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Gopher Basketball Well, it’s the offseason for the Gopher Basketball team, so of course it’s time for another former local high school standout to transfer back home. This time, it’s former Oklahoma Sooner and Minneapolis Patrick Henry star Lawrence McKenzie. The ‘U’ has yet to make an official announcement, but a quote from Lawrence in […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The Minnesota Senate State and Local Government Operations Committee approved the U of Minnesota Football Stadium Bill (SF0237) today. The bill now moves on to the Senate Finance Committee. Discussion on the bill was brief and mostly positive toward the bill. One of the bill’s sponsors Senator Geoff Michel made some opening comments […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Iowa State Cyclones When: 11:30 am, March 18th, 2005 Where: Charlotte Coliseum – Charlotte, NC Television: CBS Do you have any idea how long I’ve been waiting to write a preview for a Gopher NCAA Tournament game? Of course you do. It’s been six years almost to the day since […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball The Gopher women’s basketball team was awarded a surprise No. 3 seed for the upcoming NCAA tourney, and they’ll host 14th-seeded St. Francis at approximately 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Williams Arena. The Gophers were placed in the Tempe Bracket, in which their road for a repeat trip for a 2nd straight Final Four […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Ok, so I lied a little bit. After the Gophers locked up an NCAA bid by beating Indiana yesterday, I said that I could really care less what happened against Illinois today. Yet, when the Minnesota drew within 20-22 late in the first half, within 51-53 with 6:00 left in the game, and […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Indiana Hoosiers When: 1:30 pm, March 11th, 2005 Where: United Center – Chicago, IL Television: ESPN Tourney time is here, and for the first time in several years, it has a chance to be a very happy time for Minnesota fans. The Gophers have their first-ever opening round bye in […] READ MORE
Gopher Football 2004 will go down as another memorable year for the Gopher rushing attack. Despite the loss of star fullback Thomas Tapeh, the Minnesota ground game continued to pound on opponents this past season. The overall rushing totals were slightly down, but both Marion Barber and Laurence Maroney helped fill the void with improved […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball If Gopher star Janel McCarville sees Michigan State’s Kelli Roehrig again, it might be in a nightmare. Roehrig and her teammates held McCarville to 1 of 18 shooting from the field as MSU survived a determined Gopher team, 55-49, in the Big 10 tournament championship game Monday night in Indianapolis. The Gophers will […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Going into Sunday’s game against No. 3-ranked Ohio State, the Gopher women’s basketball team had 23 wins, but they hadn’t beaten a team ahead of them in the national rankings or the conference standings. The Gophers got the marquee victory they had been looking for when they outlasted the Buckeyes, 66-63 in overtime […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The 2004 Gopher defensive line turned in a season that was eerily similar to the previous one. With the exception of Darrell Reid, the line really struggled to apply consistent pressure on the quarterback, and ultimately it led to more career best passing game from opposition quarterbacks. The rushing defense was also similar […] READ MORE