Recent content by BigTenGuy

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...

Wonder if Iowa talked to her after decommitting from West Virginia. A Wisconsin player who commits to ASU when she did and then to West Virginia is more than likely not a player with offers from attractive Big Ten programs. Strange choices to make if you've got attractive Big Ten options.

Love your recruiting and other program info. You bring more of that than any other poster. But unless I missed things, the description of Grace having Iowa, Maryland and teams like that offer is way off. Do you have a source for that? You may very well know more than what I know just from...

Nothing to lose tonight. UCLA is 24-0 since joining the BIG against non JuJu Watkins BIG teams. Hoping GG with a big game can start to cement her 1st-team All-BIG status. Will be interesting to see who Jaquez guards most of the time tonight. She’s their best perimeter defender. Athletically...

Kept her from shooting but not from getting the ball. She had 11 assists, the only double-figures assist game of Betts’ career.

In his absence, perhaps someone who was at the Gopher's 2004 NCAA tournament victory over UCLA in the Barn can step up with some memories or highlights from that victory.