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Future Gopher foe Stanford loses at home to new WCC member Seattle.

Ball don’t lie. Justice was served. Horrible foul call that preceded Minessale’s heroics that allowed UNC to make 2 FTs for the lead. Shooter kicked his leg out sideways to make contact with Herro and the ref fell for it. Would’ve been a tough way to lose.

Tommie Talk & the Torvik (T-Rank) Rankings St. Thomas (3-2, 2-3 ATS) stays #132 in the rankings. The Tommies are favored by 3.5 points tonight over undefeated #180 Northern Colorado (3-0) in their first game at the 4-team round-robin Portland Invitational. Thursday Reach the Summit Recaps...

That was the other scenario I considered for rewarding the double winners, automatically among the top 32. I would actually prefer that, but just figured there’s zero chance the major schools would allow any mid- or low-majors to receive that perk.

Thanks for the catch. I added it.

Thanks, appreciate your thoughts. I would argue they already added playing more interesting exhibition games, so that ship has sailed as far as starting earlier. Skip exhibition/preseason games (like college football does) & just make those 2 games real ones.

I don't have any exact numbers but going off memory slightly below or slightly above half of the other 26 conferences is normal. Last season there were 14 double-champs from outside the Power 5. Akron Bryant Drake High Point Liberty Lipscomb McNeese Memphis Norfolk State Omaha Robert Morris...

Full disclosure: I'm opposed to any expansion of the NCAA Tournament field but have accepted it's likely to expand to 76 starting next season. In the interests of being open-minded, instead of complaining about it (what I usually do), I'm offering up an alternative solution (cough, cough) that...

I look at it this way. Assuming the best-possible remaining non-conference scenario (10-1). ... If that happens, the Gophs have to win 10 Big Ten games. Given what we've seen so far, not seeing that as likely, especially considering how other conference teams have performed/looked.

Feast Week Starts Today The best stretch of non-conference college basketball starts this morning with three bracketed tournaments. The Boardwalk Battle (Daytona Beach), Baha Mar Championship (Nassau, Bahamas), and Hall of Fame Classic (Kansas City) get things rolling for a veritable smorgasbord...

A buddy of mine texted me after the game last night and said he’d put the over/under for Gopher Big Ten wins at 2.5. I immediately said I’d take the over for $25. Haven’t heard back from him yet. Need to start showing more positive signs starting with San Francisco. Important stretch ahead...

St. Thomas in the Torvik (T-Rank) Rankings UST (3-2, 2-3 ATS) remains #132 in the rankings. Tuesday Reach the Summit Recaps Oral Roberts 84, Haskell (non-Division 1) 64: Ofri Naveh (15 points, 7 rebounds) led five players in double figures as the Golden Eagles improved their record to 2-3. Both...

Gophers remain perfect vs. Cupcake City, beat Chicago State 66-54. Next 3 non-conference games are 50-50 Balls where the Gophers need to show big balls. With loss already to Mizzou, Gophers need to win all 3 of San Francisco, Stanford, and Saint Louis/Santa Clara. 2-1 won’t cut it if they want...

St. Thomas in the Torvik (T-Rank) Rankings UST (3-2, 2-3 ATS) slides one spot to #132 in the rankings. Monday Reach the Summit Recaps North Dakota State 92, Southern Illinois 85: Damari Wheeler-Thomas scored 24 points (4 of 6 from trey) and added 4 assists to lead NDSU (3-2) to its third...

Stanford might be the worst of the 4 teams in the tournament. Gophers need to get that first game.