From The Barn

Postseason Inventory

Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by Face.

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First off, a belated congratulations to the entire Gopher men’s basketball team for showing up to play against the seething, tenacious 2009-2010 Iowa Hawkeyes. Honestly, it probably wouldn’t have surprised even the most skeptical of Gopher fans had Minnesota dropped the season finale on Senior Night against arguably the worst team in the conference. Such [...]

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The Worst: Michigan 83 – Gophers 55

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Face.

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Pathetic. Embarrassing. Unbelievable. What ever negative word someone wants to use to describe the Gophers effortless, aloof performance against the Michigan Wolverines would probably be deserved. At a time when Minnesota needed to come out firing against a team with nothing to play for, a time that called for nothing more than a solid performance [...]

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It’s a Blowout!: Gophers 81 – Indiana 58

Posted on 21. Feb, 2010 by Face.

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Two days after ripping Wisconsin with the season on the line at Williams Arena, the Gophers once again came back ready to play and dumped the Indiana Hoosiers by 23 points. The Gophers held Indiana to 32% shooting from the field and, perhaps more important, didn’t allow them to get anything going from beyond the [...]

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Buzzed! Gophers 68 – Wisconsin 52

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by Face.

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Well I’ll be….where in the name of Clem Haskins has this team been all season. Intensity, concentration, EXECUTION. If all it takes is a shaved head to win in this business, than maybe Joel Maturi should consider bringing Andre Agassi on board as a consultant.
Not that it even comes close to making up for the [...]

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Bubble burst(ing) Michigan 71 – Gophers 63

Posted on 12. Feb, 2010 by Face.

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I came into yesterday’s game with above-average expectations for a team that, for the most part, has underachieved all season. They’d been up and down for the better part of the last month but were coming off a stretch where they had won two of three and seemed to have been gaining some momentum after [...]

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Elliott Eliason: an update

Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by Face.

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When we last checked in, Elliott Eliason had committed to the Minnesota Gophers for the 2010-11 season, becoming one of two major recruits for the team going into next year. Con Marshall from the Chadron Record, a local newspaper in Eliason’s hometown, took the time to update From The Barn on how Eliason’s senior season [...]

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By the Numbers: Nine to Go

Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by Face.

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Gophers: 13-8, 4-5 in the Big Ten. Nine games to go. Lost four of their last five. Can things look bleaker?
It’s hard not to be discouraged after a season in which such high hopes have disintegrated into an abysmal pool of mediocrity. Results have fallen miles short of expectations, players have walked away from the [...]

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Ugly: Ohio State 85 – Gophers 63

Posted on 01. Feb, 2010 by Face.

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After an encouraging victory at home over a legitimate Northwestern team, the Gophers went on the road to Ohio State in hopes of building on their glimmer of success. What we saw, though, was perhaps the worst performance of the year from Minnesota at a point in the season where you’d like to see quite [...]

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Turnaround Time: Gophers 65 – Northwestern 61

Posted on 27. Jan, 2010 by Face.

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The Gophers came into their contest against Northwestern sitting squarely on the bubble of the NCAA Tournament and desperately in need of stopping a three-game slide that had included meltdowns and upsets. A loss against Northwestern would have meant an almost insurmountable road to the Big Dance and another “should’ve” miss that has plagued the [...]

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Barn Blurbs 1/25/2010

Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Face.

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Royce White was officially charged in the missing laptop incident. Still unclear if/when he will join the team.
It goes without saying, but as Wisconsin found out there are no easy games in Big Ten play.
Iowa goes to Bloomington and mauls Indiana by 15. Really?
Michigan State has decided to redesign it’s classic Spartan logo into a [...]

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Quick Thoughts

Posted on 23. Jan, 2010 by Face.

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An incredibly tough loss to swallow for several reasons. Not only did the Gophers control the game for 34.5 minutes, but they actually looked like they understood how to score consistently against a difficult team. However, their panicked, inexperienced-looking final four minutes just sh0wed how far they are from being a team that can handle [...]

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Wanted: New Starting PG

Posted on 21. Jan, 2010 by Face.

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As if the hits wouldn’t stop coming for Minnesota, it’s starting to look like a distinct possibility that Al Nolen could be lost for the rest of the season due to academic ineligibility. The full story is still coming together, and it’s possible that he might find himself off the hook due to an NCAA [...]