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Only one man's opinion here. I would like a bad year to be 8-12 (maybe 7-13). A great year to be 16-4. All other years somewhere in between. Looks like Ben has crawled into the lower end of middle of the pack. Next year I expect 9th place or better in the BIG as a low bar. Improvement each...

Most likely joking, but if not then he sucks at personal finance. 17 years at a job. Has to make at least half of what Ben makes and he has a house payment? Go take an intro finance class at LB before you leave campus.

I'm saying that I would love to have the first world problem of multiple top 2-3 finishes in the BIG and be such a hot team/program that every P6 team in the land would try and steal our coach. I dream of that scenario.

Would love it if a MN Gophers men's basketball coach was SO good that he was lured away by a bigger blue blood. Has NEVER happened and doubt it will. Keep throwing out those false narratives.

bunch of BS. Izzo is hoping Ben stays as MN HC so he can continue to walk all over us.

Weak? Kenpom has us 362 ranked non conf SOS out of ?????? U guessed it. 362. 362 out of 362. That is not weak. That is pathetic and unacceptable. No P6 team (80 teams), EVER should have a non conf SOS that is lower then about 150-200.

Curious. Where do you see Betts playing for us? 3? You say he isn't quick enough/ Definitely not the Pg or 2. That leaves the 4. He ain't no 5. I do not see him as a 4. Fox gets away with some time at the 4 because #1-his minutes are limited. #2-he is energy, blocks shots and is...

As a fan, IDK who leaves. As long as you aren't part of the top 9. The problem right now is we do not have a trusted 9. We are down to a trusted 7 maybe 8. If JOJ and Ihnen leave, it is no loss. Neither will be in our top 9 next fall. No, I don't hate any of these guys. Like Wilson. I...

Betts as a 4? I don't see that. Where is the kid going to play?

Pre-season and early in the season very few people were talking about running basically three guards. I didn't know the exact order but I was pretty sure Hawkins was the PG, then some combo of Mitchell, Christie, Carrington at the 2-3. There was much talk about Ihnen and a little regarding...

+1 on guard situation. If current guards stay +Asuma we are fine at the 1-2 spot. I don't mind the 3 guard sets but would love for a guy like Betts to shine a bit at the 3 next season as a shooter. I see us thin at the 4-5 next year. Garcia and Payne are solid and I like Fox as an energy...

With 3 to play we are +1.5 from 13th place. The only spot we are guaranteed to not be in is 14th. The best we could possibly be is 4th. My guess at this point we will end up 10-10 and 8th place.

Yup, need a fully stocked hospital and rehab center set up for all of the athletes and coaches wounded and maimed from court storming over the past 50 years. What's that total # again? 1?, 2? More coaches and athletes have been hurt/died on the way to the sporting event then any court storming.

I wasn't suggesting he be fired after next season if the Gophers don't make the NCAA but I can see how that looks/sounds. In fact, if next season is similar to this season (a .500 record) I think Ben will get a 5th year. I want to get out of the acceptance of mediocrity mode. Coaching in the...

The Ben disaster thread is old and tired. Most can agree he has moved well off the disaster spot on the performance dial With that being said I will not post on that old thread and thought we could start a new discussion on where Ben is now and where we think he and this team (and next's...

I haven't seen anyone say we should have played 10-12 games against projected top 30 teams. Most P6 teams play 2-4 games against projected NCAA tournament teams sprinkled in with 8-10 games against teams ranging from say 100-250 in the projected rankings. MN played basically no one (maybe San...

I think there is room for discussion regarding words like "constant" and bashing. I have posted a few negative comments regarding Ben since his hiring. I am enjoying this season and regardless of who the coach is, I want the Gophers to win. What I don't like from the pro Ben crowd over the...

I do not care about the awards. I would rather be a double bye team with an invite to the dance than have any all conf, freshman of the year, player of the year, coach of the year awards. Have you ever heard "my team sucks and didn't make the dance, but the HC was voted coach of the year"?

proudly eating crow on this one. I said 7 +/- 3 and I said the under. 8 with 5 to go. I'm thinking 10-10. Outside shot at 11-9. Good job Gophers.