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Wednesday night: Minnesota transfers Iverson and Cobbs 53, Gophers 51
Posted by: Howard Sinker under Bears Updated: March 7, 2013 - 7:35 AM
While Rodney Williams, Austin Hollins and Joe Coleman were combining for ZERO points in Wednesday night's Minnesota loss at Nebraska, a pair of ex-Gophers were having big nights for their new teams.
Tubby Smith-transfers Colton Iverson and Justin Cobbs combined for 53 points. Iverson scored a career high of 29 as Colorado State went to Wyoming and ruined that school's Senior Night in a 78-56 victory.
Matt L. Stephens of the Coloradan.com wrote: "Wednesday was Senior Night for Wyoming, but CSU must not have received the memo. It was the Rams’ seniors who stole the show in their final trip to Arena-Auditorium, led by Colton Iverson. To put it kindly, he was unstoppable. Iverson dominated in the paint for Colorado State University, tying a Mountain West single-game record for baskets without a miss, as the Rams cruised to a 78-56 victory."
Here's the full story.
Gulp.
Meanwhile, Cobbs scored 24 points for Cal in an 83-71 loss to Stanford. Here's the game report from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Big gulp.
Cobbs was named Big 12 Player of the Week a little while back. Cobbs is second in scoring for Cal at 15 points per game and leads the Bears with 4.8 assists per game. Here are his game-by-game stats. Iverson is leading Colorado State in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots.
Today happens to be the one-year anniversary of when Iverson spoke to Star Tribune college basketball writer Amelia Rayno about his decision to leave Minnesota. It was tough sitting on the sidelines and watching, he told Rayno.
But he explained: “I just felt I had more to offer to a program. I don’t regret going to Minnesota at all; I learned a lot and we had a lot of great moments, winning in Puerto Rico last year and our great run in the Big Ten tournament (in 2010). Those are moments I’ll never forget. … But I mean, I started more games as a freshman than I did as a junior and I just felt like I wasn’t really progressing.”
Looks like that's not the case anymore.
Here's the entire Gold in the Barn post from last March 7.
Tim Brewster to be named assistant at Florida State
Posted by: Howard Sinker Updated: February 27, 2013 - 6:04 PMTim Brewster is about to be named tight ends coach at Florida State, according to several internet reports, including a story on the Orlando Sentinel's website.
The first report was from Florida State's rivals.com affiliated site, according to Coley Harvey of the Sentinel.
Brewster was wide receivers coach in 2012 at Mississippi State after working as a commentator for FOX Sports telecasts of college and pro football following his firing at Minnesota. He was hired by former Gophers athletic director Joel Maturi before the 2007 season and fired in 2010.
You can read the full Sentinel report here.
Here's a report on Brewster's job change from cbssports.com.
The day after: Gophers top No. 1 Indiana
Posted by: Brian Stensaas under People Updated: February 27, 2013 - 12:42 PM
Reaction to No. 1 Indiana falling at Minnesota on Tuesday night was what you might expect in the Hoosier State.
Michael Pointer of the Indianapolis Star had a nice little roundup today from media types in Louisville and Michigan in addition to takes from CBS Sports and NBC Sports. They're worth a read if kneejerk reactions interest you at all. It seems a team falling from a projected No. 1 seed to a No. 2 in the NCAA Tournament is the end of the world.
So what happened through the view of red-colored lenses?
Star writer Terry Hutchens pointed out in his postgame video report that Indiana's big men plain "just didn't show up" at Williams Arena.
Indiana fans saw what Gophers fans (and everybody else for that matter) saw: Cody Zeller was not Cody Zeller. Particularly after Zeller's early-game slam dunk attempt was monster-blocked by Trevor Mbakwe (described as Mbakwe being "possessed" on ESPN) . Of course, the play sent IU fans into a tizzy, because in their minds Mbakwe "fouled Zeller into the third row" and he was given "the Shaq treatment" all game long.
