Ohio State is on another level. [Read more…]
Follow paulmbanksMbakwe, Gophers Look Better in Narrow Loss to Ohio State
January 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Gophers Look Shaky in First Game Without Devoe Joseph
January 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
If Gopher fans were looking for encouragement after their program’s week from hell, they didn’t find it Tuesday night. [Read more…]
Follow paulmbanksA Bad Week for Gopher Basketball
January 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A season that had only one blemish the first 361 days of 2010 has quickly turned into a nightmare of a new year for Minnesota Gophers Basketball. [Read more…]
Follow paulmbanks2010 Minnesota Gophers Basketball Season Preview
October 28, 2010 By 1 Comment
Some would say that the Gophers basketball team overachieved last year. [Read more…]
Follow paulmbanksCory Joseph Spurns Minnesota, Chooses Texas
May 3, 2010 By 2 Comments
By Mike Gallagher
This isn’t exactly what the Minnesota Gophers basketball team had in mind when picturing their offseason. [Read more…]
Follow paulmbanksNCAA Tournament Preview: Minnesota vs. Xavier
March 16, 2010 By 2 Comments
By Mike Gallagher
So begins the most exciting sports event of the year.
Yeah, there’s the Super Bowl, the MLB playoffs, the BCS, but none compares to an event like this. There’s simply nothing else like it. [Read more…]
Follow paulmbanksGophers Dominate Penn State, Dominoes Begin to Fall
March 12, 2010 By 1 Comment
By Mike Gallagher
After an up and down end to the regular season, no one really knew what to expect heading into a match-up with Penn State that posed a few problems for the Minnesota Gophers basketball team. [Read more…]
Follow paulmbanksGophers Al Nolen Done For Season; Royce White Officially Gone
February 5, 2010 By 1 Comment
By Mike Gallagher
Al Nolen’s appeal for re-instatement was denied Tuesday, while Royce White’s saga officially came to an end on Wednesday, two things that are desperately hurting the Gophers on the floor in their quest to the NCAA tournament.
At this point, after their helpless effort at Ohio State Sunday, Tubby Smith can’t even comprehend the idea of the NCAA tournament. [Read more…]
Follow paulmbanksGophers Hopes Fading With Heartbreaking Loss to Michigan State
January 23, 2010 By 1 Comment
By Mike Gallagher
What a difference a week makes…..
The Golden Gopher basketball team’s hopes were higher than ever at the beginning of this week, with Royce White practicing for the first time in nearly three months.
The next day things took a drastic turn for the worst. One of the nation’s top perimeter defenders and captain of the Gopher offense, point guard Al Nolen, was ruled academically ineligible by the NCAA.
It seems that’s how the season has gone for the Gophers, good news followed by equally damaging information.
Follow paulmbanksWithout Press, Gophers Merely Average
January 19, 2010 By 1 Comment
By Mike Gallagher
Losing three out of the last four games isn’t exactly what Tubby Smith had in mind after starting the conference season with back to back wins, but as we’re quickly discovering, the Gophers may not be what our minds told us.
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