Tag Archives: Austin Hollins
How to watch the Post-Mbakwe Gophers
Posted on 29. Nov, 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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Game ending burst helps Gophers beat Bucknell
Posted on 12. Nov, 2011 by JF.
NCAA Basketball After one game, the Golden Gophers already have what should prove to be a quality win when tournament time comes around. It won’t be a win that makes headlines around the country, and the Gophers won’t get any in the non-conference season. A series of good wins can ultimately equal some of the [...]
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2011-2012 Returning Golden Gophers Preview
Posted on 25. Oct, 2011 by JF.
College basketball is a young man’s game. Every year a freshman superstar steals the hearts and minds of even the most casual of fans, and take his team on a whirl wind ride before dashing off to the NBA to pursue fame, fortune, and failed hip-hop careers. For a few very select programs, chasing the [...]
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Previewing Friday’s Festivities
Posted on 12. Oct, 2011 by JF.
The 2011-2012 college basketball season unofficially kicks off on Friday night as teams across the country hold their first official practice. At The Barn, this will take the form of the first annual “Gopher All-Star Friday Night” which follows four annual events called “Tubby’s Tip-off”. Before that it was “Midnight Madness” for twenty or thirty [...]
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Living, and more recently dying by the three
Posted on 09. Oct, 2011 by JF.
In 1986 the NCAA introduced the three-point line in college basketball, and it was in 1986 that the Golden Gophers 2010-2011 college basketball season would be doomed to failure. Despite having one of the best three-point shooters in the country, a series of injuries and unexpected departures left the Gophers unable to use the great [...]
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Game 23 Preview: Scream a little, it’ll make you feel better
Posted on 05. Feb, 2011 by JF.
Golden Gophers vs. Ohio State Buckeyes 1:00 pm (CST) at Williams Arena (Minneapolis, MN) TV: ESPN Best tickets left: Single obstructed seats in the lower level corners I consider myself lucky that my fandom has very little to do with how the Gophers perform. Sure, I get overly excited when they beat good teams, will [...]
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Tubby’s Tip-off: It all begins
Posted on 17. Oct, 2010 by JF.
Another incredibly bizarre dance team performance, introductions from all sides, excessive Colton Iverson hip gyrations, a motorcycle, a four man three point shooting contest, a four man dunk contests, a twenty minute running time scrimmage, and poof it was all over. Maybe I am getting too old to enjoy much that happens after 11 pm [...]
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Austin Hollins is a Gopher
Posted on 23. Sep, 2009 by JF.
According to Memphis Roar via Twitter (gosh darn that newfangled technology) Austin Hollins has committed to the Gophers. The 6’4” shooting guard was also being recruited by Memphis, Georgia, and Arizona State among others. In securing the shooting guard, the Gophers now have one scholarship left, most likely reserved for Cory Joseph if he wants [...]
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