game skid against the Fighting Illini of Illinois (15-8, 5-5) on Thursday, February 10th. ESPN will broadcast the game starting at 8pm CT with Bob Wischusen and former Illini Stephen Bardo on the call. Only twice in his head coaching career […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball After Sunday’s 82-69 loss to undefeated Ohio State (no shame in that, the Buckeyes looked every bit the part of its #1 ranking), the Gophers have hit a crossroads in their 2010-11 campaign. There’s no dancing around it. Thursday’s game vs. Illinois — another potential “bubbler” — is absolutely critical, and certainly the […] READ MORE