Gophers fall to 'Canes, Brewster's house STILL for sale, and GEHG plans for hoops season

63-58 Hurricanes. Another tough, close loss by the Gophs tonight. That's 3 in a row now. They let it slip away in the last two minutes, that were tough to watch, kickstarted by an Al Nolen turnover as the Gophers were only down 2. Speaking of Nolen, he played another gutsy game, (6 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 steals, 9 points). I'm continually impressed by Nolen, as he gets significant minutes on the floor, despite the fact that he is absolutely not a threat to score from anywhere on the floor (layups the exception). Just think where his assist numbers would go if he was a dangerous shooter and defenders would have to respect him from the perimeter. I gotta believe he works on his shot. I just don't get how it hasn't improved one lick since his freshman year.

Site contributor 2Mutch tipped me off on this little gem - Tim Brewster's Shorewood, Minnesota house is for sale (see pic above). After doing approximately 5 minutes of research, it turns out its been for sale since last September, and Kent Youngblood speculates that Brew wants to be closer to the 'U' to cut down on his commute. Seems reasonable to me. But wait - if you had the misfortune of watching the local Minneapolis Kare 11 sportscast last Monday, you would have believe they broke this story, and the house just went on the market, putting all the 'Fire Brewster' mouth-breathers in 'Bring in Tony Dungy' mode. Kare 11 never mentioned the home was for sale for the last 3 months. Nice work morons - that's some quality journalism there. Brew is not going anywhere. Firing him now sends every potential coaching hire in the nation the message that 2 Bowl games in your first 3 years of rebuilding a program gets you fired. That will really bring a the A-list candidates our way, right?

One last thing friends - just wanted to mention that Give 'Em Hell Goldy will go into full blown Gopher hoops mode in a few short days. Gopher Bandanna Guy is still decompressing from the football season, and thoroughly enjoying the opening weeks of the NBA season (Go Bucks!). I am also slowly piecing together a Big Ten hoops conference preview, complete with opinions from alums and fans of the other Big Ten schools. Look for this before the conference season starts. Don't fret though, you'll still get your final dose of Gopher football come bowl season, as we'll preview our bowl opponent, and get you a final 'What we learned' for the year, before heading into the recruit signing season.

Go Gophs, and don't sweat it - Tubby will get these guys turned around.

One last thought - hey, we've almost hit 1,000 hits on the site. Pretty cool. Think I'll have a beer. Last can of Surly Furious in the 'fridge on its way down the hatch....!