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And, again, if the occasional round of 16 appearance is good enough for you -- and there's nothing wrong if it is -- that's great. Doesn't mean we can't miss the days when this was an elite program, a top 8 program. It's probably an unreasonable expectation in today's sports environment. I'm not...

Enjoy your cruise on the Nile, GopherGrit.

If by "fine" you mean shot at the round of 16, then sure. I stand by my comment. (And the top MN recruits we signed were not top recruits in the country. Great to get them, don't get me wrong, but it's not enough.)

My concern is at least two years old now. The top recruit in the state (and one of the top in the country) choosing Pitt just confirms it is warranted. This program continues to head in the wrong direction, but it seems to be gathering speed.

Pitt? Pitt??

Not sure what "fans" you are referring to. Seems like everyone made a point of admitting it was just a spring match. I know I did. I have no idea how things are looking in the gym. But I can comment on what I saw: the middle connection was not there. IN THIS SPECIFIC MATCH. I would assume that...

See John Cook v Jim McLaughlin.

Sets 2-3 were probably a better indicator than the other two sets, but right now I'd say the middle connection was what was off -- and maybe that was just yesterday. UST DID dig a lot of well hit balls, touch a lot of attacks and keep a lot of rallies going. I'm not sure how "lower level" they...

Curious as to how many serves UST missed. A bunch. Wucherer missed one bu my count. LiveStats never worked. UST won last set with Gophers running a 6-2 and Garr not playing. Hoecke had a couple of big kills but not much doing in the middle. Connection off all night.

Big advantage in serving. She started off slow, offensively, but Wucherer is having a monster match. Best player on the floor. Especially with Gilk out for most of g2.

0-6 to 15-10. Wucherer has been perfect from the service line. Tech timeout. Still no UST timeouts.

2nd set sloppier

Sloppy set. 25-27. Thang eschews the timeouts.

Sloppy set. 25-27. Thanh eschews the timeouts.

It is an interesting question, however. Why has this program determined that their fans are, at best, a secondary priority? Or that we can be taken for granted? There must be a reason. Because there is no good reason why Minnesota should be ceding its relative reputation to Penn State and Wisconsin.