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Regular season: C Post season: A C for the regular season because of the lack of wins vs teams in the top half of the conference and the inability to win a game at the end of the season when one or two more wins (against middle of the Big Ten teams) would have put us in the NCAA Tournament...

Next year's freshmen: Makena Christian | Guard | Lomira, Wisconsin | Hartford Union High School Ranked as one of the top guards from the state of Wisconsin, Christian brings an edge to the Gophers' squad as the No. 52 ranked recruit in the latest 2024 ESPN/Hoopgurlz top 100 rankings. In her...

I was convinced they wouldn't win any Big Ten games until they did. (Then just when a spark of hope emerged, they couldn't win a Big Ten game.)

"Peaking at the right time of the year." That is Washington. I doubt if anyone in the Big Ten wants to play them right now. On the other hand, the opposite is true for the Gophers unfortunately. Hard to watch this team the past several weeks. They do not seem to be getting better. They do...

One of my all-time favorite Gophers! So sorry to hear this.

Wow! No quit with this team. Of course, I would like to see them avoid having to come back like this to win. They looked sluggish defensively from the start. I am sure Dawn can fix that. (Maybe not being ill will fix it.) I thought the coaching staff did a great job of trying to find...

North Carolina beat Duke 3-0 in the SEMI-FINAL. That makes the 3-0 outcome of the Gopher game with North Carolina look better. Would have liked to see a Big Ten team in the semi-finals. Go GOPHERS! Will be interesting to see where some of the graduating players end up. Anyone know where that...

The coach has a huge incoming freshmen class. More than one will need to duplicate what Ashley Thurk did this season. It sure doesn't look like there are many underclassmen who did not start or get regular minutes with the potential to be impact players next year. Otherwise, they would have...

I have to respond to samloupete: Enough with the broken record about seeing more of Johnson. Our coach is very experienced at developing young players and getting them ready to play against the tough Big Ten competition. Bottom Line: During meaningful minutes, coaches don't play players...

Thanks for the insight. A chance for some of the deeper bench players to get some playing time?

Thanks for posting these post game videos. It begs the question: why isn't the link to these posted on the Gopher Sports site like it is for the men?

I think it was 2018 when the Gophers were seeded number 8 (or maybe 7) and beat Penn State in the Championship game. So you never know. Seeding is less of an indicator at this point in the season than how a team has been playing. The Gophers are playing very well right now. Very impressive...

I agree. Great insight and I appreciate your eye for interesting details such as New Briton being the home of Stanley Tool. And WOW, that Stanley Tool connection is involved in bringing a huge change in the game (probably as momentous as someone suggesting the bottom of the peach basket be cut...

The NCAA has created this incredible mess. No teeth to these attempts at enforcement. One game suspension. I imagine he can pick the game he chooses. Big deal! Michigan egregiously violates a rule and cruises through last season unaffected by the ineffective penalties. Their coach gets his...

Not much to add other than these thoughts: Knowing how Iowa will play, I was most disappointed in (1) how we were not mentally ready to combat Iowa's relentless attack. Slow to get back and defend, confused about who to cover when we did. And (2) how we failed to rebound. When your offense...