Glen Rice is long gone, the Fab Five are nothing but a distant memory, and recent stars Manny Harris and Deshawn Sims aren’t walking through that door. … [Read more...] about Gophers Basketball Can’t Sleep on Michigan
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Gophers Look Shaky in First Game Without Devoe Joseph
If Gopher fans were looking for encouragement after their program’s week from hell, they didn’t find it Tuesday night. … [Read more...] about Gophers Look Shaky in First Game Without Devoe Joseph
Mbakwe Dominating Around the Rim for Gophers Basketball
The Minnesota Gophers Basketball team struggled rebounding the ball at times last year. While they ranked third in the conference in rebounding, some of their bigger losses came due to a lack of dominant inside force to clear the boards and not give the opponent second chance opportunities. The last man that could be legitimately considered a competent rebounder for the … [Read more...] about Mbakwe Dominating Around the Rim for Gophers Basketball
Minnesota Gopher Basketball Hot, but Can it Last?
The Minnesota Gophers basketball team is the hottest in the country right now. As pretty as those words sound to what Tim Brewster once called “Gopher Nation”, the last two of that sentence are the ones that will matter the most in the long run. With great success comes great scrutiny, and with great scrutiny you might start to see things that you may not want to. Is … [Read more...] about Minnesota Gopher Basketball Hot, but Can it Last?
Mbakwe Wins Big Ten POW, Gophers Win Puerto Rico Top-Off, Minnesota Rolling
Losing your 2009-10 leading scorer, your best overall defender, and then right before the season your team’s most explosive scorer sounds like a lot to deal with for a program. Apparently it’s not. … [Read more...] about Mbakwe Wins Big Ten POW, Gophers Win Puerto Rico Top-Off, Minnesota Rolling
5 Reasons Gopher Basketball Finishes in Big 10’s Top 3
Royce White gone, Cory Joseph never arriving, leading scorer graduated, no impact recruits. Now that we have the negatives out of the way, it’s time to flip the script and turn our attention to the optimism flying around the Minnesota Gophers Basketball program with the top five things that could lead the Gophers to the top of the Big Ten conference. … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons Gopher Basketball Finishes in Big 10’s Top 3