Recent content by MaroonMagic

Yeah, (with zero inside knowledge) one of my thoughts has been that maybe the coaching staff knew longer than they let on and just decided that two weeks before the season was the best time to make it public. It doesn't even need to be for nefarious reasons, but they could have decided it was...

Interesting. It seems like Charlie Creme currently tends to prefer prior season performances to who is actually on the roster for the upcoming season. Not sure I'd say Indiana and Illinois (who are both rebuilding this year after losing multiple significant players each) are going to do better...

I'm excited to get the season started and finally see what this team can do. There have been so many different takes in the media on the Gophers positioning, ranging from being top 4-6 in the Big Ten and 18th nationally, to being last 4 into the tournament. And I get why, they have the coaching...

This is her last year of eligibility so she would not be able to play anywhere else if she played off the bench for the Gophers. Now I will say it's interesting that she's just decided to leave instead of doing what Brylee Glenn did at K State. After she lost her starting spot, she decided to...

You know that compared to all other Big Ten teams, Minnesota had the lowest average of turnovers (11.3) per game last year, right? AND the highest assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.4. The next closest was UCLA with 1.32!

Yeah, I totally agree. My original point was coming from the angle that the rankings only tell us how these players perform against high school players with high school coaches. They aren't that informative of how they will perform at the college level with college coaches.

Oh, you must have better memory than I do! I just checked again, and she was 98th out of 100 on ESPN's final list. But that just goes to show how much they undervalued her!

Case in point: Tori McKinney and Grace Grocholski. Two players with huge positive impact for the Gophers, and neither of them made any of these national rankings, but the coaches saw their potential.

I don't get why some are so hung up on this. Rookies don't usually make the Olympic team, and why would you want them to? In such high competition environments, you really want to send your best and most tested athletes, and someone in their first year of professional basketball is unfortunately...

Great overview with a lot of detail. I agree with him that the ceiling for this team is very high if things go well. It will be very interesting to see how it all shakes out, because media predictions range from the Gophers being 4th in the Big Ten to being 8th or 9th. I know a lot of teams...

It looks like the tweet I saw yesterday was deleted, so maybe it was a mistake.

Very excited for this schedule! I was curious if we'd be getting an exhibition before the official start to the season. Yesterday, the team's social media accounts started a countdown to Sunday, October 26th, so I was thinking it might be that day. But you'd think that would be announced with...

Bigs are hard to come by, but I'm hoping for a combination of Bershers (who is just a freshman this year!) being able to make a big impact and getting a transfer to replace Hart once she graduates.

Agreed. I wouldn't be surprised to see them get an experienced post player in the portal next spring instead of recruiting a freshman to replace Sophie.

Even after the upcoming season, there is still hopefully one more year with the high impact players Braun and Grocholski, and two with McKinney. Just because the Gophers haven't gotten 2026 commitments announced by...August 2025, doesn't mean they won't succeed with new recruits or maybe more...