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Brain fart! My bad. … corrected.

Tommie Talk and the Gospel of the NET & Torvik St. Thomas (6-3, 3-5 ATS) opens at #138 in the initial NET rankings while dropping one spot to #148 in the Torvik rankings. My Weekly Reach the Summit Power Rankings (record vs. D1 opponents only) 1. St. Thomas (5-3) 2. North Dakota State (3-3) 3...

The initial NET rankings are out. Records are vs. Divsion 1 opponents. Through games played November 30: #138 St. Thomas Tommies (5-3) #144 Minnesota Gophers (4-4)

ROAD TO SELECTION SUNDAY, MN -- Week 5 of the college hoops season welcomes a whopping 25 new teams to the field. The Big XII (11 bids) makes the biggest gains with three newbies (Colorado, K-State & TCU), while the Big Ten drops four (Ohio State, Oregon, UCLA & Wisconsin) to go from 12 to 8...

ROAD TO SELECTION SUNDAY, MN -- Week 5 of the college hoops season welcomes a whopping 25 new teams to the field. The Big XII (11 bids) makes the biggest gains with three newbies (Colorado, K-State & TCU), while the Big Ten drops four (Ohio State, Oregon, UCLA & Wisconsin) to go from 12 to 8...

Tommie Talk & the Torvik (T-Rank) St. Thomas (6-3, 3-5 ATS) remains at #147 in the Torvik rankings after Saturday's 87-52 cruise over Division III Lawrence University. Carter Bjerke paced UST with 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 4-of-9 marksmanship from three-point range. The Tommies now are tied...

Tommie Talk & the Torvik (T-Rank) Rankings St. Thomas (5-3, 3-5 ATS) remains at #147. Fresh off their Portland Invitational championship the Tommies host the Division III Lawrence University (Appleton, WI) Vikings tonight at 7 p.m. at Lee & Penny Anderson Arena. They'll be looking to protect the...

As do I.

. … and another one. Gophers playing possum for their Big Ten opponents.

Another loss in the 50/50 Balls. ✅

Happy Thanksgiving to all! No better day to gorge yourself, and for you men out there (you know what I'm talking about), get to that favorite spot on your couch, loosen up those pants to let your belly breathe, and then feast on college hoops (or that other sport) as the tryptophan kicks in...

Stanford now favored by 2.5. Saint Louis favored over Santa Clara by 1.5. Kinda’ sounds like it’s anyone’s tournament. Let’s go win a championship, earn a trophy. That would be a step forward for the program, albeit a small one.

Agree. Right now Michigan, Michigan State, and Purdue all look capable of ending the drought, and Illinois, UCLA and perhaps Indiana could join that group. Michigan’s talent is off the charts, Sparty has a great mix of experience, youth & toughness, and Purdue is simply Purdue with Smith, Loyer...

Mountain West appears down, as well. Anything more than 2 would surprise me, and I’m not sold on San Diego State.

Tommie Talk & the Torvik (T-Rank) Rankings St. Thomas (5-3, 3-5 ATS) moves down one spot to #145. The Tommies are off until Saturday when they host Division III Lawrence University (Appleton, WI). The Vikings are 5-0. Tuesday Reach the Summit Results #307 Oral Roberts 91, #140 Kennesaw State 83...