Minnesota Basketball: Golden Nugz Following a B1G Gopher Win over Maryland

Did you hear that Gopher Basketball finally got a Big Ten win last night?  Hard to believe, but it happened and it happened over the #6 ranked Maryland Terrapins.  Seems like a Nugz is in order.

• According to Eric Thrall's page (which I use ALL THE TIME), last night was the first time Minnesota has defeated Maryland...ever.  1-5 lifetime against the Terps.
• Here is the Testudo Times article on the loss for Maryland.
• GopherSports recap.
• Amelia's quick thoughts after the game.  "No one with a soul enjoys watching a team go on a long, seemingly bottomless skid, and the one Minnesota endured was a doozie."  Unless that team were Iowa, then I'm all for it.
• A BTPowerhouse look at the Gophers in late-game situations. (this was written before the Maryland win, which changes nothing about the valid points in the article)
• Courtstorming videos from all angles.  Personally I'm not a fan of storming the court as a 1-14 team, but whatever, they are college kids having fun.  I'm not offended in any way.
• Bubble watch?  Maybe?  Just kidding.
• Big blows to Iowa and Maryland, recapped by one of our own at Off Tackle Empire.

Gopher Football Stuff - by the way Spring Practice is less than two weeks away.  Hard to believe but it is almost here.

• The 2016 game to look forward to the most is the conference opener against Iowa.
• Off Tackle Empire has some spring positional rankings for the conference.  I think safeties is a big miss without any mention of Damryus Thomas, but he did miss much of the season and if you aren't intimately familiar with Big Ten safeties then I suppose it is understandable.  Offensive line sees the Gophers ranked 14th, which maybe is fair but for the fact that they are totally wrong on projected starters.

Gopher Baseball

• Season opens today at Utah.  An Off Tackle Empire baseball preview of the Big Ten.