Basketball transfers are coming to a portal near you.
The 60-day window is open (March 13-May 11) for prospective transfers to hop in the portal to examine their options. The one-time transfer rule is still intact this season. If a player has not transferred before, they are immediately eligible. Of course, a team may release a player to play immediately rather than sit out a year of play. Continue reading Basketball Transfer Portal Shaping Mid-Majors’ 2023-24 Plans
Flat. Slow. Uninspired. Painful. Any number of terrible adjectives came to mind watching the defending national champions in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament. The #1-seed Denver Pioneers flew to New Hampshire with high expectations, hoping to come home Sunday with a second-straight Frozen Four berth and a trip to Tampa in the offing. Instead, playing against the 4th-seed Cornell Big Red in the Manchester Regional semifinal, the Pioneers came out flat, coughed up two first-period goals, and bowed out in the first round for the first time since 2014. They barely mustered a whimper in the 2-0 shutout loss which ended their season in the same building where legendary former head coach George Gwozdecky coached his final DU game, also in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament. Continue reading Denver Flames Out in Manchester, Dashing Hopes for Repeat & Record 10th Title
The Quest for the Quint is over. DU’s 11-game winning streak over the Colorado College Tigers is over. The Frozen Faceoff Semifinal losing and scoreless streak – now at two games – unfortunately continue. The #3 Denver Pioneers (30-9-0, 19-5-0 NCHC) traveled to the Frozen Faceoff at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul this weekend with high hopes to add more hardware to their trophy case in a historic season. Instead, the upset-hungry Colorado College Tigers (13-21-3, 6-15-3 NCHC) who were playing to keep their season alive played a perfect defensive game and used a lone power-play goal from Hunter McKown to earn a 1-0 victory and advance to tomorrow night’s NCHC Championship game. Continue reading Pioneers Shut Out Again in Frozen Faceoff Semis as Winning Streak over Tigers Ends
With DU lacrosse teams in full swing, there is no better time than now to order your spring lacrosse clothing from LetsGoDU. Our lacrosse store closes on March 30th when we make our final run of men’s and women’s lacrosse clothing featuring Denver Boone lacrosse, Denver Bonnie Lacrosse and the new 5280U™ logo. With the recent success of both men’s and women’s lacrosse. T-shirts, hoodies and caps are available for order now. All proceeds will be issued to men’s and women’s lacrosse as well as a fund to support LetsGoDU junior writer(s). Continue reading Ready to Get Your Lax Game On?
It was another solid weekend for Denver athletics along with some disappointment, too. Continue reading Hockey Wins Highlight DU Athletics Weekend Results
How do you slow down the high-flying, skilled Pioneers (29-8-0, 19-5-0)? The Bloodhawks, er RedHawks, decided to play tough and physical. Clearly, this approach gave Miami (8-23-4, 3-18-3) their best chance to win against a superior team. It wasn’t a dirty style of play by the visitors but a high-octane effort that fell short, 6-2. The Pioneers got excellent play from goaltender Matt Davis and Jack Devine’s four goals, a haul or ‘Texas hat trick’, sealed the first game of the NCHC Quarterfinals for Denver. Continue reading Jack Devine Scores a Haul in 6-2 Win Against Miami
A little more than a week remains before we close the hockey store and make our final run of Commemorative DU hockey jerseys for this season. If you want the Denver Boone hockey jersey with the commemorative patch on the sleeve order HERE before March 15th. The same goes for the hockey sweater that features the Commemorative Championship logo on the front and a yellow #9 (championships) banner on the sleeve. Continue reading Store Closes in One Week for Commemorative Championship Jerseys!
Beating Colorado College will never get old for Denver. No matter the state of either program, beating the Tigers is always sweet. But sometimes, there are rivalry victories that feel just a bit sweeter than others. Even after winning the ten prior Gold Pan matchups, the #3 Denver Pioneers (28-8-0, 19-5-0 NCHC) will relish their 11th-straight victory over the Colorado College Tigers (10-21-3, 6-15-3 NCHC) a little bit more than most of the 10 prior thanks to a three-goal third period that ended the Tigers’ upset bid and sent the black and yellow-clad faithful home in sadness yet again. Tristan Lemyre tied the game, Aidan Thompson netted the game-winner, and Massimo Rizzo sealed it with an empty-netter to complete the 4-2 comeback victory. Continue reading Pioneers Ride Three-Goal Third Period to Complete 4-2 Comeback Victory at Colorado College
#9 Denver women’s lacrosse has been anything but ‘under the radar’ this season, going 5-0 to start the season, while defeating #21 Michigan Thursday evening, 7-5, at Peter Barton Stadium. The men’s lacrosse team, 3-2, has been largely unheralded despite a close road defeat to Duke, 14-13 in OT, earlier this season. The men’s team traveled to Chapel Hill Saturday and led practically wire-to-wire but needed clutch goals in the final minutes to secure a tight 9-8 win over the #12 Tar Heels. Continue reading DU Lacrosse Teams Defeat Michigan & North Carolina
Winning isn’t always pretty and when you win 27 regular-season games, some of them are bound to be ugly. But all wins look the same in the box score, even when you hit four posts, flub a late 2-on-0 chance, and get caught chasing for much of the second half of the game, that 27th victory looks just as beautiful as the 26 that came before it. For the Penrose Cup champion #3 Denver Pioneers (27-8-0, 18-5-0 NCHC), it looks even better since that ugly, beautiful 2-1 victory came on Senior Night in front of 6,667 screaming fans at Magness Arena and extended their winning streak over their archrival Colorado College Tigers (10-20-3, 6-14-3 NCHC) to 10. Continue reading Pioneers Clip Tigers In Choppy 2-1 Victory to Extend Gold Pan Rivalry Winning Streak to 10
