From The Barn

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&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.

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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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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!