Since I didn't pay attention to if there were any other serious candidates, who could the Gophers have hired instead of Whalen that they would've been better off now than they are with Plitzuweit? I assume they weren't ever going to hire Geno away UConn (the only way at that point to get Paige...
Maybe the Gophers would've had no problem with them but I was glad Notre Dame didn't do enough to move up to 5-seed and end up with the Gophers in fear of Hannah Hidalgo possibly getting a dozen steals and going off against the Gophers.
I agree. Even if Whalen proved not to college head-coach material, she at least set the program up for Plitzuweit. Who could the Gophers have hired instead of Whalen that the team would've been better off than they are now? Coaches like Carolyn Kieger and Marisa Moseley seemed like good hires by...
Yay! I should send a Thank You Gift Basket to Illinois and Oregon for helping the Gophers out. :)
I'm glad the Big 12 Tournament didn't end up hurting us because I'm happy that West Virginia got a good coach and is having success and wasn't "screwed" by Minnesota poaching Coach P (in quotes...
I remember it being said they were going to announce the Top 16 in alphabetic order on Saturday but I haven't seen the time/place reported anywhere else yet except for this:
https://x.com/umichwbball/status/2032107941919092997
Since I don't know how to embed X/Twitter posts, if that's possible:
I doubt Kentucky did anything to surpass Minnesota since the last reveal.
I think it's between Minnesota and North Carolina assuming every bracketologist is right about Michigan State falling behind Minnesota.