Recent content by BigTenGuy

Would like to see the Gophers play without Hart or Tonga for extended minutes in the 4th quarter. Need experience playing small.

KU lost both of its Thanksgiving week games to less than stellar competition: Georgia and Dayton. Not helpful for the Gophers’ metrics.

Still think the Gophers can make the tournament, but it will be a lot easier if they can avoid a big hole the first 8 games of the BIG season. The early BIG schedule is beyond brutal: Maryland at Indiana at Michigan Northwestern USC UCLA at Washington at Oregon 3-5 would be a really good...

FloSports App says 5:30 for Gopher game, with South Florida Harvard at 3:20. Confusing. Edit: When you click on Gopher game on FloSports App, says 3:20 start time.

Curry left Purdue just as Purdue was about to receive sanctions for both academic and recruiting violations under her watch. Never understood how she escaped punishment.

Battle and Braun are really struggling from the field this year, though I loved Braun's stationary 3-point shooting yesterday. There are 53 BIG players averaging 25 minutes a game. Battle is last in that group with an effective field-goal percentage (EFG) of 30.4%, shooting just 27.5% from 2...

Will be interesting to see how many Gopher fans made the trip. Watched some of the Ohio State game there this morning, and it was a pretty empty ballroom doubling as a stadium. ESPN says 237 were at the OSU game, which seems inflated from the shots of the crowd (seats).

Class ratings are a funny thing, balancing quality and quantity. Over time, class rankings seem like a worthless exercise. Iowa signed 1 player and has the 17th-ranked class, and Minnesota signed 4 players and has the 19th-ranked class.

Duke v USF tonight on ESPNU at7. Good preview of Gophers' next opponent. USF playing at home trying to avoid 3 losses in a row tonight against a challenging schedule (Fairfield, UCLA, & Duke).

The good moments from Mara are so good that it makes you want more of that. But she is a puzzle. Not sure Mara is cold. Her old self has always been a puzzlingly inefficient scorer. In conference play her sophomore year, before her first season-ending injury, she shot 30.7% from 2 and...

Wonder how much the Woodson injury impacted a game like this. Seems like Woodson was set to play the 5 in a small lineup (among other things). Would still like to see the Gophers play small at times. KU is not big, and Hart/Tonga were not the answer tonight. Would have liked to see more...

Glad to get first game road problems out of the way tonight. Still think the Gophers will beat a somewhat short-handed KU team.

Huge Bart Torvik fan (knew him when he lived in the Twin Cities years ago), but his early season rankings reflect, in part, his pre-season rankings, which in turn substantially reflect returning player information. He had Minnesota rated highly pre-season, and Minnesota is doing nothing to...

Six voters have Minnesota on their AP ballot this week: Rank Percy Allen Seattle Times 24 Ben Pickman Athletic 24 Reed Darcey The Advocate (Baton Rouge) 23 Carl Adamec CT Insider 22 Maggie Vanoni Hearst Media (UConn) 21 Sabreena Merchant Athletic 18...

Could you elaborate on what you think is “off” with this year’s team. I enjoy your posts, but am puzzled by this take. To me, this year’s team seems very “on.” Tori and GG are playing great and scoring at a highly efficient clip. Amaya and Mara are playing great. Amaya’s rebounding and...