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Gopher Basketball The NR/#25 Minnesota Golden Gophers (16-8, 5-7) look to defeat the Iowa Hawkeyes (10-14, 3-9) for the 100th time on Sunday, February 13, 2011. The game tips at 5:06pm CT and will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network, with Eric Collins doing the play-by-play and former Hawkeye Kenyon Murray providing color. As […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Somehow, after an 11-1 start that included wins over likely NCAA Tournament teams North Carolina and West Virginia, the Gophers have managed to work themselves from safely in the NCAA Tournament field to the wrong side of the dreaded bubble. The question now is, in their remaining six regular-season games (plus the Big […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Following Minnesota’s 71-62 loss to the Illinois Fighting Illini, Minnesota head coach Tubby Smith, Illinois head coach Bruce Weber, and Gopher players Ralph Sampson and Trevor Mbakwe reacted to the game. Illinois Head Coach Bruce Weber… -Obviously it’s a huge win tonight. It’s always great to get a road win, and to get […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball NW: What are your thoughts on having your jersey retired here today? DG: Well, it’s been quite a whirl wind. Many, many teammates and family (are here today). It’s been quite a whirl wind. It has been great. NW: Of course, you played with Charley Mencel, who has his jersey retires a few […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball The NR/#25 Minnesota Golden Gophers (16-7, 5-6) try to end a three game skid against the Fighting Illini of Illinois (15-8, 5-5) on Thursday, February 10th. ESPN will broadcast the game starting at 8pm CT with Bob Wischusen and former Illini Stephen Bardo on the call. Only twice in his head coaching career […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball After Sunday’s 82-69 loss to undefeated Ohio State (no shame in that, the Buckeyes looked every bit the part of its #1 ranking), the Gophers have hit a crossroads in their 2010-11 campaign. There’s no dancing around it. Thursday’s game vs. Illinois — another potential “bubbler” — is absolutely critical, and certainly the […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Ohio State Coach Thad Matta… -Thought his guys had a good mentality coming into the game. -“What an environment out there today” -Feels bad for Minnesota, the way injuries have eaten them up, including today -Said Nolan was pretty effective against them the first time, so that was a big loss -MN was […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Super Bowl Sunday just got a lot more interesting for Minnesota sports fans. The undefeated and top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes (23-0, 10-0) survived a slow first half against Michigan on Thursday to maintain their unblemished record, winning 62-53 behind the effort of freshman phenom Jared Sullinger’s 19 points and 11 rebounds. At 1pm […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Fear not Gopher basketball fans, as of today (Feb. 4) our beloved Gophers are light years removed from the bubble cutline. But a word of warning. … if the Gophers lose their next two games, both at home and both vs. likely NCAA squads, they will officially go to my bubble. Win either […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball On Tuesday, Minnesota beat the bad weather and made it safely to Bloomington, Indiana. On Wednesday, they will look to beat a bad team in Assembly Hall. The game between the #18/#20 Gophers (16-5, 5-4) and Indiana Hoosiers (11-11, 2-7) is scheduled for 5:30pm CT, although some are worried that the game could […] READ MORE