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Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: North Dakota St. Bison When: 6:00 pm, November 18th, 2005 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: Fox Sports North Well, it ain’t Wisconsin or Iowa, but North Dakota does border us, so I guess that makes tonight’s season opener a rivalry game. True, the Gophers and North Dakota State […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Tonight the effort was there, but so was some of the rust. But fortunately Adam Boone was deadly from the outside and J’son Stamper brought the second half energy and blue collar work ethic and in turn, the Gophers pulled away from the Bulldogs for a 78-64 win at The Barn. The 14″”point […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs When: 7:00 pm, November 10th, 2005 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: None If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. The Gophers definitely did not succeed in their exhibition opener on Saturday, so they’ll give it another try Thursday night when their cross-state “œrivals” come […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Most of the reports from today’s 59-50 Gopher win over Southwest Minnesota State will probably be negative. But rest assured there were a few positives for the Gophers. First and foremost, due to the 3:00 pm start time, most of the guys on the team were likely able to see the dominating third […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: SW Minnesota State Mustangs When: 3:00 pm, November 5th, 2005 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: None Happy days are here again! As usual, the 7-month off-season has both dragged along and flown by, and another season of Golden Gopher Basketball is again upon us. And unlike a year […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball It was great being back in The Barn tonight and it was even better knowing that defensive pressure is the focal point of the teams first two weeks of practice. Inter-squad scrimmages are tough on a fan as a good offensive move can easily be interpreted as bad footwork on defense or vice […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Originally published by Nadine Babu for the Barnyard during the 2005-06 Basketball season NB: Do you have any nicknames (particularly for people who have troubles pronouncing your name)? JAS: “œNot really”¦Abu” NB: You were at Mr. Basketball finalist, and a highly recruited player ““ why did you decide to walk-on at the U? […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball A few weeks ago at the Sabes Invitational, I said that watching the loaded Howard Pulley Panthers play this year was about all a Gopher hoops fan could ask for. I stand corrected. Watching the Howard Pulley Panthers scrimmage against the Gophers is about all you could ask for. That’s exactly what happened […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Well, it’s the offseason for the Gopher Basketball team, so of course it’s time for another former local high school standout to transfer back home. This time, it’s former Oklahoma Sooner and Minneapolis Patrick Henry star Lawrence McKenzie. The ‘U’ has yet to make an official announcement, but a quote from Lawrence in […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Baylor’s Sophia Young showed why she is an All-American, when she almost single-handedly ended the Gopher women’s basketball season Sunday night in the NCAA tourney in Tempe, AZ. In the much-anticipated matchup between Baylor’s Young and Steffanie Blackmon, and the Gophers’ Janel McCarville and Jamie Broback, Baylor’s inside tandem outplayed the Gopher duo […] READ MORE