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Thank you. It’s nice to know there’s at least one person perusing my work! Ready for the conference season. It’s time for the good stuff.

Gophers beat Texas Southern 89-53, remain perfect in the Cupcake City bucket.

Through December 13 (St. Thomas 80, UNC-Asheville 59) #119 Tommies (9-4) #143 Gophers (5-5)

Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel St. Thomas (9-4, 5-6 ATS) NET: Tommies move up 26 spots to #119 Torvik: Tommies move up 18 spots to #120 All rankings to follow are NET St. Thomas Handles Tricky Road Spot UST cruised past UNC-Asheville 80-59 to improve its record to 9-4. If they win their...

That looked more like the UST we’ve grown to know. 3 in a row & now with a chance to put together at least an 8 or 9 game winning streak.

Through December 12 #145 Tommies (8-4) #148 Gophers (5-5)

Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel St. Thomas (8-4, 4-6 ATS) NET: Tommies move up two spots to #145 Torvik: Tommies stay at #138 All rankings to follow are NET St. Thomas @ UNC-Asheville The Tommies are a slight Vegas favorite at #203 UNC-Asheville this afternoon. The Bulldogs (4-6) were...

Thanks. Think I saw somewhere they're 8th in the Summit League in 3-point shooting. Not the norm. Definitely need to kick that up into at least the 35% range and establish a legit third scoring option. I never like talking about what's missing from a previous season (losing guys is a yearly...

Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel St. Thomas (8-4, 4-6 ATS) NET: Tommies move up one to #147 Torvik: Tommies stay at #138 Tommies Pull Away in 2nd Half to Beat Johnnies St. Thomas wins it 80-56 after leading by only four at halftime. Nolan Minessale scored 30+ points for the second straight...

Through December 11 (Tommies 80, Saint John’s-MN 56) #146 Gophers (5-5) #147 Tommies (8-4)

That’s what I heard from my nephew. What’s your level of concern at this point? They’re on track to have an equal or better non-conference record than last season, but it seems like they’re having trouble kicking into high gear. And the box score said Lafferty didn’t play? Not even in a...

Hypothetical, of course, but Nebraska likely makes the NCAA easily last season if Mast doesn’t get hurt. Would’ve been back to back years in the NCAA. Seems to me, Nebraska’s patience with Freddy is paying off. They trusted his success at Iowa State and what they were seeing within their own...

Through December 10 (Purdue 85, Gophers 57) #145 Gophers (5-5) #148 Tommies (7-4)

Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel St. Thomas (7-4, 4-6 ATS) NET: Tommies drop 5 spots to #148 Torvik: Tommies move up one to #138 Tommies-Johnnies Renewed Tonight St. Thomas and Saint John's renew their rivalry (7 p.m./Lee & Penny Anderson Arena) for the first time since UST moved to the...

For sure. I'm in the camp it was a great idea to schedule the Johnnies. Even with the new arena attendance especially during non-conference play is an issue. That won't be a problem tonight.