Tag Archives: NCAA Tournament
Barack Obama’s bracket is better than yours
Posted on 20. Mar, 2011 by JF.
With only a few games left in the second round of the NCAA tournament (the play-in round was not the first round), people across the country are tearing up their brackets and hopefully rooting for underdogs. This phenomenon likely hasn’t reached the White House, where the President of the United States is sitting pretty, and [...]
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Tournament Preview: Southwest region
Posted on 15. Mar, 2011 by zipsofakron.
With the massacre that was the 2011 portion of the Gophers’ season over with, we can finally turn our attention to basketball that isn’t vomit-inducing. Here at From The Barn, we’ll break down each region of the NCAA Tournament with some interesting early takeaways from the bracket. Southwest Region: Team to love: St. Peter’s Playing [...]
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Tournament Preview: East Region
Posted on 15. Mar, 2011 by JF.
Before we get to the preview of the Midwest Region, please consider a donation to help the folks in Japan dealing with a horrific disaster. I’ll be donating a dollar for every game I watch, you should too. Now on to the basketball… Now that the bad basketball portion of the season is mercifully over, [...]
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Please donate to Japan Disaster Relief
Posted on 13. Mar, 2011 by JF.
By now I am sure you are acutely aware of the disaster unfolding throughout Japan. After a massive earthquake, one of the five strongest in recorded history and a subsequent tsunami, there is indescribable devastation. An estimated 10,000 died, thousands more are injured, millions are homeless and are struggling with access to basic needs like food, shelter, [...]
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Xavier Preview Part 4: Putting it all together
Posted on 18. Mar, 2010 by JF.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Posted on 14. Mar, 2010 by JF.
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.
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.
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.
<a href=”http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=0c16cffba9″ mce_href=”http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&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.
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.
#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.
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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