thedailygopher.com - 1/1/2009
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First, Happy New Year to all. Now on to the men's basketball team's first loss of the year.
Congratulations to the Michigan State Spartans for playing a very solid basketball game in the Big Ten opener at Williams Arena. They proved to be bigger, faster and stronger. They hustled and beat ...
totalprosports.com - 1/1/2009
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totalprosports.com —
The Kansas Jayhawks were in the Orange Bowl
last year and were the eventual winners, beating Virginia
Tech 24-21. This year they finished with a 7-5 record in the tough Big 12 and find themselves in the Insight Bowl. What a difference a year makes, the Minnesota Golden Gophers were on the opposite
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Insight Bowl: Preview and Prediction
thedailygopher.com - 1/4/2009
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thedailygopher.com —
After laying the proverbial egg against Michigan State,
the Golden Gophers rebounded (figuratively and literally) Saturday against
the #23 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. The Gophers did just about everything at a higher level than they did against the ...
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#21 Minnesota 68, #23 Ohio State 59
thedailygopher.com - 12/31/2008
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thedailygopher.com —
Last March the Big Ten saw four of
its teams enter the NCAA Tournament. Two of those
teams made it as far as the Sweet 16, but then quietly went by the wayside. Flashforward nine months and Big Ten fans can justifiably argue that the ...
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Down with Goldy —
... Lastly, and no big surprise here, but the rebounding and specifically offensive rebounding was really a killer. A 41-22 edge to the Spartans, who also grabbed 16 offensive boards, is just too much to overcome. Some of it was to be expected, as The Daily Gopher says, this was a MSU strength against a Gopher weakness, but my god, how frustrating to watch. Particularly plays like when Hoffarber got Chris Allen to settle for a long jumper, then turned and watch it miss as Allen went right around him to grab his own miss for an easy put-back. Again, some of it is to be expected, ...
Preview: #23 Ohio State at #21 Minnesota
Eleven Warriors —
... Both teams come into the game ranked, the first time that has happened since Jan. 1972. Minnesota has been the surprise team thus far, winning their first 12 games before falling to Michigan State 70-58 on Wednesday. ...
Related: michigan basketball
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The Hoosier Report
I would have rather lost by 20. As I was going to say in my gracious post-game victory post, it's an odd sensation to have a 17 point home lead and yet fear that Michigan's coach might engineer a comeback. I didn't feel that way when Michigan was good, let alone the last 10 years. The Big Ten ...
Pregame notes. —
The Hoosier Report
Just a brief tour of the Internet before tonight's game: Dylan at UMHoops runs one of the best basketball-focused Big Ten blogs. His preview of tonight's game is here . Leading Michigan blog mgoblog is covering basketball a bit more than usual this season, although nothing about this game so ...
The Michigan game. —
The Hoosier Report
Michigan Wolverines Current record: 11-3 (1-1) Current RPI: 40 Current Sagarin: 37 Current Pomeroy: 56 2007-08 record: 10-22 (5-13) 2007-08 RPI: 167 2007-08 Sagarin: 2007-08 Pomeroy: 112 Series: IU leads 97-51 Last IU win: 1/8/2008 (78-64 in Ann Arbor) Last Michigan win: 2/17/2007 ...
Gophers jump to #19 in the coaches poll —
From The Barn
Minnsota is between Xavier and Butler.
Other teams of note:
#12 Michigan State
#14 Purdue
#21 Louisville
Others receiving votes:
#28 Michigan
#30 Ohio State, who perhaps, should take losses a little more seriously.
#32 Illinois
Michigan Weekend Wrap-up: World Resumes Spinning Correctly —
Maize n Brew
After a little time off we're back to our regular broadcasting. Hope you'll forgive our little lapse over the holidays. In an effort to regain your favor, dear reader, here's a wrap up of the weekend's events.
Michigan Basketball Blows Past Illinois to Even its Big Ten Record and Surpass Last ...
UCLA Wins, Illinois Loses —
L.A. Seitz of Chicago
Illinois 64; Michigan 74
The Illini gave it a good effort, but they appeared to wear down a little bit in the end, failing to execute their offense, failing to keep Michigan from executing theirs. The overtime victory at Purdue may have taken a little too much out of them. But they got a split ...
