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My gut says this is posturing for the next coaching candidate. That's a nice carrot for a coach outside the BIG or SEC. Pay up for a proven commodity to coach the team, give him some guaranteed money to get players, and hope those two things increase the flow of NIL into the program. There...

I think I read at some point, no team with 7 Quad 1 wins has ever missed the tourney (since NET became the primary metric). If the Gophers could get to 9 Q1s and still miss the tourney, that'd be one hell of a feat.

It was a good win but far from a well-coached win. Wtf would you burn your last timeout after a make with what, like 2-3 min left? That should have cost us. Has there been a big ten game in Johnson’s tenure where we build a high-teen lead and just win comfortably? You just know how it’s gonna...

Should we lose to them intentionally on Saturday to solidify their standing in the Q1 bucket? In all seriousness, we need Oregon to go on a tear! They are a spot or two away from being Q1 as well.

I'm enjoying the recent run as much as the next fan, but it shouldn't feel like we made the Sweet 16 because we won consecutive road games against an NIT team and a future 8/9-seed, lol. I think that feeling of elation tells you how brutal it's been for all of us. I think Ben needs to make...

I want to thank everyone who participated in the game thread last night. I couldn't watch it live due to a very early morning arrangement. Instead of waking up to check the box score, I had only THIS THREAD open in the web browser and set my alarm 10 minutes earlier to comb through. What a...

Our seniors look like freshmen way too often.

The glory days 😂

Is Omaha Ben's best preseason win of his head coaching career? @ Miss St. was good in Year 1, but I believe they were NIT that year.

Stacking Quad 1 wins.

The one thing I can't understand about this year's team is Ben's obsession with playing Patterson for big minutes. When you look at his stats beyond his atrocious shooting, I get that he appears to be a relatively steady-handed PG with a nearly 4-1 Assist/TO ratio. But my goodness, what's not...

Stacking Quad 1 wins

Pitino took the job for which he wasn't qualified. It was a fantastic opportunity, and he pounced on it like Ben did. Pitino shouldn't be seen in a brighter light because of his "trepidation." I'm sure he was well aware he wasn't deserving (I think Ben also made public comments along the same...

Faulting Ben for #1 isn't fair. I could apply to be the Twitter CEO, but if Elon Musk takes me seriously, that's on him. If you could apply for your dream job and earn millions doing it but only had a 5% chance of landing it, I'd bet you'd still interview. I'm sure Ben was just as surprised as...

In Ben’s defense (he doesn’t deserve it), the stall offense was also a staple of the Pitino and Tubby regimes as well. The biggest head scratcher was Betts playing all those crucial minutes when he hasn’t even been in the rotation all year. We all thought it was because Femi was hurt, then...

lol did you catch Ben was trying to sub Patterson back in? Did I see that right?

I once spotted my brother in the top row of Williams doing the rouser by himself postgame after demolishing someone 10 or so years ago. He literally went to the game by himself. Tonight I texted him during the game about how brutal Brennan Rigsby looked and he replied, “Who is Brennan Rigsby?”

I appreciate the explanation on this. I hope he plays, personally, but I also feel for a guy watching a ship sink, knowing his impact won't be felt until it's too late.

It's not surprising and highlights the risk of playing garbage teams closely. I don't see how we can dig ourselves out of this, especially given the caliber of ball we've seen displayed thus far. Mike Mitchell isn't the savior who will move us up 100 spots in the discussion for a tourney bid...

Must be nice.