NCAA Tournament 2025


Audi Crooks with 27 points led Iowa State to a 68-63 win over Princeton. The Cyclones move on to face Michigan in South Bend
 


While watching the Gophers I kept an eye on Columbia's 23-15 fourth quarter run which defeated Washington 63-60
 





I love March Madness but watching all the Minnesotans in both the mens/ women’s tourney is painful. We would be very competitive year after year if we could keep a few of our elite players .
 

Gianni Kneepkens 24 points weren't enough as Indiana defeated Utah 76-68
 



I love March Madness but watching all the Minnesotans in both the mens/ women’s tourney is painful. We would be very competitive year after year if we could keep a few of our elite players .
Keeping those players here is going to determine the fate of the Gopher program going forward. It takes time for a new college coach to develop relationships with high school players, so there wasn't much Coach Dawn could do with the last two MN high school classes. However, the longer she's here, the more pressure there will be for her to keep those players at home. The commitments from Tori Oehrlein and Amisha Ramlall show she's working on it, but more are needed.

 

Keeping those players here is going to determine the fate of the Gopher program going forward. It takes time for a new college coach to develop relationships with high school players, so there wasn't much Coach Dawn could do with the last two MN high school classes. However, the longer she's here, the more pressure there will be for her to keep those players at home. The commitments from Tori Oehrlein and Amisha Ramlall show she's working on it, but more are needed.
And maybe they can start punching above their weight and poaching some top 20-40 recruits from other states too!
 





Oregon 77-73. Upset of Vanderbilt. But Oregon managed to win despite missing a ton of free throws. Helped to have Vandy foul out 3 of its top players.
 





1 NCAA tournament win for the Markowski era. A big disappointment. The Prince era may be better, despite the start today.
Thought Markowski a really fantastic player. Louisville missed a lot of threes but was able to get to and coral offensive rebounds. It's a game Nebraska could have won if they would have finished at the rim better on dribble drives. Nebraska seemed to have same issues as Gophers, not finishing off layups.
 
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No mercy. Iowa goes on a 30-10 third quarter run after Murray State loses its best player and buries the Racers 92-57
 



It would be interesting how things would have turned out had she not decommitted from SDSU. Her in a post rotation with Brooklyn Meyer would be tough to stop.
The way the story goes, Kendall Coley’s dad asked Amy Williams why she wasn’t recruiting Markowski, and that helped Williams to change her mind about a local Lincoln kid.
 

Brutal first round. 6 games by less than 10 points and teams scoring 25 points.
 

In one of the closer ones, MN native Lauren Jensen dueled against MN native Adalia McKenzie. The latter's Illinois team topped the former's Creighton.
 

ND pounding MI. Olson playing a nice game. Another MN player would have loved 2 in maroon/gold.
 


Oregon blew an upset chance with Toby Fournier out sick. No love lost between Duke fans and Deja Kelly
 


Indiana played South Carolina tough….

Hasn’t women’s basketball come far enough where games aren’t played at a home court? Seems ridiculous that Indiana has to play that game at South Carolina?
 




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