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You seem to only appreciate players who are smaller and faster, but can’t take any contact inside, don’t play defense, and prefer to just take threes. A team cannot survive on just that. We need the bigger players who are willing to joust in the lane, fighting for rebounds. “Athleticism” looks...

It’s funny, when we see a new class sign there NLI’s, everybody is saying, “oh yeah, they are so athletic, we’re gonna be so good”. Just a few games in, and the so-called fans are turning and saying “how come we’re not very athletic.” We are not a run-n-gun program, with a lot of running and no...

Other than the last couple minutes, this has been a very enjoyable game to watch. I like the heart and hustle the Gophers are showing. We just needed a few more of our buckets to fall, and a few more stops to stay in the hunt for the victory.

With the addition of the PAC teams, and all of the talent they are bringing, I would’ve been surprised if we had any players on the preseason top 10.

#38 Princeton #37 Gonzaga #36 TCU

Most schools post their roster updates in June, once the new recruits and transfers have reported to campus. With all the AAU tournaments going on right now, I’d rather have the coaches focusing on recruiting, rather than updating the website, which really doesn’t matter right now.

We will go to a couple games this year. However, with the price of Big 10+ being twice as much as ESPN+ per month, and 1/10 of the programming, especially basketball, I guess we’ll just be watching other conferences again this year.

This will be the first year of not traveling to watch either of my children playing. It might be fun to drive down to Drake to watch Iowa, if it doesn’t conflict with the Gophers schedule.

I’m looking forward to seeing how much this experience on the 3x3 circuit translates into increased confidence and leadership on the NCAA floor. Especially against more experienced, higher ranked programs.

Even though the Big 12 has lost teams to the SEC, they are picking up new teams from the dissolution of the PAC. I foresee more shuffling between the the 4 remaining P5 conferences, as well as Mountain West, Big East, and a few others.

This is awesome news for Rachel! It’s nice that she’s making plans for after she’s done playing with the Lynx, especially now that she’s getting married soon.

I never understood the transfer of Öberg. I watched both her and Hart when they were in AAU and high school, and I would definitely rank Hart well above Oberg as far as skills. I was not impressed by Oberg’s mobility, or rather the lack thereof, for her position. Given that they just finished...

One possibility for a back up center would be Ila Lane, 6’4, from UCSB. Local connection is that the UCSB coach is from Willmar Minnesota.

That’s a bummer. I would’ve loved to watch what Franie Hottinger could’ve done in a gophers uniform! And Wilke as well.

I’m sorry, but knee injuries are not caused by blind spots on the floor. They are caused by genetics (especially in girls), landing wrong, twisting unexpectedly, or a combination of those factors….