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Gopher Basketball The 9,330 Minnesota fans who braved the cold and ventured to Williams Arena Wednesday night were rewarded. They were able to watch the Gophers put together their most complete and most dominating performance of the season against a St. Francis team that (despite how they looked tonight) isn’t too bad. The Red Flash […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: St. Francis Red Flash When: 6 pm, December 22nd, 2004 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: None First things first: make sure you note the early start time for this game (the Gopher Men’s Hockey team plays at Mariucci at 8 pm). Fresh off of final exams, and with […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Like the Gophers, the Drake Bulldogs will be trying to rebound from a loss. The Bulldogs record dropped to 5-3 with an 80-69 home loss to in-state rival Iowa on Saturday. The Gophers and Drake played last year in Des Moines and the Gophers emerged with a 73-50 victory. Drake finished with a […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Well, my preview focus on Craig Franklin potentially making a difference didn’t pan out. The senior did play all 40 minutes in his season debut, but he scored just 4 points. It turned out to be the play of 7’1″ Deji Akindele (a sophomore with the potential to dominate the Mid-Continent Conference) that […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Chicago State Cougars When: 7 pm, December 15th, 2004 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: None It’s a good thing I decided to do a little more research before writing this preview, because I was about to take a different tone. I was going to talk about how this […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball The date, December 14, has been circled since the 2004-2005 women’s basketball schedule was first announced. On Tuesday, two of last year’s Final Four teams will square off at Williams Arena. The Gopher women’s team will entertain No. 1-ranked Louisiana State University (LSU) in a nationally televised game at 6 p.m. on ESPN2. […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball It was probably to be expected. Coming off a huge road win and facing a team that wasn’t supposed to be a match for them, the Gophers were a little off their game against the Central Michigan Chippewas. I purposely did not use the words “flat” or “sluggish”, because I didn’t have that […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Central Michigan Chippewas When: Noon, December 11th, 2004 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: Fox Sports North Being a Central Michigan fan in recent years has been a roller coaster ride. For four years running now, the Chippewas have alternated between first and last place in the MAC. Two […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball It’s amazing what a little team play, hustle, solid defense and persistence can produce. For the Minnesota Gophers, this formula was enough to provide the program’s first road non-conference win in four years as they defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers 57-48. The win snapped Nebraska’s 16-game home non-conference winning streak and was huge for […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Nebraska Cornhuskers When: 8:00 pm, December 8th, 2004 Where: Bob Devaney Sports Center – Lincoln, NE Television: ESPN2 Did you ever think you’d live to see the day when Gopher fans would prefer to play Nebraska in football rather than basketball? Well, for the second year in a row, that’s […] READ MORE