1. Gophers Grant Armelin Transfer, Clear Room for Mbakwe

    Minnesota has granted guard Chip Armelin his release from the program so he can transfer, clearing the way for star forward Trevor Mbakwe's return for a sixth season...

    Zachary Petersel Written by Zachary Petersel about 1 month ago 35 reads 0 comments

  2. Report: Chip Armelin Seeks Transfer, Free Up Room for Mbakwe

    And the college basketball transfer train makes a stop in Minnesota. TwinCities.com is reporting that, according to a source, Minnesota sophomore guard Chip Armelin wants out of the Gopher to have an opportunity to move closer to home...

    Zachary Petersel Written by Zachary Petersel about 1 month ago 11 reads 0 comments

  3. NIT 2012: Tubby Smith Proves to Have Minnesota Gophers Back on Track

    Even though they failed to beat the Stanford Cardinal in the NIT title game, it is clear that coach Tubby Smith has the Minnesota Golden Gophers finally back on track to consistently contend in college basketball's postseason...

    Jeff Chase Written by Jeff Chase about 2 months ago 486 reads 2 comments

  4. Stanford vs. Minnesota: Golden Gophers Are NCAA Bound in 2013 After Finals' Run

    While losing the NIT finals is never fun, Minnesota can take some solace in the fact that like Stanford , they have an incredibly bright future ahead of them...

    Michael Dixon Written by Michael Dixon about 2 months ago 299 reads 0 comments

  5. NIT 2012: Minnesota Golden Gopher Basketball, May I Have This Dance?

    OK, so we all know this recent postseason run by the Minnesota Golden Gophers has been made at the kids table while the grownups just sit back and snicker while drinking brandy and smoking stogies...

    Ken Smith Written by Ken Smith about 2 months ago 1,663 reads 0 comments

  6. Minnesota vs. Stanford: Projecting Stats for Top Players in NIT Championship

    The 2012 NIT Championship kicks off tonight, and the top players from the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Stanford Cardinal are ready to tear it up...

    Eric Bowman Written by Eric Bowman about 2 months ago 382 reads 3 comments

  7. NIT 2012: Minnesota Will Turn Tourney Run into 2013 Success

    The Minnesota Golden Gophers are finding themselves in the 2012 NIT, and they will keep that ball rolling next season. That will be a nice turnaround after a rough season. Minnesota is 23-14 heading into the NIT championship game with a 23-14 record...

    Richard Langford Written by Richard Langford about 2 months ago 221 reads 0 comments

  8. NIT 2012 Final: Stanford Will Be Overmatched Against Minnesota

    The final matchup in the NIT tournament between No. 6 Minnesota and No. 3 Stanford feels rather appropriate in an odd way. It makes sense that the Golden Gophers have made it this far...

    Zachary D. Rymer Written by Zachary D. Rymer about 2 months ago 1,510 reads 1 comments

  9. NIT 2012: Complete Preview and Guide for Minnesota vs. Stanford

    The NIT comes to a conclusion on Thursday night when the No. 6 seeded Minnesota Golden Gophers (23-14) will take on the No. 3 seed Stanford Cardinal (25-11) for the championship...

    Alex Kay Written by Alex Kay about 2 months ago 347 reads 2 comments

  10. NIT 2012 Schedule: Why Minnesota Will Defeat Stanford in Tournament Championship

    The Minnesota Golden Gophers pulled off a great upset in overtime against the Washington Huskies in overtime of the NIT semifinals and are now moving on to the championship game. Their opponent, the Stanford Cardinal, will not be able to stop them...

    Alex Kay Written by Alex Kay about 2 months ago 432 reads 0 comments

  11. Arizona State's Trent Lockett Soon to Be Playing for the Golden Gophers?

    With recent devastating news in the life of Arizona State's junior guard Trent Lockett , his career in Tempe may be coming to a close. Recent word from Lockett showed his possible intent to transfer...

    Kaleb Smith Written by Kaleb Smith about 2 months ago 2,507 reads 2 comments

  12. NIT Bracket 2012: Why Minnesota Should Be Favored to Cut Down the Nets

    The NIT Final Four has four teams with different seeds and all of them have at least 22 wins. But the team with the fewest amount of wins is going to end up hoisting the trophy...

