Tubby, this is your warning.
Posted on January 5, 2012 by JF.
I try not be a reactionary perched on an imaginary bully pulpit screaming into the storm after the Gophers lose a basketball team. People have been calling for Tubby Smith’s head since the Gophers were swept by an absolutely terrible Illinois team in his first season. I’d like to think that those people, as obviously [...]
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Gophers fall to 0-3 in latest conference loss
Posted on January 5, 2012 by zipsofakron.
At first glance the numbers from the end of Minnesota’s latest comedy don’t seem that bad: They lost by merely two points They shot 44% from the field They won the rebounding battle But for those of us who had the misfortune of actually tuning into the latest shortcoming by the Gophers know the real [...]
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Pre-game chatter: Iowa Hawkeyes
Posted on January 3, 2012 by zipsofakron.
The Iowa Hawkeyes come to town to face Minnesota in the team’s first home conference game. Rick Reese from Black Heart Gold Pants provided some input on who the Hawkeyes are this season and what we can expect come game time. Check out our answers to Rick’s questions over at BHGP. FTB: A less-than-stellar non-conference season [...]
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Gophers come up short again, fall in Ann Arbor
Posted on January 2, 2012 by zipsofakron.
Minnesota traveled to Ann Arbor to take on the #16 Michigan Wolverines but came up short again, falling in the final seconds 61-56, sending the Gophers to 0-2 in conference play and 12-3 on the season. The end of the Gophers’ latest conference loss felt eerily similar to the wild double-overtime defeat at the hands [...]
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Gophers travel to Michigan hoping to replicate last season’s success.
Posted on December 31, 2011 by JF.
For the Golden Gophers to make the NCAA tournament, they will have to win a game or two on the road that they are not supposed to win. Games against the bottom tier of the conference (the Iowa’s and Penn State’s of the world) should be wins. Winning at Wisconsin and Michigan State isn’t impossible, [...]
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Gophers drop wild conference opener
Posted on December 28, 2011 by zipsofakron.
A roller coaster of emotions for Gopher fans in a back-and-forth B1G conference opener against Illinois ended in an 81-72 double-overtime defeat, sending Minnesota to its first loss since Thanksgiving. Meyers Leonard, the big Illini center, was a monster and Illinois had five players register double figures in scoring. Playing in only their second game [...]
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Gophers hope for upsetting Big Ten Opener at Illinois
Posted on December 26, 2011 by JF.
The first Big Ten road game is usually a rattling at best experience, especially for a young team that hasn’t played a true road game this season. Assembly Hall has been especially cruel to the Gophers who have won once their since 1996, and even in that game, a win that went a long way [...]
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B1G Preview: Wisconsin Badgers
Posted on December 26, 2011 by JF.
It has become something of a running joke in college basketball circles that Bo Ryan could take a team of any 12 players to the NCAA tournament, and that team would lose to an inferior opponent when they get there. Deep NCAA tournament runs have been non-existent during the Bo Ryan era, but don’t doubt [...]
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B1G Preview: Nebraska Cornhuskers
Posted on December 26, 2011 by JF.
The Big Ten hasn’t had ten teams for years, and thanks to the addition of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, they’ll have 12 teams while the Big XII has X teams. No, conference consolidation has not made sense to anyone who can count or can read a map (seriously Big East, just change your name). Credit the [...]
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B1G Preview: Illinois Fighting Illini
Posted on December 26, 2011 by zipsofakron.
It’s not that the Fighting Illini have fallen on hard times; quite the contrary. However, after finishing in the top two of the Big Ten in each of Bruce Weber’s first six years as head coach, the relative regression for Illinois has been evident. In fact, the last four seasons for the Illini has brought [...]
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B1G Preview: Northwestern Wildcats
Posted on December 24, 2011 by JF.
This probably won’t be the year. Sure it could, but folks have been asking if this will finally be the year that the Northwestern Wildcats make the NCAA tournament and the answer year after year, forever, has been a resounding no. The Wildcats are no pushovers, and haven’t been the last few seasons. They are [...]
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B1G Preview: Michigan Wolverines
Posted on December 24, 2011 by zipsofakron.
It’s hard to look at a team like Michigan and not see some similarities to the Gophers. This is a team with a fairly strong history of winning on the hardwood that found itself down on its luck in the past decade. Bringing in Jim Beilein a few years ago, expectations rose for a Wolverine [...]
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Gophers vs. North Dakota State: The perfect trap
Posted on December 21, 2011 by JF.
Non-conference games against low-major teams always make me the most nervous. Nothing good can come from them. If the Gophers win, they do nothing but meet expectations, while risking injuries, laziness, and ultimately a loss that could ruin a season. Close games against unimpressive competition doesn’t produce the giddy excitement that makes college basketball the [...]
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B1G Preview: Indiana Hoosiers
Posted on December 20, 2011 by zipsofakron.
Well that was fast. Not even four years ago Indiana was dismantled due to the infractions committed by Kelvin Sampson, which left the program in shambles. The team was in such disarray, in fact, that it won a total of eight conference games over three seasons and had quickly joined Iowa as the Big Ten [...]
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