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The disconnect between the Gophers’ cavalcade of stars and lack of team success is striking. For a team with 0 Big Ten titles, the worst aggregate Big Ten Tournament record, and only 6 AP Poll finishes, the Gophers have an amazing collection of college superstars.

Hoping Zie is a late bloomer, but skepticism seems in order. The combination of her crazy high field goal percentage (67.9% and 71.2% in conference play), and pitiful free throw percentage (55.9% and 48.6% in conference play) suggest she physically over matched her junior college opponents at...

The Iowegians are coming? Clark drove the viewership numbers on the Big Ten Network this year. Can she do the same for attendance at the WBB tourney in Minneapolis?

I understand that there is a convention to how announcements of coaching hires are written, but the Fairfield announcement deserves credit for its audacity. I've made some suggested edits for clarity, which can reviewed for accuracy. In four seasons at Minnesota alongside newly-minted Naismith...

known Class 2020 offers: Thanks for this info.

A reasonable question on its face, and perhaps the '22 class will disappoint, but the question suffers from relying on the outlier ESPN ranking of the 2020 class, which was based on an outlier ranking of Alexia Smith. ESPN had Smith at # 46, before dropping her to #68 in their final rankings...

Northwestern will be motivated. A loss to the Gophers might knock them out of the NCAA tourney.

Team is playing much better with no Powell and far less Sissoko.

Lee, Czinano and Haiby is a pretty impressive trio from the same recruiting class.

A little bit like 1986 versus Iowa. Time for a victory by an undermanned squad.

Agree. Since PJ arrived, it seems like Iowa has been more amped up for the Gophers.

Will be interesting to see how the results compare to the post-regular season results (below). For me, beating a poor WV team does nothing to move the needle. A Votes: 8 4.4% B Votes: 129 70.5% C Votes: 45 24.6% D Votes: 1 0.5%

MNGirlsHoops: I know you were optimistic about this season, but it seems like you may be falling off the Whalen bandwagon, or at least holding on for dear life. Going forward, what is a realistic Big Ten record for this season?

247 says 10th in the league. 10th or 11th seems like a C, though I do love the D-lineman from PA.

The academic turnaround under Kill was great, and the even greater success under PJ is nothing short of astonishing. Before that, the Gophers spent several decades usually toward the bottom of the Big Ten in terms of football academic success. And now the Gophers are in Northwestern territory...