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Gopher Basketball The Gopher women’s basketball team used solid defensive efforts in home games against Northwestern and Indiana to open Big 10 Conference play with two victories. The Gophers (11-2; 2-0) play their first conference road game Thursday against Wisconsin in a regionally-televised game on Fox Sports Network. Guard April Calhoun keyed a defense that […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The new look Gopher defense hopes to change its fortune in the Music City Bowl against an Alabama offense that has been ravaged by injuries. Minnesota ‘D’ struggled for most of the year, finishing just 85th in the nation in total defense. Due to numerous injuries, Alabama’s offense has been even worse than […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Floor burns, defensive pressure, an extra pass and smiles are the makeup for the 2004-05 Gopher basketball team, and it was this formula that led to an easy 94-59 Minnesota victory over North Carolina-Greensboro Wednesday night at The Barn. A minor disciplinary move by Coach Monson (Aaron Robinson was a few minutes late […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: UNC Greensboro Spartans When: 7 pm, December 29th, 2004 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: Fox Sports North Big Ten season is just 11 days away, and fans are starting to get a little bit antsy. Each team has about 10 games under their belt, so we now have […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Like the Gophers, the Drake Bulldogs will be trying to rebound from a loss. The Bulldogs record dropped to 5-3 with an 80-69 home loss to in-state rival Iowa on Saturday. The Gophers and Drake played last year in Des Moines and the Gophers emerged with a 73-50 victory. Drake finished with a […] READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports After the Gophers let game two slip away to the USC Trojans last night in Long Beach, volleyball fans might’ve thought that Minnesota was finished. The thought continued into game three, when the Gophers let another big lead slip away. However, the team showed the same grit and resolve that has gotten […] READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports Minnesota defeated Ohio State 30-32 34-32 27-30 30-28 15-8 to earn their second consecutive Final Four appearance. Volleyball fans definitely got their money’s worth at the Minneapolis regional this weekend. Just when you didn’t think that Friday’s classic against Georgia Tech could be matched, Stacey Gordon puts on a show for the […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Florida State Seminoles When: 6:30 pm, November 30th, 2004 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: ESPN2 Two teams coming off of long road trips (I guess Florida State is still on one) and sporting two-game losing streaks square off Tuesday on Day 2 of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Their […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Anyone who has done some serious goal setting knows that the important thing about the process is to set goals that are challenging but still achievable. Simply put: You don’t want to set the bar too low thereby squandering your potential and you don’t want to set it too high, thus setting yourself […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball A 1-2 record in the Great Alaska Shootout was the likely outcome for Minnesota heading into this weekend. That’s what they got, and they did do it the good way (beating Furman in the opening round) rather than the bad (beating DII Alaska-Anchorage in the consolation bracket). Still, one more victory would really […] READ MORE