From The Barn

Travis Busch falls off into the sunset.

Posted on 27. Apr, 2009 by JF.

4

This article is part two of our season review. Part one, Kevin Payton, can be read here. How did it come to this? A former Mr. Basketball returning to play for the home town team as a walk-on at one of the lowest points in the program’s history should be likable, shouldn’t he? It should [...]

Continue Reading

Kevin Payton has waved his last towel

Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by JF.

0

This article is part one of our season review. Beginning with individual players and ultimately covering the progress of the team as a whole and the best and worst games of the year, we will dissect the season in just enough detail to provide that basketball fix that can never quite be satisfied during the [...]

Continue Reading

Barn Blurbs 2/25/09

Posted on 25. Feb, 2009 by JF.

0

Examining the Minnesota Golden Gophers’ NCAA Tournament Chances Gopher are a safe bet to get in, and do very little once they are in. Men’s Basketball: Cats vow to defeat bout of illnesses So…the Gophers got a bit of help on Sunday night. Gophers basketball player Travis Busch and a buddy do video podcasts and [...]

Continue Reading

A win is a win is a win, and the Gophers won

Posted on 09. Jan, 2009 by JF.

9

It was slow, boring, brutal to watch, excruciatingly painful, unrecognizable as basketball since 1920, but it was a win. In a dreadfully stereotypical Big Ten game, the Gophers won 52-49 to improve to 14-1 and 2-1 in the Big Ten. In short, it was a game at Iowa. Its hard to believe that Iowa used [...]

Continue Reading

Rodent Wars! Jackrabbits try not to get bounced from The Barn

Posted on 09. Dec, 2008 by JF.

0

University of Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 8:00 pm (CST) at Williams Arena Radio: WCCO 830 AM Tv: Big Ten Network Tickets: Row 9, in the upper deck at the three point line Last year at about this time, a confident Gopher basketball team was hoping to cruise past seemingly over matched [...]

Continue Reading

Gophers chew up, spit out Big Red with huge second half run

Posted on 07. Dec, 2008 by JF.

4

Four days after playing their most complete game of the still young season season, the Gophers were bound to have a bit of a let down, and did they every. Playing their worst half of basketball in almost two years, heavily favored Minnesota trailed by 12 points to Cornell. However, they used a 25-2 second [...]

Continue Reading

Travis Busch: From the long pass to a long shot at playing time

Posted on 06. Oct, 2008 by JF.

0

Travis Busch’s first season with the Gopher was a bit rough. Early on in the season he was out with a thigh injury, and didn’t even dress for six of the non-conference games. When he was on the court, and actually in the game, he struggled mightily, but not for lack of effort. Among the [...]