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Stanley Gaines. Wasn't he something like a top 10 player in the country as an 8th grader? Never did much here or at Seton Hall.

It's on my maybe list, too. If I had known that the Gophers would be playing there this year, probably would have skipped the game there last year. I was hoping to see the temporary stadium on the lake. Fun to experience a game at Wrigley, but it's not a great venue to actually watch the game.

Illinois-Northwestern had announced attendance of about 26,000 last year. Most of the games that I can recall have featured an opponent that travels well and has a large Chicago alumni base (Illinois, Ohio State, Iowa). I'd like to think that there will be a sizeable Gopher contingent there...

I attended the Northwestern-Illinois game last November (the Saturday after the Gophers win at Camp Randall). I assumed that there would be lots of tickets available on the secondary market for under face value given that Northwestern doesn't draw flies and it was a holiday weekend. As I...

The National Park Service? I think that they do a pretty good job. Facing budget challenges now like all governmental agencies.

Are you asking for a prediction or a preference?

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Dear Holy Man: On behalf of the Golden Gopher family, I want to thank you for your long and dedicated commitment to Gopher basketball. Our long-term season ticketholders are as much a part of Gopher basketball history as the raised floor at The Barn, the wafting smell of popcorn, Goldy...

I was on a panel once where people from the athletic department were asking questions about how to develop/maintain/strengthen the season ticketholders' connection to the department. I suggested some type of gift in recognition of longevity milestones, e.g. something at 10 years, something a...

The UConn Communications guy got it right in his statement: “The lasting image of coach Hurley leaving the court should have been his walking off the court arm-in-arm with his seniors, overwhelmed with emotion.” What he got wrong is that it was Hurley's outburst and then his own reaction to...

Two things. First, Coach Brew was the interim head coach at Charlotte this fall and expressed an interest in being named HC going forward. He didn't get the job and it doesn't appear that he was retained on staff by the new coach. I am not aware of him getting a new job. Second...

What's the time frame to determine who made the "better hire?" If you mean who will most people say has the better coach when practice starts in the fall, I'd guess Iowa will win that debate. If you mean who, looking back in five years, advanced their program the most beyond their current...

It's college basketball. You could have stopped at "Power trip morning show has no idea."

Dylan begs to differ.