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Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Michigan Wolverines When: 7 pm, January 21st, 2006 Where: Williams Arena ““ Minneapolis, MN Television: FSN After a winless two-game road trip, the Gopher men are back in The Barn Saturday night ““ again looking for their first conference victory. Dan Monson has had a lot of success against Michigan […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Coach Dan Monson said it all week ““ college basketball is a bottom line business. It is almost as if he was forecasting Wednesday night’s game at Iowa as the Gophers lost a heartbreaking triple overtime thriller to the Hawkeyes 76-72. The Gophers’ gutsy performance is extra tough to take as the team […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Wow. That is the first thought I had when I looked at the number of points Iowa gives up on a nightly basis. In 17 games, the Hawkeyes give up an average of 56.6 points per game. In six of those games Iowa’s opponents have scored 50 or fewer points. This is not […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Minnesota finally got off to a good start Saturday night at Purdue, but unfortunately their string of poor finishes continued. Somehow a Minnesota lead with 10 minutes remaining turned into a blowout 72-55 loss to the Boilermakers; a loss which puts the Gophers in sole possession of last place in the Big Ten […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Purdue Boilermakers When: 7 pm, January 14th, 2006 Where: Mackey Arena ““ West Lafayette, IN Television: FSN (tape delayed) Well, something has to give Saturday night when the Big Ten’s two winless teams go head to head. Both have been hit hard by injuries and other player losses this year, […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Oh the agony of hitting one of your first 21 shots. Oh the agony of making three field goals in the first half. Oh the agony of fighting your way back from a 19 point deficit to take a three-point lead, only to lose by two. Oh the agony of losing to your […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball There is good news and there is bad news following the ugly loss on Saturday. The good news is the Gophers only have to wait a couple of days to try to get back on track and avenge the Northwestern loss. To do it against rival Wisconsin only makes it that much better […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Wow. That was brutal. Outside of a late charge that was basically too late, Minnesota was completely dominated by Northwestern Saturday afternoon at The Barn. The Wildcats were sharper on offense and immensely better on defense, and the Gophers were never able to get anything going. There are plenty of numbers to tell […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Northwestern Wildcats When: 1 pm, January 7th, 2006 Where: Williams Arena ““ Minneapolis, MN Television: ESPNU/Ch. 45 Bring on the New Year and the Big Ten. While the dream of having the entire Gopher roster together at last may get delayed by the flu, Minnesota should still have enough healthy […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball They still have a ways to go, but the Gophers ended the year with a solid 40-minute performance over a pretty talented Oral Roberts team Saturday afternoon at The Barn. Moe Hargrow led the way with 23 points, and Minnesota’s defense held the Golden Eagles to just 33% shooting from the field. Oral […] READ MORE