GOPHERS: What we like about Minnesota Gophers basketball so far; Cade Tyson is AWESOME!

Mackey & Judd -- a Minnesota Sports Podcast

SKOR North | Hubbard Radio

Sports, Football, Minnesota Twins, Minnesota, Minnesota Timberwolves, Minnesota Sports, Minnesota Wild, Basketball, Minnesota Vikings

4.5 • 755 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The Minnesota Gophers suffered a tough loss on Friday night to USC but overall, there is a lot to like early on in Big Ten Conference play from these Minnesota Golden Gophers. Cade Tyson is awesome. Isaac Asuma is developing into a legit Big Ten player. The Minnesota Gophers are winning basketball games and competing at a high level! Ross Brendel and Manny Hill break down what they like and what they don’t like thus far in the Gophers basketball season and lay out where they think the program might be heading under Niko Medved. They also discuss the upcoming college football national championship game between the Indiana Hoosiers and Miami Hurricanes.

1:55 – It was a good week for the Minnesota Gophers by beating Iowa and competing with USC.

6:03 – What we like and what we don’t like about this Minnesota Gophers basketball team… Isacc Asuma is developing and turning into a threat.

13:03 – Worried about the Minnesota Gophers depth.

17:27 – Breaking down the schedule over the next few weeks.

22:40 – The Gophers should play in a postseason tournament this year.

30:42 – Miami Hurricanes and Indiana Hoosiers national championship preview.

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1:15.7	I don't know, Manny, do you think we need a separate open for basketball?
1:21.9	I just, no matter how great, Nico Medved and the Gopher basketball team does,
1:27.4	how do you beat Roll the Boat, Sky, Yomma, Gofers with the exuberation in PJ Flex voice?
1:32.4	I just, I think you got to roll with it all year long.
1:35.2	He is, for better or worse, the face of the University of Minnesota athletics program.
1:40.6	So I think you just roll with it, right?
1:42.6	Yeah, and I think it kind of makes the most sense.
1:44.8	I mean, football, we know that in college athletics now, football is the big, is the big moneymaker.
1:50.4	And so if you've got a charismatic football coach and your program is doing relatively well,
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