Tag Archives: Rodney Williams
An exhausting season, but save room for optimism
Posted on 02. Apr, 2012 by zipsofakron.
Where do you even begin on a recap of a season like this? One that failed to follow any sort of blueprint, leaving us scratching our heads more often than not. I suppose I’ll start at the end. Be excited for next year. In a year where down was up, left was right, and things [...]
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A special guest post by Dan Hanner: The Future is here
Posted on 28. Mar, 2012 by JF.
Something special is happening, and we aren’t the only ones noticing. Statistical guru, college-basketball extraordinaire, and occasional Gopher observer Dan Hanner broke down the team’s transformation by comparing the last six games to the season as a whole. Being born in Minnesota and witnessing the Gophers previous N.I.T. title runs in person, it still isn’t obvious why he bothered to calculate Gopher basketball statistics right after digging through the NCAA Tournament statistics for every player who matters. Regardless, he was generous enough to share his work with us. Dan writes regularly over at RealGM, and is mandatory follow on Twitter.
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Gophers transformation continues on to the Big Apple
Posted on 22. Mar, 2012 by zipsofakron.
While it’s not THE Final Four, it’s certainly A final four. The Gophers won their third straight road game and overcame a raucous gym full of crazy Tennesseans to continue their impressive run through the NIT, finding themselves in the semifinal round and one game away from a postseason championship game. Now, I’m not going to hop [...]
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Gophers drop La Salle, head to South Beach
Posted on 15. Mar, 2012 by zipsofakron.
With expectations lowered and the bar for success repositioned, the Gophers headed to Philadelphia to learn about our Founding Fathers, check out the set of It’s Always Sunny and take on the La Salle Explorers in the first round of the NIT. Turns out the team probably ought to take part in more meaningless postseason [...]
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Loss to Buckeyes shrinks Gopher margin for error
Posted on 15. Feb, 2012 by zipsofakron.
Holy Buford. The Gophers came into their contest against national powerhouse Ohio State with aspirations of upsetting a top-6 team, grabbing another signature win for their tournament resume and sending the Buckeyes packing for the fourth time in the last five games between the two teams at Williams Arena. Instead, Minnesota found itself on the [...]
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Third straight has Gophers in thick of conference
Posted on 22. Jan, 2012 by zipsofakron.
So this is what a winning streak feels like. The Gophers decimated the Northwestern Wildcats 75-52 on Sunday for their third straight conference win, putting them at 3-4 in the Big Ten and square in the middle of the conference race – marking the first time since about when Al Nolen went down with a [...]
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Conference losing streak reaches 10 in Purdue blowout
Posted on 09. Jan, 2012 by zipsofakron.
What can you even say about a loss like last night? Less than two weeks after the Gophers nearly pulled out a thrilling double-overtime victory in Champaign and had us thinking they might actually need to be taken seriously, they were handed 13-point drubbing at the hands of the Purdue Boilermakers, getting run out of [...]
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Williams great in latest Gopher win
Posted on 06. Dec, 2011 by zipsofakron.
In a game where the Gophers were expected to roll quite easily, the Appalachian State Mountaineers instead hung around until very late in the game before falling short 70-56. In fact, Minnesota and Appy State were tied as late as 4:45 in the second half before the Gophers went on an 18-4 run to close [...]
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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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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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A few questions and a few answers at UMHoops
Posted on 23. Oct, 2011 by JF.
Dylan over at UMHoops has once again assembled the best and the brightest of the college basketball blogging world (or in my case, someone who had nothing better to do) to preview the Big Ten teams that they cover. My answers to his questions are below. He’ll be posting previews for all Big Ten teams [...]
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Gopher All-Star Friday Night: The Youtube Edition
Posted on 15. Oct, 2011 by JF.
Tubby channeling his inner Manny. The BTN covered the entire dunk contest. Yes, Rodney dunked on a farm, and yes, Joe Coleman was better Tubby talks about the upcoming season.
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Gophers stop the bleeding; rout Iowa on the road
Posted on 14. Feb, 2011 by zipsofakron.
Maybe it was Tubby’s post-Illinois tirade that cleared the heads of some players. Maybe the team had a moment of clarity in the aftermath of the first four-game losing streak in the Tubby Smith era. Maybe they were just playing a crappy opponent. In any case, Minnesota came together and flashed a style of dominance not [...]
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Game 7 Preview: Gophers vs. Virginia Cavaliers
Posted on 28. Nov, 2010 by JF.
Golden Gophers vs. Virginia Cavaliers 6:00 pm (CST) at Williams Arena (Minneapolis, Minnesota) TV: ESPN2 and streaming at ESPN3.com Tickets: Row 10, behind the basket, upper deck It is now time to add injuries to the long list of issues preventing the Gophers from playing at full strength. On the night that Devoe Joseph is [...]
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