Great, great weekend for my Gophers.

On Saturday, they easily beat Southern. Whalen had 27 on 10-13 shooting.

Today Minnesota faced its first real test against Colorado. The Gophers won in surprisingly easy fashion.

Whalen had another great game (of course), but the key was the matchup between McCarville and Tera Bjorkland.

McCarville won. 17 points and 14 rebounds versus 12 and 2 for Bjorkland. "Today was a big step for me," McCarville said, "being able to stop Tera like I did."