Recruiting Articles

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

Gopher Basketball Ohio State Coach Thad Matta… -Thought his guys had a good mentality coming into the game. -“What an environment out there today” -Feels bad for Minnesota, the way injuries have eaten them up, including today -Said Nolan was pretty effective against them the first time, so that was a big loss -MN was […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball On Tuesday, Minnesota beat the bad weather and made it safely to Bloomington, Indiana. On Wednesday, they will look to beat a bad team in Assembly Hall. The game between the #18/#20 Gophers (16-5, 5-4) and Indiana Hoosiers (11-11, 2-7) is scheduled for 5:30pm CT, although some are worried that the game could […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball It’s Zantac time for college basketball coaches and fans across the country. Tomorrow (February 1st) means college basketball’s version of crunch time has arrived, and to this point our Golden Gophers — despite much angst and consternation on this board due to on and off-court issues — have placed themselves in excellent position […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball Starting this week, we’ll add Nebraska to the Big Ten data. Time to start seeing where the Cornhuskers might fit in the Big Ten pecking order. All RPI references are courtesy of Jerry Palm at collegerpi.com, through games played Thursday, January 27. RPI Sweet 161. BYU (19-1)2. Kansas (19-1)3. San Diego State (18-1)4. […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball Ramblings from the weekend that was in college basketball, and a special shout-out to Al Nolen’s ankle. Heal, heal, heal. I don’t think this team’s going to the NCAA Tournament if Al’s out for any extended period of time. But then again, it is situations like these when I’m thankful the Gophers now […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball After a five day break from competition, the #15/#19 Minnesota Golden Gophers (14-4, 3-3) travel to Ann Arbor to take on the Michigan Wolverines (11-8, 1-5) at Crisler Arena. Game time is set for 6:01pm CT this Saturday, January 22, 2011, and will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network. Charissa Thompson will […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball Editors Note: Long-time GopherHole readers know how incredible of a college basketball mind that “SelectionSunday” is. Few know the Gophers, the Big Ten and college basketball overall as well as him. His annual “who needs to win” cheat sheet for the Gophers’ RPI has become legendary, his incredible ability to beat most paid […] READ MORE

Gopher Basketball The lowly Iowa Hawkeyes (7-9, 0-4) will be at Williams Arena to take on the NR/#25 Minnesota Golden Gophers (13-4, 2-3) on Sunday, January 16, 2011. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:06pm CT and the game will be broadcast to a tiny television audience via the Big Ten Network. After sitting next to Boilermaker […] READ MORE