Wake up, everybody! It’s time for college basketball. Maybe you’ve been too enamored with the 8-0 start from the team’s gridiron counterparts, but it’s high time to remind you that the Gophers really, truly start their real life college basketball season tonight against the hated Vikings from Cleveland State. It’s the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
This season is full of newcomers. We said “goodbye” to guys like Amir Coffey, Jordan Murphy and Dupree McBrayer, but we welcome an insane SEVEN new faces, most of whom will make an impact this year. While you may not know them now, in a couple months you’ll be plenty familiar with guys like Marcus Carr (new point guard!