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At the beginning of the year, Meister looked like she might be ready to take a big step forward, but when Striplin asserted herself and took the starting the job, Meister regressed big time. Meister was pretty bad down the stretch this year. Confidence seems to have left her. Was very...

Message board gossip says turned down by several mid-major coaches, who were told that WBB would receive little in rev share. Badgers apparently choosing to prioritize volleyball on the women's side of things.

5% for WBB is what Georgia announced, but there has been speculation that strong volleyball schools might give less than 5% to WBB, especially with hockey (W & M) also to consider. Hard to see how the default formula announced by Georgia works at a place like Minnesota (or Wisconsin, which has...

Has Coyle told Dawn P how much WBB will receive in revenue sharing (assuming the settlement is approved in April)? Hard to compete in the portal without knowing your budget.

Spot on. Somewhat surprising that Indiana and Iowa couldn’t use their programs all-time best players (Holmes and Clark) as bell cows to attract elite recruits, especially because they are both attendance juggernauts. But with one exception for Iowa, IU and Iowa have done nothing but strike out...

Will be interesting to see if Iowa can compete with Oklahoma today.

3-point shooting today reminiscent of at Michigan last year. Need to do that more than once or twice a year on the road.

The way the story goes, Kendall Coley’s dad asked Amy Williams why she wasn’t recruiting Markowski, and that helped Williams to change her mind about a local Lincoln kid.

1 NCAA tournament win for the Markowski era. A big disappointment. The Prince era may be better, despite the start today.

Missouri St is 69 in the NET. A victory would be the Gophers first top 100 NET victory away from Williams Arena this season.

Surprised to see the love for Porter. Seems like exactly what the Gophers do not need, another PG a la Rose who kills the offense because she can't shoot from 3. Porter shot 16.7% from 3 this year against BIG competition, down from 23.3% the year before. Even with Braun returning, and...

I vote no. Another low-post plodder with no ability to space the floor is not what the Gophers need. With Braun returning, the Gophers should finally be able to play faster, especially when Hart is not on the floor. Would rather the other post options be a rim runner (Holloway) and a 3-point...

Looking forward to the WBIT. Hope the Gophers make a run. The WBIT is a big step up in terms of competition both from last year's WNIT, and this year's non-conference schedule.

Vermont beat Albany to secure an NCAA auto bid today, joining Oregon State as tournament teams the Gophers beat in non-conference play. Doubtful it helps the Gophers get back on the right side of the bubble, especially with Columbia's win today, when a loss might have a stolen a bid from the...

Coyle: “The expectation for our program is to compete for championships, and unfortunately, we have not done that in the last four years [in fact we only have 1 top 3 conference finish in the last 40 years.]” Not a fan of press release BS. How ‘bout “our goal at this point is to regularly make...

Will you do bracket predictions next week? OSU up late.

Strength of schedule (SOS) numbers updated through Big Ten tourney. Teams that played USC & UCLA late in the year got a schedule boost, otherwise not much change. On a NET basis, the Gophers had the 69th hardest overall schedule. There are 68 power 4 conference teams, only 1 of which (Okie...

Do you have some inside betting knowledge re the WCC final? Should I put my money on OSU? OSU’s opponent today is 29-3, has won 13 in a row, including a 25-point victory at Oregon State. ESPN gives Portland a 64.4% chance to win. Portland is the 2 seed and OSU is the 4 seed.

Hope so, but I thought (hoped?) the situations were different. When Maryland joined the BIG in 2015, after making the Final Four in 2014, BIG WBB was a decidedly 2nd-tier conference. From 2010-2014, the BIG had only 4 Sweet 16 teams (less than 1 a year and never more than 1 in a single year)...

The legacy BIG teams got pummeled again this season by stacked newcomers. When Maryland joined the league in 2015, Maryland went 18-0 in the regular season, and then 3-0 in the Big Ten Tourney. Iowa finished a distant second in 2015 at 14-4. This year, USC and UCLA went a combined 31-1...