Tag Archives: Michigan State Spartans
Single-plays should benefit Gophers in Pitino’s first season
Posted on 14. May, 2013 by JF.
The Big Ten’s single-play match-ups for the 2013-2o14 season leaked today, and the Golden Gophers should benefit from their schedule. They didn’t quite win the lottery like Wisconsin did (really, playing Michigan State and Ohio State only once, and both games at home). However, they do play some very good teams only once and get [...]
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The 5 best wins and worst losses under Tubby Smith
Posted on 29. Mar, 2013 by zipsofakron.
We’re in the middle of perhaps the most exciting time in recent Gopher hoops memory, and nothing gets the blood pumping like a good, ol’ fashioned coaching search. And while rumors will swirl, flights will be tracked, and TMZ will seem tame, I think it’s important to take a minute to revisit the highs and [...]
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Day two Big Ten Tournament preview
Posted on 14. Mar, 2013 by JF.
Day one of the Big Ten tournament is in the books with one surprise but a few good finishes. Now the top teams in the conference take the floor for what should be a thrilling afternoon and night.
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Who’s got next? Assistant coaches who might replace Tubby Smith.
Posted on 12. Mar, 2013 by JF.
If the Minnesota Golden Gophers are in the market for a new head coach,there will be no shortage of valuable candidates. Earlier this week we looked at potential coaches with local ties. Just like there is an unfounded assumption that the next head coach of the Gophers has local ties, there is an assumption that the next coach is currently a head coach. We’ll look at those candidates later. For now, we’ll look at current assistant coaches from around the country who could on day coach the Gophers.
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Finally, the Gophers have a chance to play a bit of consequence-free basketball.
Posted on 05. Feb, 2013 by JF.
And now, for one night only, the Golden Gophers can play some consequence-free basketball against the Michigan State Spartans. Two wins last week gave the Gophers a bit of breathing room. Losing five out of six games would have put the Gophers squarely on the bubble, or even the wrong side of the bubble, and Wednesday evening’s game in East Lansing would have been a true must-win. As a team, Minnesota is not the most mentally stable, and their decision making leaves a lot to be desired. I don’t want to think about how the team would likely react in a pressure-cooker of a game in a mad house like the Breslin Center. Instead, the Gophers can play like they have something to prove without dire consequences if they do not, like New Year’s Eve when these two teams first met.
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What makes a victory “program changing”?
Posted on 02. Jan, 2013 by zipsofakron.
It’s a funny thing, the feelings you get after witnessing various victories. Some barely register as joy, some bring a little sense of accomplishment and others actually call for a mini celebration. Sometimes you yell, sometimes you just sit back and let the win play out. Other times you’re just excited the entire game. Yet [...]
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Big Ten opening round-up sees Gophers gaining believers
Posted on 01. Jan, 2013 by JF.
We’ll be back later with our thoughts as soon as we convince ourselves that really happened. Gophers show resolve, fail to panic under stress The Gophers coaches spliced together video of Mike Tyson’s sledgehammer punches and showed the boxing clip right before the team took the court. The players understood the symbolism. ATB: Minnesota Tops [...]
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Over the cliff and into the Big Ten, Sparty comes to The Barn.
Posted on 30. Dec, 2012 by JF.
While the nation balances precariously on the edge of the fiscal cliff, the Golden Gophers dive off another cliff on Monday afternoon against the Michigan State Spartans. While politicians in both parties at least superficially try to avoid the fiscal cliff, the conference cliff is unavoidable. While the fiscal cliff can be retroactively averted by [...]
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2012-2013 schedule preview: the bonus wins.
Posted on 23. Oct, 2012 by JF.
The last set of games in our schedule preview hopefully will not determine if the Golden Gophers make the NCAA tournament, but will likely go a long way in determining how far they go in the NCAA tournament. If they win all the games in the must-win and should-win categories, they won’t be on the [...]
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Three games to go, Gophers have backs to the wall
Posted on 25. Feb, 2012 by zipsofakron.
It wasn’t just the fact that the Gophers lost to #6 Michigan State on Wednesday, with much of their season on the line – the Spartans had been playing very good basketball, were sporting the reigning National Player of the Week in Draymond Green and were on a six-game conference winning streak. Actually expecting a [...]
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Gophers run into wall against Spartans
Posted on 25. Jan, 2012 by zipsofakron.
Heading into East Lansing is a daunting task in itself; heading into East Lansing against a big, powerful, physical Michigan State team is even tougher. After turning their season around with three straight conference victories the Gophers saw their string of success end in a decisive loss to the Spartans. It’s hard to get on [...]
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Gophers streak into East Lansing with something to prove
Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by JF.
Welcome to the most important week of the 2011-2012 Golden Gopher basketball season. That I can use the word “important” and that there is even basketball worth watching at this point is in itself remarkable.
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Big Ten Tournament Preview: The Bottom Six
Posted on 09. Mar, 2011 by JF.
With Gopher basketball mired in meaningless land with the late season collapse, it will take a miracle, the likes of which has never happened for any team in Minnesota, to make the NCAA tournament. Knowing that the season has spun hopelessly out of control shouldn’t take away from the great basketball that takes place during [...]
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Don’t worry, it is almost over
Posted on 23. Feb, 2011 by JF.
What a tortuous path this team has led us down this year. From the sky high days down in Puerto Rico to a disappointing start to the Big Ten season, turning the season around with the first four game conference winning streak in years, and then Nolen breaking his foot. And now, the Golden Gophers [...]
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Gophers vs. Michigan State: Someone’s bubble will (almost) burst
Posted on 21. Feb, 2011 by JF.
Golden Gophers vs. Michigan State Spartans 8:00 pm (CST) at Williams Arena (Minneapolis, MN) TV: Big Ten Network Best tickets left: obstructed seats in the lower level corners Here at From The Barn we want our words to have meaning, so when we throw out phrases like “Must win game” we actually mean it. People [...]
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