Part 2: How Do Our Gopher Recruits Compare?

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Gopher Basketball How do our recruits compare? Over the next two years, the Golden Gophers will be welcoming five players onto their roster who are consensus Top 100 recruits for their respective classes in Devoe Joseph, Trevor Mbawke, Ralph Sampson III, Royce White, and Rodney Williams. I thought it would be interesting to compare these […] READ MORE


A Closer Look: The Golden Gophers & the Riches of Recruitment

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Gopher Basketball Do you hear it yet? I don´t think we can call it a buzz just yet, but it´s definitely a murmur, primarily among the Gopher cognoscenti. The buzz should arrive sometime in December and pick up as the Gophers step into Big Ten play. And while Gopher fans are marveling at the talent […] READ MORE


Tubby’s Tipoff gets 2008-09 Gopher basketball season underway

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Gopher Basketball Gopher fans got their first peek at the 2008-09 Golden Gophers basketball team at Tubby’s Tipoff tonight at Williams Arena. The event included a 3-point shooting contest, dunk contest and an intra-squad scrimmage. Flip Saunders, Marc Madsen and Kevin Love were a few of the notable attendees. Overall it looks like this Gopher […] READ MORE


This, That, and the Other: October 1

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Gopher Basketball As the calendar turns to October, I´m experiencing a strange phenomenon here in the southern hemisphere, as spring is rapidly approaching. Next week in fact I will be on spring vacation and I´m not going to ask my wife if I can take some time out to write the weekly column, so this […] READ MORE


This, That, and the Other: September 25

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Gopher Basketball Hello again everyone,And thank you for the kind comments from last week´s initial installment of This, That, and the Other. This week I go into the archives for the 1981 Minnesota-Ohio State contest, take a look at the acclaim MBIII is garnering, post a couple interviews with rival Big Ten basketball coaches, and […] READ MORE


This, That, and the Other — A New Column from CoolhandGopher

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Gopher Basketball Greetings and salutations, Gopher Fans! Veterans of the Hole may recall my previous weekly column, The Sunday Night Ramble, which was put on an indefinite hiatus last winter due to wedding planning and an impending move to Peru. Well, I am now married and in Peru and looking to contribute to the Gopher […] READ MORE


Gophers have eyes on Bucks

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Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Ohio State Buckeyes When: 3:00 pm, February 24th, 2008 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: ESPN It’s senior day 2008 down at Williams on Saturday and the Gopher faithful will get their last chance to watch three players on the raised floor: career Gophers Dan “œSlee-vye” Coleman and Spencer […] READ MORE


Gophers hoping for season sweep of Lions

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Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Penn State Nittany Lions When: 1:00 pm, February 24th, 2008 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: Big Ten Network Following an up-and-down game featuring Lawrence McKenzie going unconscious from the outside and Jon Williams providing critical rebounding down the stretch, Minnesota looks to continue winning against Penn State at […] READ MORE


Gophers back home to face Michigan

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Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Michigan Wolverines When: 8:00 pm, February 21st, 2008 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: ESPN2 Round two of Minnesota v. Michigan is on the horizon. The first meeting went to the Gophers, with the team dominating on the court for most of the game and the traveling members of […] READ MORE


Gophers chance to crush the Orange Krush

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Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Illinois Fighting Illini When: 8:00 pm, February 12th, 2008 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: Big Ten Network Following a crazy evening that featured chants of “œLiar!” and “œSellout!” being directed at local pariah (and superfrosh) Eric Gordon, along with the infamous bump at mid-court during the opening introductions […] READ MORE