B1G Preview: Iowa Hawkeyes
Posted on December 19, 2011 by zipsofakron.
Whatever momentum was gained by taking down then-ranked No. 6 Purdue in last season’s regular season finale has surely waned in an abysmal start to the new season for the Iowa Hawkeyes. Despite only going 4-14 in the conference last season, our rival to the south was hoping to build on a core of returning [...]
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B1G Preview: Purdue Boilermakers
Posted on December 18, 2011 by JF.
Be mad at Robbie Hummel’s knees, or Satan who created the ACL. Mr. Hummel is mad at them, along with every living and probably a few dead Purdue fans, and the rest of the college basketball world. We were all robbed of what would have been a few fantastic basketball teams made up of, by [...]
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B1G Preview: Ohio State Buckeyes
Posted on December 17, 2011 by JF.
Every once in a great while, they don’t play the games for a reason. Ohio State is that good. While they won’t run the table during the Big Ten season (no one will ever do that again) they should cruise to the conference championship, unless something goes terribly wrong. That something was almost Jared Sullinger’s [...]
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Gophers roll but what are we learning?
Posted on December 14, 2011 by zipsofakron.
After a slow start out of the gate against Central Michigan, the Gophers recovered to post a 76-56 victory in their second to last non-conference tune-up before starting Big Ten play. As expected the Chippewas featured a heavy dose of three-point shots and a fairly inept inside game, which the Gophers took advantage of. In [...]
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From Ahanmisi to Zeigler
Posted on December 12, 2011 by JF.
2010 was the year of the high school point guard. That year’s graduating class had more top flight point guards, and more teams in dire need of a floor general than any in recent memory. The Gophers were involved in that sweep stakes if your remember, putting too much faith in the brother of a [...]
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Sampson solid in win over Saint Peter’s
Posted on December 11, 2011 by zipsofakron.
Three players scored in double figures and the Gophers never trailed in a 69-47 rout of Saint Peter’s College at The Barn on Saturday afternoon. Minnesota was a heavy favorite heading into the game and certainly lived up to the billing, taking control of the game over last year’s MAAC champions early and never looking [...]
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Here come the Peacocks!
Posted on December 9, 2011 by JF.
The Gophers start to wind down their non-conference schedule Saturday against the St. Peter’s peacocks, and I can’t help thinking this game was scheduled a year too late. For almost all of last season, Fairfield was the trendy pick to go on a deep NCAA tournament run, and break all the brackets of those not [...]
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Williams great in latest Gopher win
Posted on December 6, 2011 by zipsofakron.
In a game where the Gophers were expected to roll quite easily, the Appalachian State Mountaineers instead hung around until very late in the game before falling short 70-56. In fact, Minnesota and Appy State were tied as late as 4:45 in the second half before the Gophers went on an 18-4 run to close [...]
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Appalachian State preview: As big as mountains but not nearly as good at basketball
Posted on December 5, 2011 by JF.
And now for the non-conference doldrums. There isn’t anything particularly inspiring about the Appalachian State Mountaineers, the Golden Gophers opponent on Tuesday night at Williams arena, and there won’t be much to look forward to until the Big Ten season starts the day after boxing day, and this break of sorts is just what the team [...]
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What about Ralph?
Posted on December 4, 2011 by JF.
The Minnesota Golden Gophers won their second straight game against a BCS conference team (albeit a bad one) on Saturday afternoon, and once again didn’t seem to miss their starting front line. The back court led by Julian Welch, who emerged as a scoring threat, and some timely three-point shooting by Austin Hollins, were almost [...]
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Gophers should speed up the Trojans, for our sake
Posted on December 2, 2011 by JF.
The Gophers face their second BCS opponent this week when they play the USC Trojans Saturday afternoon at Williams Arena. When the game was first announced, it was immediately circled on the calendar as an opportunity to pick up a quality win over a team that people actually know. Instead, it will likely be a [...]
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Statistically speaking: Through the first quarter
Posted on December 1, 2011 by JF.
Eight games into the season the Gophers have already played the toughest part of the non-conference schedule. With a lull in intriguing games and as the team regroups, physically and emotionally, before the Big Ten season, it is a good opportunity to see where the team is so we can look back in a few [...]
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New “post-Mbakwe” storylines surface
Posted on December 1, 2011 by zipsofakron.
Defying the expectations of those who expected the Mbakwe-less Gophers to come out flatter than normal against a decent Virginia Tech squad , Minnesota pulled off a thrilling 58-55 victory in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge and raise the eyebrows of the many who gave them little chance for survival. Inspired 2nd half play hasn’t been [...]
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How to watch the Post-Mbakwe Gophers
Posted on November 29, 2011 by JF.
Here we go again it seems. A promising season has been thrown into disarray. A promising career has come to an end. A team captain who had noticeably improved his game will spend the rest of the season on the bench. Again. It always has to be something. But we are a hearty people, the [...]
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