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To be fair, practice facilities/athlete's villages, were a major component in recruiting. But everything changed with legalizing pay-to-play (aka NIL). At the time the push was going on to build it, I don't think most people would have expected college sports to change so drastically.

The issue is that Mariucci was purpose built for hockey. Those other arenas were built as multi-purpose to begin with. And they just spent a ton to redo the rink size. Multi-purpose arenas have moveable seats to accomodate basketball and hockey.

True, but Moody is also the primary arena/venue in a metro area of 2.4 million. It's not just for UT hoops. It's Austin's Target/Xcel center.

I assumed the on campus smaller arena would be to replace the pavillion for VB, wrestling etc.

No NBA team back then, so if you wanted to watch basketball, you watched the Gophers.

Well, expect the Wolves new owners to be looking for a new arena. Much as I'd hate for the Gophers to have to share a building, it might be the only way.

Bob Huggins.

You can continue to be the old man yelling at clouds, but the fact is, college football and basketball are big time entertainment. Period. As such, the Gophers are competing for finite sports/entertainment dollars in this market, and part of that is the overall atmosphere. People do not want...

I've stated the same. The U should be looking at Hinkle in terms of how to deal with the Barn. The buildings are similar in age and design, and what they did to renovate that building is beautiful.

I agree. We've been fortunate. Teams like Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mizzou should do well in the portal, because guys who are good and want to play in a major conference, but have been passed over at a Bama, Texas, OSU etc. may well look to these mid-tier top conference schools...

I could see hockey going the same route at some point.

Then it's completely subjective. It should be about earning it as a team through a whole season. I want deserving teams in far more than hypothetical good games for TV purposes. The NFL wouldn't cut the Chiefs from the playoffs if Mahomes was injured, or Buffalo if Josh Allen breaks his leg...

I agree with this as a fair compromise. I don't love it, because that's not how literally any other sport would work, but it's better than the top 25 thing, because it's a firm number, and can't be gamed.

Then they need to formally split. This is 100% the way it should be done with the current conferences.

You can't base a ranking on a player being out. Literally no other sport would determine a playoff spot or seeding on something like that.

That's SEC logic. Or lack thereof. And the G5 is not a different level. They are FBS, which is why I keep saying that their conference champs should all get autobids.

Shad Khan could bankroll a team too for Illinois.

Boise, ASU and Indiana were all really, really good football teams this season.