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Krys Faber to Depaul

April 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Krys Faber, the mildly touted great rebounder but horrible free throw shooter has signed with DePaul. The Gophers were reportedly at the top of his list until last weekend. While it would have been nice to have a big body, the Gophers are already bringing in plenty of size, and still have Jonathan Williams from […]

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Tags: Depaul · Gopher Basketball · Jonathan Williams · Krys Faber · Recruiting · Tubby Smith · Verdell Jones

Regarding the no dribble free throw mandate

February 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Since Minnesota’s free throw induced loss at home to Indiana, Tubby Smith has banned any sort of pause, movement, or chest pat (sorry Lawrence McKenzie) before free throws. Instead, barely a second after catching the ball from the referee, the Gophers must shoot.
After another mediocre day at the line today, many are wondering why the […]

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Tags: Free throws · Gopher Basketball · Tubby Smith

Tubby Smith to speak at benefit for ailing coach

February 15th, 2008 · No Comments

 
From Kare 11 (video here)
It’s game night at New Prague High School. The Trojans are looking for their 16th win of the season, and head coach Jeff Gravon has his team playing well.
But as you watch Jeff on the sideline, you notice the wrap on his right hand which actually extends all the way up […]

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Tags: High school basketball · Jeff Gravon · Minnesota · Tubby Smith

Abu-Shamala and Tollackson dominate Northwestern

February 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Talk about drastic changes, I certainly didn’t expect that to be the headline.
Led by recently under-achieving players and a new starting line-up, Minnesota beat the Wildcats in energetic and high scoring fashion. If only anyone would have been able to see it. The Evanston, Illinois area was pounded by a blizzard throughout the game which […]

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Tags: Big Ten · Game Review · Gopher Basketball · Jamal Abu-Shamala · Kevin Lynch · Mike Grimm · Northwestern Wildcats · Spencer Tollackson · Tubby Smith

Buckeyes blowout Gophers twice

January 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments

For 24 of the 40 minutes, Minnesota out played the Ohio State Buckeyes. They attacked the zone, found the open man, made easy shots, and forced the Buckeyes to live up to their turnover prone potential. Unfortunately, during the first and last eight minutes of the game, the Gophers caught Monsonitis so badly that 5th […]

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Tags: Big Ten · Dan Coleman · Game Review · Gopher Basketball · Jamar Butler · Lawrence McKenzie · Lawrence Westbrook · Ohio State Buckeyes · Spencer Tollackson · Tubby Smith