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		<title>Gophers V Michigan</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2010/02/11/gophers-v-michigan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drakesax</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blake Hoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C.J. Leslie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calvin Godfrey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cory Joseph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devoe Joseph]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Graham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luke Cothron]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can the Gophers take care of business at home against the Wolverines tonight?  Ralph Sampson III is going to have play well for the home team to win.  Let&#8217;s hope the Gophers don&#8217;t try to make this a three point contest because Michigan is deceptively good from outside.  Let&#8217;s give&#8217;em the full-court press and outwork the Wolerines for the entire length of the court. Live Blogging Bob Knight calling the game on ESPN HD tonight.  Sweet! Gophers are looking to use their height inside but they aren&#8217;t finding much inside to start the game.  Let&#8217;s hope they stick with this though Michigan is hitting from outside early with two quick 3&#8242;s Gophers are cold Not playing tough inside yet Sampson is playing weak inside Paul Carter comes in for Damien Johnson The Gophers first basket via a sweet inside play from Hoffarber Sampson got to the line and only hit one of two Second unit is in now Iverson is playing tough inside but not consistent The Gophers are going inside but they aren&#8217;t getting points 16-10 Michigan and the Gophers are already giving up the inside game and are looking more perimeter pick &#38; pop Westbrook isn&#8217;t playing that great Carter/Johnson/Sampson/Hoffarber/Joseph [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gophers Vs. Nittany Lions</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2010/02/07/gophers-vs-nittany-lions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jawa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blake Hoffarber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devoe Joseph]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Westbrook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of course we want to believe that the Gophers should have destroyed the Nittany Lions but it was a close game. Here are a few of my thoughts from yesterday&#8217;s game. 1.Ralph Sampson looked great. He was playing superb defense throughout the game. However, it was his offense that look especially good. Some pretty decent post moves. But the most important thing: he was aggressive. He needs to own the paint. 2. Blake Hoffarber has my permission to shoot at anytime from three point land. Seriously, put it up buddy. 3. Lawrence Westbrook is a streaky player, everyone sees that. However, in trying to get on of his streaks he really puts up some dumb shots. One of his shots missed everything except the right side of the backboard. Yuck. That said, what an amazing shot to win the game. That should be a top ten play this week. 4. Talor Battle is a good player. I am not sure if he is a sure fire NBA prospect. I don&#8217;t think he has the size but I could see him being a very good overseas player. 5. Penn State has some decent 3 point shooters. They were definitely getting some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gopher&#8217;s v OSU recapp</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2010/01/31/gophers-v-osu-recapp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drakesax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College Sports]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blake Hoffarber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devoe Joseph]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First off the live blog was a lot of fun.  We&#8217;ll try to do this as often as we can for MN related sporting events.  Who knows maybe we&#8217;ll be able to do the Super Bowl next week. I can&#8217;t say this enough the Gopher&#8217;s are not playing a physical game.  They need to play tough.  There isn&#8217;t a killer mentaliy on this Gopher&#8217;s team.  Tubby has a tenacious spirit and loves defense.  The Gophers for the most part play solid defense, but their bigs don&#8217;t play big.  When the game is over the Gophers took themselves out of this game by not playing tough. Evan Turner is a beast.  All of the rust is gone and now he&#8217;s working to solidify his standing as a potential number one pick in this coming years NBA Draft.  From just watching OSU closely twice this year, being the two Gopher games, I&#8217;d say they&#8217;ve got other legit NBA talents on this team.  William Bufford &#38; David Lighty are both solid players and I for one would take either of them to start for the Gophers right now.  Unless those two guys really come on strong in the second half of this season [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live Blogging the Gopher vs. Buckeyes game</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2010/01/31/live-blogging-the-gopher-vs-buckeyes-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jawa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am going to live blog the Gophers vs. Buckeyes game. I will share some of my thoughts and insights. 1.Damian Johnson is so damn athletic. He can really create some opportunities for himself and others. 2.Devoe Joseph is going to have his hands full with Evan Turner because of Turner&#8217;s size and quick first step. 3. Despite John Wall&#8217;s play, I think Evan Turner so far is my Player of the Year. 4. Tubby&#8217;s bench has to be one of the deepest in the country. He can play 10 deep. I doubt many other coaches can say that. 5. Every time I watch a Gopher game, they can&#8217;t shoot free throws effectively. Is it me who is cursing them or do they always do that? 6. I really like Ohio&#8217;s ability to double team and recover. 7. Jesus Christ, Turner is straight destroying us. We need Ron Artest to guard that guy. 8. Even with the Buckeyes run, we are hanging in there.  I think we need to get more looks for our shooters, specifically Hoffarber. 9. I am going to call this game a must-win(all games are must wins, I know that) but this one is huge. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gopher&#8217;s Game on CBS</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2010/01/31/gophers-game-on-cbs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drakesax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just as a heads up for everyone out there Sunday&#8217;s Gopher&#8217;s game is going to be on CBS @ noon.  Channel Four in the Twin Cities area.  It&#8217;ll also be on 830 WCCO.  Should be a good game.  We beat OSU at home back on the 9th so they&#8217;ll be looking for payback.  The Gopher&#8217;s could really use a win there tomorrow, that would easily be there biggest win of the season to date. Blog this on Blogger Digg this! Share this on Facebook Email this via Gmail Add this to Google Bookmarks Post on Google Buzz Post this to MySpace]]></description>
