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Barn Blurbs – 4/18/12
Posted on 18. Apr, 2012 by zipsofakron.
Good news was heard ’round Gopher Nation this week when Trevor Mbakwe officially announced via Twitter and a cool YouTube video that he would be returning for his tenth and final season at the college level. This, of course, means that Gophers should be taken extremely seriously next season, returning essentially every player they had this [...]
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So long, Chip! Armelin decides to transfer
Posted on 10. Apr, 2012 by zipsofakron.
Amid the speculation surrounding Trevor Mbakwe’s possible return to the Gophers and the administrative effects it would have on the team and its available scholarships, Chip Armelin made the foreseeable future a bit less messy by announcing that he will be taking his talents elsewhere. The U confirmed that Armelin has been granted a release [...]
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An exhausting season, but save room for optimism
Posted on 02. Apr, 2012 by zipsofakron.
Where do you even begin on a recap of a season like this? One that failed to follow any sort of blueprint, leaving us scratching our heads more often than not. I suppose I’ll start at the end. Be excited for next year. In a year where down was up, left was right, and things [...]
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Gophers transformation continues on to the Big Apple
Posted on 22. Mar, 2012 by zipsofakron.
While it’s not THE Final Four, it’s certainly A final four. The Gophers won their third straight road game and overcame a raucous gym full of crazy Tennesseans to continue their impressive run through the NIT, finding themselves in the semifinal round and one game away from a postseason championship game. Now, I’m not going to hop [...]
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Gophers drop La Salle, head to South Beach
Posted on 15. Mar, 2012 by zipsofakron.
With expectations lowered and the bar for success repositioned, the Gophers headed to Philadelphia to learn about our Founding Fathers, check out the set of It’s Always Sunny and take on the La Salle Explorers in the first round of the NIT. Turns out the team probably ought to take part in more meaningless postseason [...]
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Gophers prove they are merely the 2nd-most cursed team in the Big Ten
Posted on 08. Mar, 2012 by zipsofakron.
There’s something mildly comforting watching the Gophers play against a team that we all know is trying desperately to throw away the final chance it has to lock down its first NCAA Tournament bid in school history. Tonight it wasn’t Minnesota on the verge of throwing away its season, disappointing its fans and offering false [...]
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Where are we at, and where do we go?
Posted on 29. Feb, 2012 by zipsofakron.
It’s ugly, folks. The Gophers have officially reeled off six straight conference losses (and seven of eight) and have found themselves only a half-game away from the official cellar of the Big Ten. Did anyone think we’d be here as little as 13 months ago? On January 29th, 2011 the Gophers were 16-4 and 5-3 [...]
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Three games to go, Gophers have backs to the wall
Posted on 25. Feb, 2012 by zipsofakron.
It wasn’t just the fact that the Gophers lost to #6 Michigan State on Wednesday, with much of their season on the line – the Spartans had been playing very good basketball, were sporting the reigning National Player of the Week in Draymond Green and were on a six-game conference winning streak. Actually expecting a [...]
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Loss to Northwestern puts Gophers in must-win mode
Posted on 20. Feb, 2012 by zipsofakron.
Cue the broken record. With an easier route to a postseason berth hanging in the balance and a chance to give themselves some much-needed breathing room in the at-large conversation, the Gophers promptly went into Welsh-Ryan arena laid an egg against bubble-rival Northwestern. Leaving them at 5-9 in conference play and gasping for air like [...]
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Loss to Buckeyes shrinks Gopher margin for error
Posted on 15. Feb, 2012 by zipsofakron.
Holy Buford. The Gophers came into their contest against national powerhouse Ohio State with aspirations of upsetting a top-6 team, grabbing another signature win for their tournament resume and sending the Buckeyes packing for the fourth time in the last five games between the two teams at Williams Arena. Instead, Minnesota found itself on the [...]
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Badger loss stings, but tournament hopes still alive
Posted on 11. Feb, 2012 by zipsofakron.
The Gophers left a tremendous opportunity to bolster their NCAA at-large resume on the table Thursday night against Wisconsin and further solidify what was shaping up to be a decent argument to be one of the final teams selected in March. The Gophers, winners of five of their previous seven conference games, battled back from [...]
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Why eight wins gets the Gophers into the Dance
Posted on 07. Feb, 2012 by zipsofakron.
It’s been an interesting road this year for the Gophers, to say the least (then again, is it ever any different?). Left for dead after Trevor Mbakwe’s torn ACL, the Gophers actually won six games in a row directly following his departure from the roster, including two wins over BCS conference teams in Virginia Tech [...]
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Gophers take care of business against Nebraska
Posted on 05. Feb, 2012 by zipsofakron.
After an up-and-down week that saw the Gophers continue their mid-season turnaround against Illinois before throwing much of it away in a loss to Iowa, Minnesota rebounded to take home a road victory against Nebraska, walking away with a 69-61 victory in Lincoln. The Gophers came into the game desperately needing a victory to keep [...]
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Gophers run into wall against Spartans
Posted on 25. Jan, 2012 by zipsofakron.
Heading into East Lansing is a daunting task in itself; heading into East Lansing against a big, powerful, physical Michigan State team is even tougher. After turning their season around with three straight conference victories the Gophers saw their string of success end in a decisive loss to the Spartans. It’s hard to get on [...]
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Third straight has Gophers in thick of conference
Posted on 22. Jan, 2012 by zipsofakron.
So this is what a winning streak feels like. The Gophers decimated the Northwestern Wildcats 75-52 on Sunday for their third straight conference win, putting them at 3-4 in the Big Ten and square in the middle of the conference race – marking the first time since about when Al Nolen went down with a [...]
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