Tag Archives: NCAA Tournament

Xavier Preview Part 4: Putting it all together

Posted on 18. Mar, 2010 by JF.

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If you haven’t had enough previewing of tomorrow’s first round NCAA tournament game, why not a look at the keys to the game and a prediction? Keys for the Gophers 1. Establish an inside presence. Ralph Sampson will need to be strong with the ball, and Colton Iverson will need to be strong with his [...]

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Xavier Preview Part 3: The Players

Posted on 18. Mar, 2010 by JF.

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As you probably noticed in the previous post breaking down Xavier’s conference season, the team goes as its big 2 (or 3) go. Jordan Crawford and Jason Love are the core of the team, but they are not the entire team. Three players average in double figures and three more average more than 4.5 rebounds [...]

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Xavier Preview Part 2: Atlantic 10 at a glance

Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by JF.

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Needless to say, Xavier got things straightened out once the Atlantic 10 season started. They lost only three games, two in the regular season and in the final of the conference tournament. Here is how it happened: Score Leading Scorer Leading Rebounder Key Statistic XU 68 – LaSalle 62 Jordan Crawford – 22 Jason Love [...]

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Xavier Preview Part 1: The Non-conference Schedule

Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by JF.

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As was the case last year, we’ll go right up to game time slicing and dicing Minnesota’s NCAA tournament first round match-up. Today, we look back at Xavier’s non-conference schedule, over the next few days we’ll also look at their players and strengths and weakness, culminating Thursday with the final preview and a few predictions. [...]

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What a weekend!

What a weekend!

Posted on 14. Mar, 2010 by JF.

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The reaction: “We all jumped together,” point guard Devoe Joseph said. “I think we might have damaged the couch in there.” Damaged would be putting it mildly. “We did break the couch,” shooting guard Lawrence Westbrook confirmed. “We were excited to see our name.” “I honestly had no clue,” said Joseph, who made the All-Tournament [...]

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The Gophers are dancing…in Milwaukee!!!

Posted on 14. Mar, 2010 by JF.

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Interstate 94 should be pretty crowded on Thursday night. The Gophers, the 11th seed,  will take on #6 Xavier. More later on the match-up and the crazy weekend that made it all possible.

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Gophers lose in the first round, and the season ends as expected

Posted on 22. Mar, 2009 by JF.

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By now you that the Gophers trip to the NCAA tournament was a short one, and they lost to the Texas Longhorns by 14 points. You also know that I haven’t written anything about this game, because really, there isn’t much to say. Not only was the end result expected, but also how it came [...]

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Liveblog: #10 Minnesota vs. #7 Texas

Posted on 19. Mar, 2009 by JF.

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<a href=”http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&#038;task=viewaltcast&#038;altcast_code=0c16cffba9″ mce_href=”http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&amp;task=viewaltcast&amp;altcast_code=0c16cffba9″ >#10 Minnesota vs. #7 Texas</a>

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Barn Blurbs 3/19/09: Embracing the madness

Posted on 19. Mar, 2009 by JF.

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Check back in tonight at 5:30 for our liveblog of Minnesota’s first round game against the Texas Longhorns BTN’s Minnesota preview College Basketball Nickname Brawl Seems like methods like this are always more successful than using silly things like knowledge and statistics. Thanks for the link Tom. NCAA tournament can be a showcase for mascots [...]

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Gophers trying to continue success while the Longhorns hope to salvage their season

Posted on 18. Mar, 2009 by JF.

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#10 Golden Gophers vs. #7 Texas Longhorns 6:10 pm (CDT) at Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, North Carolina) Radio: WCCO 830 AM TV: CBS Liveblog: Starting half an hour before the game At approximately 6:1o central time on Thursday, March 19, Minnesota’s 2008-2009 basketball season will officially become a success. This was supposed to a rebuilding year, [...]

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Texas as a team

Posted on 17. Mar, 2009 by JF.

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The NCAA Tournament selection committee, whether it was their intention or not, has created quite the compelling match-up with the #10 seed Minnesota Golden Gophers taking on the #7 seed Texas Longhorns. The two teams began the season with vastly different expectations, but ended their seasons in a strikingly similar fashion. By Gopher standards, sneaking [...]

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Barn Blurbs 3/17/09 is voting for Goldy

Posted on 17. Mar, 2009 by JF.

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Mascot Death Match Vote for Goldy! It’s Gopher Season Arrogant and over-confident Texans? Shocking! Let’s up hope they hang up the “Mission Accomplished” banner before the game. Minnesota Gophers are underdogs against Texas in NCAA tournament first round With such vastly different styles of play, I wouldn’t call anyone a favorite. Aldrich’s high school coach [...]

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Who are the Horns?

Posted on 16. Mar, 2009 by JF.

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You can’t know the players without a program, and the odds of getting a program delivered to you on your couch are pretty slim. For the rest of us, I’ve assembled a quick guide to the Texas Longhorn roster. If you see egregious errors (this means you Texans), please enlighten us. Note: players are listed [...]

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Barnblurbs 3/16/09: Still as excited as Kevin Payton

Posted on 16. Mar, 2009 by JF.

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Game time announced. The Gophers tip-off the evening session on Thursday with a 6:10 pm start. Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg will be announcing. Gophers named a 10th seed in the NCAA tournament The Gophers reacted the same way their fans (or at least this one did). “You could feel the energy in the room,” [...]

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The Gophers are Dancing!

Posted on 15. Mar, 2009 by JF.

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And the dance will be Texas two-step. Despite one of the tougher draws of the entire field (Texas and then Duke, ouch) it is absolutely thrilling to be back in the NCAA Tournament. Needless to say from the video of their reaction (expand to full-screen if it doesn’t work) the players are excited. Congratulations!

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Liveblogging the Selection Show

Posted on 15. Mar, 2009 by JF.

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Join us at 4:30 pm for a last second bubble breakdown, plenty of frayed nerves, and either depressed excuse making or jubilant celebration and travel advice. Right now it looks like we are on the right side of the bubble, but 1996 did happen (the NCAA didn’t take away tournament snubs unfortunately). We’ll be here [...]

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Cold shooting night brings cold dose of reality

Posted on 23. Jan, 2009 by JF.

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By now you have probably familiarized yourself with all the gory details of Minnesota’s not as close as the score 70-62 loss to Purdue. It was another loss, and nothing we haven’t seen before. The Gopher’s can’t win a half court game against a quality team playing a quality game. So instead of dwelling on [...]

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That last Louisville game

Posted on 17. Dec, 2008 by JF.

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The 1993-1994 Gophers seemed like a team of destiny. One year after winning the NIT, and returning every player from that team, the Gophers started the season as the #10 team in the country, and seemed destined to be one of the great Gopher teams of all time. But with one bad half in the [...]

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