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		<title>Gophers v NU thoughts</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2010/01/27/gophers-v-nu-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drakesax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College Sports]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blake Hoffarber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colton Iverson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devoe Joseph]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mnsportsshot.com/?p=447</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First off I watched this entire game, while riding my bike and by the end the excitement of the game and the two hours of riding got a little sweat on my notes.  I&#8217;m a gamer and I can still make them out.  My first impressions of both teams where that the Gophers have way more talent and are much more athletic.  Northwestern seems to have better basketball sense/savvy.  At times I wonder what Tubby is doing presently in games some of his substitutions seem to be counter productive and I&#8217;m not always sure I understand the offense he has the team running.  Now that I&#8217;ve let the game sink in for almost an entire day I realize that right now in the present isn&#8217;t as important for this team and this program as the future.  I&#8217;ve got a few thoughts that I&#8217;ll add to the end of this on the program in general but here is my take on last nights game. Northwestern starting off the night taking a lot of outside shots and a lot of threes.  The first third of the game they were hitting.  The second third of the game they went cold.  The final third [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drive 4 NCAA Tourney</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2010/01/26/drive-4-ncaa-tourney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drakesax</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mnsportsshot.com/?p=439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Gopher&#8217;s need to turn things around to save this season.  What will be their key to do just that?  Or maybe more accurately who will be their savior? Team defense isn&#8217;t the Gophers problem.  It wasn&#8217;t their problem last year either.  Defense is assuredly our strong-point.  In only two of our seven current losses we have given up 70 or more points.  With the loss of Al Nolen our perimiter defense is bound to slip and so are our steals.  Devoe Joseph and Justin Cobbs are presumably going to pick up Nolen&#8217;s minutes.  While both players together average 1.2 steals per game to Nolen&#8217;s team high 2.4 per game they both play above average team defense and I&#8217;m sure just due to more minutes their combined steal number are bound to go up.  Plus Cobbs is a freshmen, just feeling his way through his first season with the Gophers and I think that this is one of the better scenarios that could happen to improve his game. What the Gophers haven&#8217;t seemed to be able to figure out all season is how to initiate their half-court offense.  Nolen has an above average transition game, which suits his defensive tenacity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gophers v MSU</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2010/01/23/gophers-v-msu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drakesax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll make this one real quick.  I slept in and missed the entire game.  I&#8217;m going through the stats right now.  Here are a few really quick thoughts with more to come. Al Nolan is done with the Gophers, unless he pulls a complete 180 via repenting to Tubby like yesterday Royce White needs to prove his innocence on these charges.  If not this is going to be Tubby&#8217;s black-mark year Right now the Gophers are looking at the NIT No Al Nolen, tons of scoring from the point?  I&#8217;m cool with that baby Devoe Joseph is my new favorite Gopher If Ralph Sampson III was actually a beast this team would rule I hope RS III is thinking about putting on a few pounds, lifting weights and shooting more free-throws I hope the whole damn team works on shooting more free-throws and quits hiring defense attorneys Blog this on Blogger Digg this! Share this on Facebook Email this via Gmail Add this to Google Bookmarks Post on Google Buzz Post this to MySpace]]></description>
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		<title>Royce is back</title>
		<link>http://mnsportsshot.com/2010/01/20/royce-is-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drakesax</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rodney Williams]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Golden Gophers basketball team has been on a roller coaster to say the least.  They landed two of Minnesota&#8217;s biggest studs in the last ten years this past summer in Royce White &#38; Rodney Williams.  Add in that Trevor Mbakwe was also transferring back to Minnesota and Tubby Smith was going to have a pretty good club this season.  Then late summer-early fall the wheels started to fall off.  White and Mbakwe had legal troubles and were both suspended from the team indefinitely.  The Gophers aren&#8217;t strong on the low-blocks they have more lean athletic players then big bruisers so losing White and Mbakwe took away that physical presence. Early in the season the Gophers struggled to find themselves and to create a true identity.  As of late they have struggled with playing down to their competition.  Against Indiana we mucked it up and didn&#8217;t play the clean defensive game that has become a Tubby Smith staple no matter where he is coaching.  That loss to Indiana means the Gophers have to knock off a team remaining on their schedule that they aren&#8217;t supposed to beat because Indiana should have been an easy win, that is if they want to make the [...]]]></description>
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