Video: The storming the court collection
Posted by: Howard Sinker Updated: February 27, 2013 - 6:29 AMHere's a collection of storming-the-court videos from YouTube. Have fun watching.
Indianapolis Star
Daily Gopher
spoejanjers
Colin Duke
OK, now watch them again and get back to work (or class).
Twitterfest: #Gophers stun Indiana
Posted by: Howard Sinker under John Sullivan Updated: February 26, 2013 - 10:36 PMHere's some of what was being posted on Twitter after the #Gophers shocked Indiana Tuesday night.
Photo by Nadine Babu, gopherhole.com
Gopher Nation!!! Upset city! #1 toughest schedule in NCAA...put these boys in the tourney! #underdogs #tubby
— Eric Decker (@EricDecker87) February 27, 2013
Congrats to Coach Tubby Smith and the Gopher BB team on defeatingNo. 1 ranked Indiana. Great job!
— Tony Dungy (@TonyDungy) February 27, 2013
"Goldy put his hand in his bag, took out a stone, slung it, and struck the Hoosier on his forehead..." #Gophers #Obsessing #Blaspheming
— Paul Baudhuin (@BelgianFriar) February 27, 2013
Time to eat crow...nice job tonight by Tubby, #Gophers out worked and out played the #Hoosiers.
— Tony Hoaglund (@tonyhoaglund) February 27, 2013
The last time I was at a super exciting game at the barn (Wisc, circa 2009), I almost puked from screaming too much. Good times. #gophers
— K. (@KKnish) February 27, 2013
Just when you think the #gophers season is over they upset the number 1 team in the country
— Hunter Bies (@hunterbies) February 27, 2013
Big upset for Indiana !! “@amaarhnur: I'm still going crazy at the fact that Minnesota beat #1 Indiana!! Wow go #Gophers!!!”
— Mohamed Hassan™♐ (@THEGREATFULKING) February 27, 2013
I can't remember a bigger win for any #Gophers sport like this since maybe the @gopherhockey national championships?
— Joseph Kauffman (@josephkauffman) February 27, 2013
Love me some upsets. March is gunna be NUTS! #collegebasketball #gophers #vols
— Garrett Nelson (@garrettdnelson) February 27, 2013
Congrats to the #gophers! The ONLY time it is appropriate in #NCAA to #stormthecourt is when you take down #1.
— JMZIII (@JMZIII) February 27, 2013
My daughter is 9, and tonight is the first time in her lifetime that the court at Williams Arena has been stormed. #Gophers
— Dan Brookens (@Dan_Brookens) February 27, 2013
Huge win for the #Gophers.Congrats University of Minnesota men's basketball! twitter.com/JASully65/stat…
— John Sullivan (@JASully65) February 27, 2013
Really happy to see these #gophers pull off this upset!!!!!!
— Danny Valencia (@dannyvalencia19) February 27, 2013
I would like to take a moment to thank my mother for giving away my tickets to the #gophersgame tonight #thanksmom
— Liam Adam (@L_Adam12) February 27, 2013
Jared Berggren: 'We were kind of pulling for (Minnesota) and hoping they could help us out a little bit.' #Badgers #Gophers
— Tom Lea (@ESPNTomLea) February 27, 2013
Though excited about tonight. Doesn't change the fact that this team could be much better. But let's enjoy it! #Gophers #UpsetAlert
— Spencer Waldvogel (@SpencerW15) February 27, 2013
Gophers beat Indiana and Wes Johnson looks like an NBA player? On the same night, no less? Dogs, cats will soon live together.
— Dan Barreiro (@DanBarreiroKFAN) February 27, 2013So the #Gophers won and I missed it. Crap. I guess I have to stop calling for Tubby's head for at least a week.
— Lucas Klaehn (@lucasklaehn) February 27, 2013
Gophers get a major major W 4 their CONFIDENCE which has been shattered - should be High now! #GONZAGA
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 27, 2013
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