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Gopher Basketball Editors Note: Long-time GopherHole readers know how incredible of a college basketball mind that “SelectionSunday” is. Few know the Gophers, the Big Ten and college basketball overall as well as him. His annual “who needs to win” cheat sheet for the Gophers’ RPI has become legendary, his incredible ability to beat most paid […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Iowa Head Coach Fran McCaffrey: -Has tremendous respect for Tubby Smith, and how they played tonight -Said they lost to a very good team -Minnesota is so big and strong, and that caused problems for the Hawkeyes, as all of Minnesota’s big men can score, and all of them can offensively rebound -Jared […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball The lowly Iowa Hawkeyes (7-9, 0-4) will be at Williams Arena to take on the NR/#25 Minnesota Golden Gophers (13-4, 2-3) on Sunday, January 16, 2011. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:06pm CT and the game will be broadcast to a tiny television audience via the Big Ten Network. After sitting next to Boilermaker […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Blake Hoffarber scored 26 points as Minnesota held #8 Purdue without a field goal over the final 9:21 to upset the Boilermakers, 70-67, in front of a rowdy Williams Arena crowd on Thursday night. Minnesota shot 53 percent from the field, while holding the Boilermakers to just 26 percent shooting in the second […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Post game notes and quotes following Minnesota’s 70-67 victory over Purdue… Purdue Head Coach Matt Painter: -Thought Hoffarber and Johnson had a great match-up between the two…mentioned that he’s got such a quick trigger, chich makes him tough to defend -Thought they played well today, out-rebounding Minnesota by 10 and committing fewer than […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball #8/#8 Purdue (15-1, 4-0) takes their 10-game road winning streak into Williams Arena to face the waitress-demeaning NR/#25 Minnesota Golden Gophers (12-4, 1-3). The game will take place on Thursday, January 13 with an early start time of 6pm CT, as we cater to the demands of ESPN despite being national media darlings […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball University of Minnesota director of athletics Joel Maturi and head men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith announced Wednesday that that there would be no change in the playing status of junior forward Trevor Mbakwe. “œTrevor had a lapse in judgment,” Smith said. “œI believe his actions were well intended, but misguided, and we have […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Gophers athletic director Joel Maturi is moving to suspend Trevor Mbakwe, according to a source. This comes after Mbakwe was arrested Monday night for violating a harassment restraining order. It turned out that Mbakwe sent a Facebook message to a St. Paul woman. Maturi, according to the source, has told told Mbakwe he […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Pregame Thoughts: Gophers at Ohio State, January 9, 2011 The (NR/#21) Minnesota Golden Gophers (12-3, 1-2) travel once again, this time to play the (#2/#2) Ohio State Buckeyes (15-0, 2-0). Game time is 1pm CT this Sunday, January 9, and can be seen on the Big Ten Network. Classes started up again this […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Following two straight losses to open the Big Ten conference season, #21 Minnesota overcame a six point first half deficit to defeat Indiana, 67-63 and pick up a much needed win at Williams Arena on Tuesday. With the win, Minnesota moves to 12-3 overall with a 1-2 record in the Big Ten. Trevor […] READ MORE