Recent content by BigTenGuy

She may not make it to the end of the year. 1-17 last year, 0-11 this year for a historically very good WBB program.

Gophers ascending in the BIG.

Agree that Mara played winning basketball yesterday, despite not shooting well on relatively few attempts. She also didn't force bad shots. I am a huge fan of Mara's attitude, hustle and determination. Mara's shooting percentages have not impacted her effort and positive contributions in...

Shimmy is way worse to my ears.

How ‘bout that offensive efficiency! Awesome up and down the lineup, including the combo post position.

Good points. But I’m still a little uncertain. Big Ten availability reports have three categories: “Out for Season”, “Out” and “Questionable”. Oregon has been listing Heyer as “Out” rather than “Out for Season.” By your logic, shouldn’t she be listed as “Out for Season”? Her being listed...

I understand that Heyer's plan was to sit out this year. I was just suggesting that she might be eligible to play second semester, if she had wanted to. When Sophie Hart transferred mid-year, it was emphasized that she was ineligible because you can't play for 2 teams in one season. But...

Not sure, but I think she may be eligible second semester since she didn’t play for the Gophers this season. Oregon has been listing Heyer as Out on the game availability report, which wouldn’t make sense if she is not eligible. Can’t be Out if you’re not eligible.

The narrative from the recent Strib article and various posts that Braun needs to regain or rediscover her pre-injury form ignores the reality of her pre-injury shooting, and the relative consistency of her shooting woes throughout her career. Each year of her career there are roughly 50 double...

4-4 in the BIG. Time to make some hay in the second half + 1. Gophers are so good on D. How far can GG and sporadic good nights from B & B (Braun & Battle) carry them?

FWIW, Gophers end up at 53 in the Sagarin, 48 in the Massey Composite and 70 in SP+ rankings.

Huge game tonight. Win to get to .500 in conference play, with potential long winning streak on tap (potentially 4 games heading into Iowa City). Schedule about to really ease up.

Not yet, but certainly not ahead of schedule. Given how tough the Gophers first 8 conference games are, 3-5 is the minimum needed to be on track for the tourney. But if the Gophers win at Oregon, they will be 4-4, and in good shape to attack the last 10 conference games.

Opportunity for a Quad 1 win today. As of today, Gophers are 0-4 in Quad 1 games, though USC is a high Quad 2 victory that could turn into a Quad 1 victory.

In both games last year, thought Ladine and Daniels were the key players for Washington. Daniels is gone, and the combined replacement by Grabovskaia and McGaughy is not as effective. Ladine, for her part, does not seem fully healthy this year (missed 6 games), and scoring average is way down...