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Gophers Trevor Mbakwe Out For Season

Filed: 28th Nov 11 8:29 pm by
Filed under: NCAA Basketball

The Minnesota Gopher Basketball lose to Dayton 86-70 in the Old Spice Classic Championship was not the problem for them. The problem was losing senior all conference power forward Trevor Mbakwe. Mbakwe who was leading the Minnesota program basically in every category, but more importantly leading with his leadership. Trevor Mbakwe has been plagued before [...]

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Minnesota To Face Dayton In Championship Game Tonight

Filed: 27th Nov 11 3:06 pm by
Filed under: NCAA Basketball

Minnesota Basketball wants to end on a positive note while being in the sunny state of Florida before heading back north to the cold state of Minnesota. Minnesota will face the Dayton Flyers in the championship game of the Old Spice Classic. Trevor Mbakwe is still anchoring the Gophers with averaging a double double a [...]

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College Basketball: In-State Foes Butler vs. Indiana Tonight

Filed: 27th Nov 11 2:23 pm by
Filed under: NCAA Basketball

Indiana Hoosiers have been off the map for the past couple of years while the Butler Bulldogs have been on it. These instate opponents will be competing in the Hoosier Invitational tonight down in Bloomington at Assembly Hall. Indiana is currently still undefeated and will try and carry momentum into the Big Ten/ACC Challenge starting [...]

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Minnesota To Open Up Old Spice Classic Today On ESPN 2

Filed: 24th Nov 11 11:14 am by
Filed under: NCAA Basketball

Minnesota basketball has opened up the season 3-0 behind the play of senior Trevor Mbakwe. Mbakwe is averaging a double double with 18 points and 10 rebounds per game. The senior has taken the team on his back but today will be a good first challenge as they face DePaul out of the Big East [...]

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Michigan Meeting Duke In Maui Invitational

Filed: 22nd Nov 11 7:27 pm by
Filed under: NCAA Basketball

Turn on ESPN right now. There is a battle between Michigan and Duke. Michigan Basketball took care of business yesterday by beating #8 Memphis. What is their reward? To play the  6th ranked team in the nation, Duke. This rivalry has renewed itself over the past years. When did it start? In Ann Arbor in [...]

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Michigan Basketball Leaves Mainland For Maui Invitational

Filed: 21st Nov 11 7:59 am by
Filed under: NCAA Basketball

Michigan basketball is off to a good start this season, being ranked 18th in the nation and having a perfect 3-0 record. Their perfect start though will be on the line today when they face #10 Memphis in the opening round of the Maui Invitational. This tournament has the field of four teams ranked in [...]

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Big Ten Basketball Weekend Wrap Up

Filed: 20th Nov 11 10:54 pm by
Filed under: NCAA Basketball

The weekend had some projected results and also a tournament champion. The Northwestern Wildcats defeated Seton Hall to win the championship in the Charleston Classic. Here are the other weekend results: Creighton 82 IOWA 59 MICHIGAN STATE 69 AR-Little Rock 47 NEBRASKA 83 Rhode Island 63 #3 OHIO STATE 85  Jackson St 41 #15 Alabama 65 PURDUE 56 #13 [...]

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Purdue’s Robbie Hummel Looking For New Help

Filed: 18th Nov 11 10:36 am by
Filed under: NCAA Basketball

Purdue senior Robbie Hummel was not imagining swinging the ball to a Ryne Smith or dumping it down low to Travis Carroll. After all the injuries and hard work to be back on the hardwood, he can’t see E’Twaun Moore or JuJuan Johnson anywhere insight. Their last season they played together They averaged 16.4, 15.7, [...]

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Northwestern’s John Shurna Nets Career High 37 Points

Filed: 18th Nov 11 9:46 am by
Filed under: NCAA Basketball

Senior forward John Shurna from Glen Ellyn, Illinois helped Northwestern come back from a 14 point deficit and take down LSU 88-82. Shurna who tested the NBA waters in the off season decided to come back for his senior year. Everyone talks about Jared Sullinger from Ohio State, as they should, but we need to [...]

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Who is the best Big East team in College Basketball

Filed: 16th Nov 11 7:11 pm by
Filed under: Featured

We are only one week into college basketball, but there are two Big East teams in the top 5. University of Connecticut and Syracuse University bring talent, defense, scoring, and winning to the table, but come April only one could and can cut down the nets. So who is the best team in the Big [...]

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