Tag Archives: Blake Hoffarber
Bubble burst(ing) Michigan 71 – Gophers 63
Posted on 12. Feb, 2010 by zipsofakron.
I came into yesterday’s game with above-average expectations for a team that, for the most part, has underachieved all season. They’d been up and down for the better part of the last month but were coming off a stretch where they had won two of three and seemed to have been gaining some momentum after [...]
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Ugly: Ohio State 85 – Gophers 63
Posted on 01. Feb, 2010 by zipsofakron.
After an encouraging victory at home over a legitimate Northwestern team, the Gophers went on the road to Ohio State in hopes of building on their glimmer of success. What we saw, though, was perhaps the worst performance of the year from Minnesota at a point in the season where you’d like to see quite [...]
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Game 21 Preview: Gophers at Ohio State
Posted on 30. Jan, 2010 by JF.
Golden Gophers vs. Ohio State Buckeyes 12:00 pm (CST) at Value City Arena (Columbus, OH) Radio: WCCO 830 AM TV: CBS Any conversation about the 2009-2010 Ohio State basketball team begins and ends with Evan Turner. Therefore, logically, any conversation about an opponent of the Buckeyes should at least begin with defending the national [...]
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Turnaround Time: Gophers 65 – Northwestern 61
Posted on 27. Jan, 2010 by zipsofakron.
The Gophers came into their contest against Northwestern sitting squarely on the bubble of the NCAA Tournament and desperately in need of stopping a three-game slide that had included meltdowns and upsets. A loss against Northwestern would have meant an almost insurmountable road to the Big Dance and another “should’ve” miss that has plagued the [...]
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Quick thoughts: Gophers 73 – Ohio State 62
Posted on 09. Jan, 2010 by JF.
The Gophers move to 3-1 in the Big Ten with an excellent performance against Ohio State who was finally at full strength. There will be a more in-depth review after I re-watch the game and overcome my post exciting game amnesia. Blake Hoffarber has finally, definitively, shut up his critics. After every great game he [...]
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Game 16 Preview: Gophers vs. Ohio State
Posted on 09. Jan, 2010 by JF.
Golden Gophers vs. Ohio State Buckeyes 2:30 pm (CST) at Williams Arena (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Radio: WCCO 830 AM TV: Big Ten Network Tickets: Best available- Row 11, upper deck, baseline (obstructed) Evan Turner has had this game circled for a while. As early as December 19th, 2009, only two weeks after an ugly and scary [...]
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Game 15 Preview: Gophers vs. #4 Purdue Boilermakers
Posted on 04. Jan, 2010 by JF.
Golden Gophers vs. Purdue Boilermakers 6:00 pm (CST) at Mackey Arena (West Lafayette Indiana) Radio: WCCO 830 AM TV: ESPN College basketball is the most forgiving of all sports. There is not a set number of teams in each conference that advance to the NCAA tournament. One bad game won’t spoil a season. The season [...]
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Quick thoughts: Gophers 86-74
Posted on 03. Jan, 2010 by JF.
Ten hours in the car over two days and one night in Iowa City in a motel room pushing 80 degrees aren’t conducive to writing a coherent article (just ask Marcus Fuller who thinks the Gophers almost lost to Iowa). So instead, add your own transition sentences, or enjoy the bullets. My journey to Iowa [...]
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Game 13 Review: Gophers get on Westbrook’s back, beat Penn State
Posted on 31. Dec, 2009 by JF.
Everyone knew which player would get the ball, and everyone knew he would shoot at the first opportunity. No one could stop the shots, or the ball from hitting nothing but the bottom of the net. No, I’m not talking about Talor Battle, who did have quite the game. Instead it was Lawrence Westbrook that [...]
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Blake Hoffarber is Big Ten Player of the Week
Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by JF.
Not bad…not bad at all… The conference office announced on Monday the sixth weekly men’s basketball award for games played Dec.14-20. Minnesota junior Blake Hoffarber collects his first weekly award after helping the Gophers improve their win streak to four with a win over Northern Illinois last week. Player of the Week: Blake Hoffarber, Minnesota [...]
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Quick Thoughts: Gophers 89 – Northern Illinois
Posted on 15. Dec, 2009 by JF.
It is always a pleasant surprise when a boring non-conference game is not only interesting, but worth talking about for days (years?) to come. Blake Hoffarber set a school record with 8 three pointers, and scored 26 points on 11 shots in only 22 minutes. He made four threes in a row in the first [...]
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Game 10 Review: Gophers step it up even if the competition doesn’t
Posted on 13. Dec, 2009 by JF.
St. Joe’s is the best opponent to set foot in The Barn this season, by far, but after a close opening few minutes, the Gophers took over, and the only question about the game’s outcome by half time was the final score. Even though Minnesota’s 97-74 victory was their closest home win of the season, [...]
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Game 9 Review: If you were stuck in traffic you didn’t miss much
Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by JF.
So much for Morgan State presenting a potential challenge. The Gophers jumped out to an 18-0 lead, and were up 9-0 before the Bears even attempted a shot. Morgan State essentially played the Gophers even for the middle 30 minutes of the game, but still lost 94-64. This may have been the most meaningless of [...]
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Quick thoughts: Gophers 94- Morgan State 64
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by JF.
I’ll be back tomorrow for a complete recap, weather and traffic permitting. Until then: Damian Johnson left the game in the second half with an injured wrist. He went briefly to the locker room, and then returned to the bench. With the game out of hand, there wasn’t really any reason to put him back [...]
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Game 9 Preview: Gophers vs. Morgan State
Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by JF.
Golden Gophers vs. Morgan State Bears 6:00 pm (CST) at Williams Arena (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Radio: WCCO 830 AM TV: ESPNU Tickets: Best available- Row 12 upper deck, center court The bubble isn’t usually mentioned until the end of January, but that is where the Gophers find themselves, and it is only December. Williams Arena is [...]
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