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Wally Ellenson, a 6-foot-5, 195-pound rising senior wing from Rice Lake (Wis.) High, received a scholarship offer Saturday from Minnesota Gopher head coach Tubby Smith. Ellenson, who is one of the top players in the Midwest in the Class of 2012, shined this summer as a member of Minnesota Pump N Run AAU program this […] READ MORE
Nick Banyard, a 6-foot-8 forward from Flower Mound (TX) Marcus, helped lead Texas Assault to the adidas Super 64 17-and-under title last week. Banyard was part of a Marauders’ team that won the Texas Class 5A state title. Banyard has received plenty of recruiting interest from several top programs, including Minnesota. Head coach Tubby Smith […] READ MORE
Nick Banyard, a 6-foot-8 forward from Flower Mound (TX) Marcus, helped lead Texas Assault to the adidas Super 64 17-and-under title last week. Banyard was part of a Marauders’ team that won the Texas Class 5A state title. Banyard has received plenty of recruiting interest from several top programs, including Minnesota. Head coach Tubby Smith […] READ MORE
For most college kids, the summer represents an opportunity to hang out with friends and catch some sun. For Gopher guard Austin Hollins, this summer already presented the opportunity to represent his country for Reach USA, travel to China playing basketball and work on his game with players across the country. GopherHole’s Nadine Babu caught […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball STADIUM VILLAGE, U.S.A. — Folks, I’ve enjoyed contributing what I could to this board for the nearly completed 2010-11 college basketball campaign. Like Nadine said in her Strib blog a few days ago, I, too, always feel a twinge of sadness as the season nears its conclusion. For some reason, since I was […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball The Lenten season has begun and hopefully the Gophers can make an honest attempt at giving up losing. For Tubby’s Tots to play more than two games during the remaining days of March, divine intervention may be required. Tipoff is scheduled for 1:30pm CT on Thursday, March 10, when Minnesota (17-13, 6-12) faces […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Minnesota junior forward Trevor Mbakwe was named Second Team All-Big Ten by Big Ten coaches and the media and senior guard Blake Hoffarber was named All-Big Ten Honorable Mention by the media as the Big Ten Conference released the 2010-11 All-Big Ten men’s basketball teams. Mbakwe is the first Gopher player to be […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Heading into conference tournament play, it appears the Big Ten has four locks for the NCAA Tournament. … Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin and Illinois. The main question to be answered Thursday through Sunday at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis is, will Michigan, Michigan State and/or Penn State be able to join the NCAA party? […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Penn State Head Coach Ed DeChellis: – We had a chance to beat Purdue on the Road, a chance to beat Ohio State on the road, and it was a great testament to our kids to come in here and get a win. To finish tied for fourth, I’m so proud of our […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball As of Thursday — the morning after the Gophers were officially laid to rest despite an absolutely horrible NCAA at-large bubble — by my calculation there are 27 teams (and I use that term loosely) battling for 8 available at-large bids. This time I won’t designate which bubble teams teams I would select […] READ MORE