    Eric Ball Written by Eric Ball about 2 months ago 1,812 reads 0 comments

  13. Gopher Senior Trevor Mbakwe Granted Sixth Year of Eligibility

    Gopher men's basketball fifth-year senior Trevor Mbakwe has been granted a sixth year of eligibility for the 2012-13 season by the NCAA, team officials confirmed today...

    Zachary Petersel Written by Zachary Petersel about 2 months ago 106 reads 1 comments

  14. Minnesota Basketball: Trevor Mbakwe's Return Gives the Gophers a Boost for 2013

    According to WCCO-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota Golden Gophers forward Trevor Mbakwe has been granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA. This is huge news for a Golden Gophers team who struggled without Mbakwe during the Big Ten season...

    Chris Schad Written by Chris Schad about 2 months ago 643 reads 2 comments

  15. NIT 2012: Predicting Final Two Teams That Will Make Semifinals

    After Washington and UMass advanced on Tuesday, there are two more matchups to decide who will battle in the semifinals of the NIT tournament...

    Ryan Rudnansky Written by Ryan Rudnansky about 2 months ago 641 reads 1 comments

  16. NIT 2012 Bracket: Middle Tennessee Will Be No Match for Minnesota

    Minnesota might not have been good enough to get into the NCAA tournament, but unfortunately for Middle Tennessee, it's playing better right now than it has since December. The No...

    Jessica Isner Written by Jessica Isner about 2 months ago 304 reads 0 comments

  17. NIT 2012 Bracket: Minnesota Golden Gophers Most Dangerous Team Still Alive

    The NIT is all about which team is playing its best basketball at the moment, and few teams are as hot as the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Tubby Smith’s squad has won two NIT games by a combined 27 points...

    Eric Ball Written by Eric Ball about 2 months ago 2,010 reads 0 comments

  18. NIT 2012 Scores: Higher Seeds That Will Pull the Upset This Weekend

    The NIT is one of the more underrated tournaments of the college basketball postseason, mostly because we see teams that missed out on the NCAA tournament trying to prove themselves to the selection committee...

    Scott Semmler Written by Scott Semmler about 3 months ago 1,860 reads 1 comments

  19. Big Ten Tournament 2012: Loss to Michigan Means No Postseason for Minnesota

    There was hope for Minnesota after Thursday's big win against Northwestern, but all of that went out the window when the Gophers blew Friday's quarterfinal game against Michigan, effectively ending its postseason hopes...

    Jessica Isner Written by Jessica Isner about 3 months ago 290 reads 1 comments

  20. University of Minnesota: AD Joel Maturi Should Have Been out Years Ago

    With Thursday morning's announcement that Joel Maturi will step down as athletic director for the University of Minnesota effective June 30th, you could seemingly hear a sigh of relief from Gopher Nation...

    Matt Kasper Written by Matt Kasper about 4 months ago 930 reads 1 comments

  21. A Gopher Basketball Fan in Press Row: 2011-2012, Oh, What Could Have Been!

    Now, I’m not normally one to live in the past or play the “what if” game. All it does is bring me down. I don't need any more Sports Tears In My Beer . But with the way this Gopher season has gone, I couldn’t help it...

    Ken Smith Written by Ken Smith about 4 months ago 440 reads 1 comments

  22. A Minnesota Gopher Fan in Press Row: Full of Superstitions

    A lot of you might be wondering where I have been. You probably thought I would have been blowing up the site with Minnesota Gopher writes ups, left and right. Nope. Truth be told, I’m afraid to write this...

    Ken Smith Written by Ken Smith about 4 months ago 153 reads 0 comments

  23. Minnesota Golden Gophers: Its Time for Tubby Smith to Go

    It is generally said that when a new coach takes over a college program, he should be given at least three or four years to bring in "his" players and develop his system before issuing a full judgement on that coach's abilities...

    Matt Kasper Written by Matt Kasper about 5 months ago 2,519 reads 1 comments

  24. A Fan In Press Row: Trevor Mbakwe Out = Golden Gophers Better?

    I know it sounds stupid to think the Minnesota Golden Gophers are better without Trevor Mbakwe, but it just might be true...

    Ken Smith Written by Ken Smith about 6 months ago 352 reads 7 comments

  25. Minnesota Gophers Trevor Mbakwe Suffers Knee Injury in Loss to Dayton

    The Minnesota Gophers started tonight on a high note as slight favorites to win the Old Spice Classic Tournament Championship against Dayton...

    Kevin Lindsey Written by Kevin Lindsey about 6 months ago 81 reads 2 comments