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Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Arizona State Sun Devils When: 9:30 pm, December 5th, 2005 Where: Wells Fargo Arena ““ Tempe, AZ Television: Fox Sports Net Ordinarily a trip to a name school in a rebuilding year is a great opportunity to get a tournament resume-building win. But with a couple of 20 ppg scorers […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball The goals were simple today for the Gophers, get a win and add a badly need body to an already thin roster. Oh, and keeping the coaching staff in tact for all 40 minutes is not a bad bonus. Minnesota achieved all three on a snowy Saturday afternoon at The Barn with its […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Coastal Carolina Chanticleers When: Noon, December 3rd, 2005 Where: Williams Arena ““ Minneapolis, MN Television: None Coastal Carolina will hopefully be what the doctor ordered Saturday afternoon for a tired and injury-depleted Gopher team in the middle of a tough five-game stretch. The good news is that Rico Tucker will […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball At the start of the season, the Minnesota Gophers were excited about a nice combination of depth, experience and young guys. Two weeks into the season and on its biggest game of the year to date, the Gophers found themselves in the second half without their head coach, two best players, top rated […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Maryland Terrapins When: 6:30 pm, November 30th, 2005 Where: Comcast Center – College Park, MD Television: ESPN2 Having to go on the road to play a Top 25 team less than 48 hours after a hard-fought but disappointing home loss is probably not what the doctor ordered ““ at least […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball When an opponent hits 12/20 three-point attempts it hurts you. When an opponent hits an old-fashioned three-point play with less than four seconds remaining trailing by two points it kills you. And that was exactly the formula at The Barn on Monday night as Gardner-Webb shocked the Minnesota Gophers with a surprising 73-72 […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Gardner Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs When: 7:00 pm, November 28th, 2005 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: None It seems like every year there’s a team on Minnesota’s schedule you’ve never heard of and expect to be a cupcake, but then there’s something that says this might not be so […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball After an expectedly slow start, Minnesota turned in its best performance of the season Saturday afternoon against UT-Chattanooga. And the fact that it happened with Vincent Grier in street clothes is pretty encouraging. This team still has quite a ways left to go, but the road looks much shorter than it did 24 […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Ut-Chattanooga Mocs When: 3:00 pm, November 26th, 2005 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: Fox Sports North Saturday’s second game of the regular season brings a first glimpse at the new-look Gophers. Unfortunately, “œnew-look” doesn’t mean the debut of Kevin Payton orRico Tucker . It of course means the […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball The regular season didn’t start with a bang, but rather a squeak, as the Gopher men’s basketball team edged by North Dakota State University 70-57 on Friday night in a game that was closer for longer than many of the Williams Arena faithful found comfortable. Minnesota struggled early on, plagued by a near-lethal […] READ MORE