One of the big obstacles facing new Gopher’s athletic director Norwood Teague was the contract situation with men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith. Today, the hurdle was cleared with a contract extension going through the 2016-17 season. Smith is coming off a 23 win season and appearance in the NIT championship game. He has led the …
UPDATE: The guys on ESPN radio 104.5 says the chances of hiring Tubby are “very high.” They go as far as putting an 80% likelihood of it occurring. Don’t read too much into the percentages at this point. They usually don’t have much meaning. Why not 85% or 75%? Basically, all fans need to know is …
The Gophers’ season ended Thursday with a 75-51 rout against Stanford in the NIT Championship Game. You could say the Gophers found their identity during their NIT tournament run by playing a more up-tempo style of game than previously seen this season. Led by Andre Hollins and Rodney Williams they ran by, and dunked over …
Joel Maturi said on Thursday that he will retire as Gophers Athletic Director as of June 30th and will remain at the university as an assistant to President Eric Kaler. Maturi and Kaler will hold a press conference Thursday at 11am CT at TCF Bank Stadium. Maturi has had some good hires and some bad …
