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The 76 Classic: Bulleted, bold predictions, and the bracket

Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by JF.

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Part two of our 76 Classic preview, a random cornucopia to prepare you for the weekend’s basketball smorgasbord. The Stats Eight statistics that you’ll want to remember while watching the tournament. Minnesota has forced more turnovers than any team in the country (35.4% of defensive possessions) and is second in blocks and steals. Butler hasn’t [...]

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76 Classic Preview: The Teams

Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by JF.

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This is part one of a three part preview of this week’s 76 Classic in Anaheim, California. Part one will focus on the participants, part three will focus on Minnesota’s first round game against Butler. Part two is still up in the air. If you have an idea for this part of the preview or [...]

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It’s been a long ten years

Posted on 14. Nov, 2007 by JF.

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Minnesota’s last NCAA tournament win, and arguably the last Gopher Game that mattered, was 10 years ago. When I look back, its like it never happened, because technically it didn’t. Within a few weeks, news broke that Courtney James liked to throw phone books at his girlfriend, then the academic fraud-Monson-never quite putting it all [...]