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I would rather those games be replaced with Texas, K-State, and ... well, WF is an acceptable game. There's only downside in having a pussy schedule - if you win, you were supposed to, and if you lose, it haunts you for the rest of the season and causes you to need an extra win or two in...

Yes to this. You can't get a resume-building win if there are none on the schedule. A North Texas or a San Francisco do not move the needle. Put a couple P5s on the schedule and if you lose'em, you're no worse off than you are today. Happen to win one or two of those games, you put yourself in a...

Mansplain alert. You learn more about what needs to be fixed when you play good teams, especially for teams that had high roster turnover. You don’t get better playing on “easy mode”. You can even develop bad habits because you can get away with anything against the Morgan States of the world...

Can you say more about why WF gets in? I see only 19 of 80 brackets at bracketmatrix have them in, but they're generally in that FFO/NFO range. The ACC is bereft of Q1 opportunities compared to other P5 conferences, and I really see only one good win (Michigan - on a "neutral" court in NC...

Looking at their analytics profile, these are the same points I'd use, too. Given the continual beating he takes on this board, people will be surprised (and object based on eye-test) that Patterson is the second-best Gopher, and it's not particularly close. Even his shooting has picked up -...

Nebby maybe? You also don't know when old guys like Izzo and Altman decide to hang'em up.

Iowa's profile - they are just terrible at defending inside the arc and do not know what a rebound is. However, they will turn you over while being stingy in giving it away. PaSandfort is by far their leader in 3FGAs, so it will really change them if he can't go. Dix and Freeman will already be...

I'm in the camp that the Gophers should find a new coach. I actually thought that after year 2. I'm - concerned isn't the right word, maybe anticipating - that the revenue-sharing thing that's kicking in could be used as a counterpoint justification for one more shot. Especially if they make...

I saw the weekly @SelectionSunday thread and thought this might be a fun revisit...

On this front, I am conflicted. I don't think it was better before, at least on the out of bounds calls. I want the calls right. It just is so close on a lot of these that it takes longer and is more disruptive than anyone likes. I have to believe technology and AI could be brought to bear here...

And Vandy beats #6 TN yesterday. I like their coach, btw - first year there after success at JMU. Keep an eye on Byington….

I have no desire to get into the tiff here, but I put the blame at least as much on the much-ballyhooed (at least here) true freshman there. Hopefully a learning experience because that was textbook in what not to do, especially with a timeout available. You can argue bad coaching by putting...

Would you take him as the Gophers' coach? Indiana's talent is (and will probably always be) superior to vastly superior to Minnesota. I could coach Indiana to 6-0 against Minnesota.

I've probably written this before, but this is reminiscent of the English Premier League, but not quite as dramatic. In EPL, the bottom 3 teams at the end of the year are always "relegated" (i.e. kicked out of the league) and replaced by the three best teams promoted from the second league...

Utah State had Craig Smith in 2021, Ryan Odom (now at VCU) for two seasons, and Danny Sprinkle (now Washington) last year. I don’t think the current coach would have agreed to a big buyout with that kind of stepping stone history.

Love this. Suggestion (perhaps too on the nose): this should be updated on Wednesdays…

I know you're the resident Illini guy - that's a great team when everyone's available. But I want to bash the Hoosiers here. Ok, so they're missing Reneau - that still leaves them with a monster in the middle (Ballo) who they ought to be able to exploit in the paint against just about...

1. As I said prior to the game, MD is going to turn you over - you just need to accept that and limit the damage. That came out about as expected. 2. They took only 9 of their 36 2P FGAs from midrange, and that is a really big improvement. Yeah 12-27 from the lane isn't good - that may have...

Dude... google that name.

That effort allowed MN to move up to #108 on Torvik this morning, which puts them ahead of Washington at #111. Not last!!! Well, analytically not last...