Balanced Scoring Leads Maroon to 75-56 Win

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Gopher Basketball Intra-squad scrimmages are often tough on the fans as many times down the court fans are happy with a defensive stop, but frustrated with the offense; then fans get excited about a no-look pass, but unhappy that the defense is not playing tighter off-the-ball. That sentiment continued Saturday at The Barn as the […] READ MORE


Matchup Preview: Illinois Offense vs. Minnesota Defense

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Gopher Football The Minnesota defense gets its first shot to prove that last Saturday’s debacle at Michigan State was a fluke. The Gophers had problems in about every area imaginable versus the Spartans, and they really have no where to go but up. Illinois will present an offense than can be dangerous, but if they […] READ MORE


GopherHole.com Player Spotlight: Aaron Robinson

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Gopher Basketball Aaron Robinson InfoYear: SeniorPosition: Point GuardHeight: 5’10”Weight: 175School: Guilford High SchoolHometown: Rockford, IllinoisMajor: Business Marketing Education 2003-2004 NumbersPoints per Game: 2.6Rebounds per Game: 1.1Assists per Game: 1.4Minutes per Game: 14.0Field Goal Percentage: 32.5%Three-point Percentage: 29.5%Free Throw Percentage: 75.0% 2003-2004: A Look Back Best Game: at Iowa on February 28th. Aaron’s performance against the […] READ MORE


GopherHole.com Player Spotlight: Brent Lawson

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Gopher Basketball Brent Lawson InfoYear: SeniorPosition: Guard/ForwardHeight: 6’4″Weight: 208School: Maple Grove High SchoolHometown: Maple Grove, MinnesotaMajor: Undecided 2003-2004 NumbersPoints per Game: 1.5Rebounds per Game: 1.2Assists per Game: 0.7Minutes per Game: 10.1Field Goal Percentage: 47.4%Three-point Percentage: 23.1%Free Throw Percentage: 36.4% 2003-2004: A Look Back Best Game: at Indiana on February 18th. While it wasn’t Brent’s highest […] READ MORE


Gophers fall to Michigan 27-24

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Gopher Football For the second year in a row Michigan snatches a come-from-behind 3-point victory over the Gophers. This time it wasn’t a miraculous fourth quarter comeback for Michigan but they did overcome a 24-17 deficit late in the game. It took the Wolverines just over a minute to drive 87 yards for the winning […] READ MORE


Matchup Preview: Michigan Offense vs. Gopher Defense

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Gopher Football The Gopher defense gets its biggest test of the year on Saturday when they head to Ann Arbor, Michigan to take on Braylon Edwards and the Michigan Wolverines. The Gophers are coming off another solid defensive performance in holding Penn State to 280 total yards and just 7 points. Michigan Backfield vs. Gopher […] READ MORE


Matchup Preveiw: Penn State Offense vs. Minnesota Defense

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Gopher Football The Penn State offense is coming off an anemic performance vs. Wisconsin last week. The Lions could muster only 3 points off the tough Badger defense. Of the problems for Penn State in that game were injuries to their first and second string quarterbacks. Meanwhile, the Gophers are coming off perhaps their most […] READ MORE


Matchup Preview: Minnesota Offense vs. Penn State Defense

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Gopher Football The Governor’s Bell will be at stake this weekend when the Minnesota Golden Gophers host the Nittany Lions of Penn State. This game features the two winningest active coaches in the Big Ten in Joe Paterno and Glen Mason. Minnesota is looking for its fourth consecutive win versus Penn State, something that would’ve […] READ MORE


#1 Volleyball Gets Defensive, Faces Huge Weekend

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Other Gopher Sports Last weekend, the Minnesota volleyball team made a statement to the Big Ten conference: there is no easy kill against the Gophers. On Friday night, Minnesota raced past the reeling Michigan State Spartans 30-16 30-18 30-19, holding MSU to a horrendous -.024 hitting percentage ((kill-errors)/attempts). The only player on Michigan State who […] READ MORE


Match-up: Minnesota Offense vs. Northwestern Defense

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Gopher Football The 109th season of Big Ten play kicks off for the Gophers this Saturday as the Wildcats of Northwestern University visit the Metrodome. The Minnesota-Northwestern series has been an entertaining one over the past few years, with each team winning two of the last four, one at home and one away. Northwestern picked […] READ MORE