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Richard Coffey is a Gophers fan favorite more than two decades after he helped lead the U to the Elite 8. Amir Coffey, a 6-foot-5 freshman wing from Hopkins, comes from a basketball family. His father, Richard, played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1986-90 and one season with the Minnesota Timberwolves. His older sister, […] READ MORE
WINTER WONDERLAND, MN — Now that we’re a solid month into the 2012-13 college hoops season, enough time has passed to put together our first in-season NCAA Tournament “Field of 68” projection. Not surprisingly, in early December the Gophers are easily projected into the field, a common occurrence during Tubby Smith’s six years in Dinkytown. However, we […] READ MORE
The Gophers are 61-1 all-time vs. the Summit League and 26-1 all-time vs. North Dakota State, so those that bet on sports have to favor Minnesota head-to-head on Tuesday night. Here are the U’s notes and tid-bits about the game. SERIES INFORMATION Series: 28th Meeting (26-1) Series Home/Away: 25-1/1-0 Current Streak: W-15 Last Meeting: W, […] READ MORE
Sophomore Andre Hollins has been the Gophers top story early this season. We’re almost to that bleak, awful part of the year where students are on winter break and finals are starting, meaning college basketball basically gets put on hold. Seriously, after the NDSU game on Tuesday the Gophers only play once in 20 days. […] READ MORE
We’ve passed one milestone of the college basketball season. Most of the in-season tournaments and significant conference challenges (ACC/Big Ten, Big East/SEC) have been completed. Though there’s still a long and winding road to the finish line, we now have a little better feel for who’s gonna’ be good, and which teams look like they’re headed toward “bust” territory. To that […] READ MORE
Tubby has gone “all in” to raise money during Movember. It was a weekend we’d all had circled on our calendars since the middle of summer. Not just because there would be heaps of stuffing, slices of jellied cranberry sauce and piles of dark turkey meat. No, this was the Battle 4 Atlantis. An international […] READ MORE
Vaughn is a special talent that would look fantastic in maroon and gold. Rashad Vaughn, a 6-foot-5 junior guard from Robbinsdale Cooper, is a prized in-state recruit for the Minnesota Gophers. Vaughn tweeted that he will cut his list later this week. GopherHole.com recently caught up with Vaughn to learn the latest on his recruitment. […] READ MORE
This week we’re going heavy on last week’s results, predictions, lists, and our first real look at some RPI numbers courtesy of Jerry Palm at CBSSports.com. With 19 of the 21 notable exempt tournaments now concluded, the RPI is gradually taking shape. RPI rankings will make even more sense next week, after the ACC/Big Ten and Big East/SEC have completed their […] READ MORE
The Stanford Cardinals easily handled the Gophers in the 2012 NIT Finals. SERIES INFORMATION Series: Sixth meeting (4-1) Series (Neutral): Third meeting (1-1) Current Streak: L-1 Last Meeting: March 29, 2012 (L, 75-51 – NIT) Tubby Smith vs. Stanford: Third meeting (1-1) Minnesota vs. Pac-12: 38-27 Tubby Smith vs. Pac-12: 15-5 Game day […] READ MORE
Gophers sophomore Andre Hollins was all smiles after his 41 point performance against his hometown Memphis Tigers. Andre Hollins had a lot to deal with as he and his Minnesota teammates prepared to face Memphis in the Battle 4 Atlantis. His grandmother died last weekend. And across the court from him Friday were a lot […] READ MORE