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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...

FWIW, Wisconsin message board fans claim that she told Wisconsin she was not interested in the Badger job when Moseley was hired.

As a team, that’s true, but will feel good for the players, especially the juniors, if they make it.

Think Gearlds will get another year. Moseley and Kieger seem likely to be fired. Also past time for McKeown to retire, so likely 3 BIG jobs will be open soon.

https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltca750cef518bc6e4/blte5c04fb400fbb087/2024-25%20WBB%20Postseason%20Honors.pdf https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2025/3/3/24375548/big-ten-womens-basketball-postseason-awards-ballot-juju-watkins-lauren-betts-usc-trojans-ohio-state The lists, and an...

Was happy when Dawn P won a tournament game last year, hopefully showing that Minnesota under her regime will show up in the BIG tournament. Will be there in Indy to see Coach P in year two, hoping to watch more than 1 Gophers game. When you look at the tourney record book, the Gophers record...

March 3 WBB bracketology by ESPN and herhoopstats. They agree on all 13 BIG teams, except Indiana. USC 1 UCLA 1 OSU 5 MD 5 MSU 6 Iowa 6 Michigan 7 Illinois 8 Oregon 10 IU 10/8 (ESPN/hhs) Nebraska 10 Minnesota 11 (last 4 in) Washington 11(last 4 in)

Sunday March 2 WBB bracketology from herhoopstats has the Gophers in the Big Dance as an 11-seed playing a First-Four game against Iowa State. Perhaps a fitting matchup, because unless Iowa State beats Kansas State today (ISU has a good chance today), ISU and the Gophers will both end the...

This game is there for the taking. Michigan State is 3-5 in the second half of BIG play, including victories over Wisconsin and Northwestern. Not impressed with Sparty. Gophers can punch their ticket with a good half of basketball.

It's bubble time. ESPN today (2/28) has the Gophers as last four in playing a first-four game, while CBS today has the Gophers in the first four out.

I think you are on to something with Holloway, especially in the quick return matchup with Washington/Daniels. Hart is a really bad matchup for players like Daniels (and Hannah Stuelke to a lesser degree). When Hart is matchup challenged, would love to see more of a 3-way split with Holloway...

Washington is an oddity in this year’s BIG. As the league has gotten more defensive, Washington looks like a Lisa Bluder team, #1 in league play in offensive effective field goal percentage, while # 15 in defensive effective field goal percentage.

On offense, the lineup challenge will be to maintain this year’s great improvement from 2, and figure out how to shoot better from 3. Losing Stewart hurts the 3–pt offense, but hope Braun, Johnson and 2nd-year McKinney can more than fill the void.

You're right about championship droughts for Big Ten MBB and WBB, but I wouldn't lump the BIG men and women together in terms of rarity of Final Four appearances. The men frequently make the Final Four: 9 appearances since 2010, hardly a rare occurrence. You're also right about the BIG women...

The legacy BIG teams will likely have to surprise on the road in the 2nd round of the tourney to avoid a bad showing. The BIG had 11 host opportunities over the last 3 years, contributing to 8/9 Sweet 16s, 5/5 Elite Eights, and 2/2 Final Fours. As of today, OSU is trying to hang on to host...

A loss tonight could really hurt the Gophers' NCAA dreams, but Purdue is bad. Perhaps the worst Purdue team in 40 years (a long period with not many bad Purdue teams). On a press conference/personality basis, Gearlds is one of my favorite coaches in the BIG, but she is having a rough year 4...

FWIW from a Purdue writer today: PRESSING QUESTION Would you prefer Gearlds assemble a non-conference schedule similar to Minnesota's? The Gophers went 12-0 against the 357th-ranked non-conference schedule in the country, including 10 [really 8] home games. They won 12 non-conference games for...