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


Adam Boone Out Until January or Later

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Gopher Basketball The Gophers received some very bad news this week when senior guard Adam Boone suffered a torn biceps tendon during preseason workouts. After having successful surgery today, the team announced that Adam will miss at least 3 months and could potentially be lost for the season. On a personal level, this is obviously […] READ MORE


GopherHole.com Player Spotlight: Moe Hargrow

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Gopher Basketball Moe Hargrow InfoYear: SeniorPosition: GuardHeight: 6’4″Weight: 193School: Highland Park High SchoolHometown: St. Paul, MinnesotaMajor: Undecided 2003-2004 NumbersPoints per Game: 11.4Rebounds per Game: 4.4Assists per Game: 2.8Minutes per Game: 31.1Field Goal Percentage: 39.4%Three-point Percentage: 36.7%Free Throw Percentage: 61.8% 2003-2004: A Look Back Best Game: vs. Oral Roberts on December 12th. After a somewhat sluggish […] READ MORE


GopherHole.com Player Spotlight: Jeff Hagen

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Gopher Basketball Jeff Hagen InfoYear: Redshirt SeniorPosition: CenterHeight: 7’0″Weight: 262School: Hopkins High SchoolHometown: Minnetonka, MinnesotaMajor: Psychology/Coaching 2002-2003 NumbersPoints per Game: 4.3Rebounds per Game: 3.6Assists per Game: 1.3Minutes per Game: 16.0Field Goal Percentage: 47.4%Three-point Percentage: NAFree Throw Percentage: 68.3% 2003-2004: A Look Back Best Game: vs. Michigan on February 11th. For the second year in a […] READ MORE


Freshmen Showing Improvement as Scrimmages Conclude

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Gopher Basketball While the Minnesota summer isn’t over yet, the summer scrimmages at Williams Arena have come to an end. The players will now get several weeks off in between the end of summer school and the start of fall semester. The most positive sign from the final day was the noticeable improvement several of […] READ MORE


GopherHole.com Player Spotlight: Adam Boone

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Gopher Basketball Adam Boone InfoYear: SeniorPosition: GuardHeight: 6’3″Weight: 197School: Minnetonka High SchoolHometown: Minneapolis, MinnesotaMajor: Economics 2003-2004 NumbersPoints per Game: 8.4Rebounds per Game: 3.3Assists per Game: 4.1Minutes per Game: 32.0Field Goal Percentage: 36.3%Three-point Percentage: 28.9%Free Throw Percentage: 76.7% 2003-2004: A Look Back Best Game: vs. Furman on November 30th. People might tend to scoff at referring […] READ MORE


Intensity Fuels Mid-Summer Scrimmage

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Gopher Basketball This week’s scrimmage at The Barn had a different feel than weeks past and that is in large part due to a few unfamiliar non-Gophers in attendance. In addition to the majority of 2004-05 Gophers, Oklahoma’s Johnnie Gilbert and Lawrence McKenzie as well as Wisconsin’s Kammron Taylor scrimmaged, and with it, brought intensity […] READ MORE


New Gophers Impress with Shooting

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Gopher Basketball It’s a pretty common opinion that outside shooting will not be Minnesota’s strength this season, and that’s a fair assessment. But the Gophers have added several players who are at least good enough shooters to keep defenses honest, and their shots were falling at a pretty good clip in the latest session of […] READ MORE


Newcomers Impress Again at Gopher Scrimmage

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Gopher Basketball While the games don’t count and the intensity doesn’t match that of a Big Ten game in front of 15,000 fans, one thing is clear from watching another recent session of pick-up games at Williams Arena: the Gopher Basketball team is adding a significant amount of talent this season. The two most impressive […] READ MORE