Recent content by tjgopher

Given how much the head coach was playing two of those three sophomores at the end of the year, I think he would disagree with you. How could you consider what JOJ and Carrington did as sophomores compared to freshmen a "big jump"? JOJ went from starting almost every game as a freshman to...

Yes.

For sure, I also think we'll see a steady dose of Anthony Smith rotating in at DE. Joyner, Striggow, Smith, and Howard on the ends could create some disruption for the QB. Likely, Logan-Redding will more of a rotational interior DL in 2024, I would think. Would not surprise me to see the...

Agree, Garcia absolutely has upside next year. His 3pt shooting this year was actually an outlier as much lower than his career average. Just get back to the norm and he improves. For everyone saying 5th year guys are who they are....c'mon. Most of the great teams in the Big Ten were led by...

The at-large teams are not picked straight off the NET rankings. A committee will consider resumes and invite the 20 at-large NIT teams based on the resumes, just as happens for the NCAA Tourney. So, #88 could get them in (I think probably will).

I think he was walk-on his FR (2015) and SO (2016) seasons. He was awarded a scholarship in April 2017. So, he was full ride his JR (2017) and SR (2018) seasons.

Surely that won't be the case when the portal opens. The coaches surely know that, too, which is likely why the coach was talking about the scary part of that. Seemed to me he was fairly open about wanting early time studying and working the portal and adding to the roster. Maybe I was...

I happened to be in the car today listening to Ben Johnson's radio show and he was asked about importance of NIT games and he made it clear he felt it would be very beneficial for this particular team to play postseason games. However, and to your point, he later talked in depth about how...

I'm not totally sold on that. AFTER that home Maryland loss, the Gophers still killed Nebraska and then beat #24 Purdue, seemingly resurrecting the season. Robbins hurt his ankle in that Purdue win. Then, they lost at Maryland, Gabe got hurt in practice and they were done at that point...

So, it looks like no spring game this year. Just an open practice to the public on April 11th. @dbradford29 care to comment? ""

I would add the final Pitino team was well on its way to making the NCAA Tournament before Liam Robbins and Gabe Kalscheur suffered season-ending injuries. After that, the team went 1-8 in the final nine games. Before that, they were 13-7 with wins over #4 Iowa, #7 Michigan, #17 Michigan...

You think coaches won't be allowed on computers to work the transfer portal while they prepare for an NIT game? It isn't a one or two day decision anyway. Most portal guys will wait around for teams to be done with postseason before finalizing anything, or they will be in the postseason and...

Sure, and most (likely all) of the NCAA bid stealers were already in the projected NIT field, so they are likely just trading spots, so it isn't like a ton of NIT spots are disappearing, particularly with the new NIT rules.

I think 10-seed is better than the 8 or 9. Probably want to avoid Purdue on Friday, and that can't happen from the 8/9 game. Not sure it changes much the Thursday matchup. All pretty even between 6-seed and 12-seed.

Not sure about that. The other teams on the "NIT bubble" are in the same boat Almost none of them will win a bunch of games. Most will lose early in the conference tourneys. Like, who will jump us? Penn State? Rutgers? Florida State? Boston College? They all would need to win 2 or 3 or...