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Gopher Basketball The 2007-08 college basketball kicks off at 3 p.m. Central Time today with a tangle between Richmond and Maine in Memphis. Looking to get the upcoming season off to a bigger bang than this inaugural game, I’ve decided to do a week-long preview of the national scene, for each day of the working […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Can you feel the crispness in the air? Autumn has settled upon us and with winter coming soon, we can be heartened by at least one thing-the Gopher basketball season is. In fact, we are now less than one month away from the official start to the season. With the season imminent, I […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball What do to in the middle of July when the familiar Minnesota refrain of “it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity” is frequently heard, when the Minnesota Twins’ season is fading into oblivion, and the college basketball season is still four months away? I decided to come up with an utterly subjective, fairly […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball I was curious. It is often bandied about that the University of Minnesota is one of few institution that can stake the claim of existing in a state where they are the only university with Division 1 athletics in football and basketball. But I wasn’t interested if we were on par with the […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Official confirmation from the University of Minnesota won’t come until Friday, but numerous local and national sources are reporting that Orlando “œTubby” Smith is set to resign as the head coach at Kentucky and become the new Gopher Basketball head coach. ESPN.com reports that Smith has already informed the Kentucky athletic department and […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball I’m feeling rejuvenated, let’s run through the next 32 teams. . . East1. Will anyone be able to keep pace with the Tar Heels?UNC anchors the one spot in the deepest region from my perspective and there will be strong challenges starting in round two. But none of the potential teams they would […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Cue up the music to Jay-Z’s 99 Problems please I’ve got 65 questions and ummm, a bitch ain’t one. I’m going to run through each team in the tournament and ask a question of each, some pertaining to the action we’ll be seeing the next three weeks, some pertaining to the general world […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball On the bright side, the Gopher defense held Michigan to a frigid 27% shooting from the field and gave up just 49 points. On the not-so-bright side, the Gophers only scored 40 points themselves and lost 49-40. While some tournament magic would have been nice, I guess this was probably the more fitting […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball The biggest Gopher Fan in the world could not find many positives during this 47-66 point loss at Purdue. The U didn’t lead the entire game, and they had season high 28 turnovers compared to Purdue’s 14. On top of this, it really looked like the Gophers collapsed, instead of trying to gain […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Well, when enormous snowfalls arrive, you can figure March Madness is right around the corner. After an afternoon spent shovelling my lengthy driveway and sidewalk, I can tell you this-this Ramble will be one of the shorter entries. That’s probably alright anyway, since expounding upon the struggles of our Golden Gophers is just […] READ MORE