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    Game 6: Gophers v South Florida in the Bahamas 11-24-25

    I actually hadn’t checked her stats and was going off what I remembered. So, I decided to take a look. She is shooting .349 overall this year; she is a career .373 shooter. From 3, she is shooting .323; she is a career .349 3-pt shooter. Her career effective field goal % is .458. So far this...
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    Game 6: Gophers v South Florida in the Bahamas 11-24-25

    Braun I attribute to rust, mostly. The pull-up jumpers from 12-15 feet, which she is missing a lot, she wouldn’t shoot if she hadn’t had success in practice and in prior seasons. Her pull-up baseline jumper used to be almost automatic from that distance. So I think we will see some regression to...
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    Game 7: Gophers v Alabama in the Bahamas 11-26-25

    Curry could always recruit, and being in the SEC she’s got a boatload of players who were highly-regarded coming out of HS. Coach P will have to have the team very well prepared. Tough go if as expected we are without McKinney but it will be interesting to see what strategies she employs to slow...
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    Other B1G non-conference games 2025-26

    Somebody reversed the score lol
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    Game 4: Gophers host NJIT 11-14-25

    Although they aren’t currently ranked, they are doing exactly what a highly-ranked team does against the level of competition they’ve faced. Obviously, they haven’t played enough games yet to get a real feel for exactly how good they are, but they are giving me vibes of a Power 5 version of...
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    Minnesota 2025-2026

    Agree 100% on Indiana. They are definitely on the rebuild train. He has Illinois as a 10 seed and I think that they could end up anywhere from an 8 to just out of the tournament. As for the Gophers, he mentions the Heyer transfer prominently in his write-up as a reason they fell slightly from...
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    Mallory Heyer announces she's leaving Gophers program

    I think it will become apparent as the season rolls along, barring any serious injuries, why she was able to make a decision like this without feeling that her teammates were being left in the lurch, and with their support. While I would love to have Heyer on the roster, I have a feeling this...
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    2026 Gopher Recruits

    If nothing else, she could become a situational rim protector against teams that are adept at driving. Best case, she does that plus offers some offensive capabilities and can make the rotation in sophomore year.
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    2026 Recruiting

    Yes, she knows how to build a roster that can play “up” and perform at a level greater than the sum of its parts. And she wins on the biggest stage, as evidenced by a DII national championship and a deep NCAA run with a South Dakota team that pretty much made Aaron Johnston’s perennial power...
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    2026 Recruiting

    It’s comforting to have a coach who has demonstrated the ability to assemble a winning team, even if it was at a mid-major level. This year’s team will be good, how good remains to be seen, but this recruiting class and the next one will determine if the Gophers can achieve consistent...
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    Recruiting

    Yeah, it’s disappointing, for sure. We all wanted this to be a class similar to the highly-ranked group that is still here so we could transition seamlessly and compete at a high level with no rebuilding years. However, with the portal and NIL the way it is HS classes are quite a bit less...
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    Recruiting

    Good sales pitch for keeping in-state talent home. But I’m sure it’s been tried here many times with very limited success. Too often, the best of the best from here are actually TOO good. Maybe with a deep run next year this pitch can work on Chloe Johnson and the other upcoming recruiting...
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    Recruiting

    Wisconsin has had 14 straight losing seasons, but I guess hiring a coach (Robin Pingeton) with 15 years of up and down SEC experience and who has put players in the WNBA is worth something to recruits. She will do better than Moseley but I have my doubts as to whether she will be able to get...
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    Recruiting

    I just don’t get the love recruits have for Michigan. Arico must be a hell of a recruiter. The program has zero history of big-time success. Why couldn’t any other coach leverage the Michigan brand but now suddenly they seem to be in on all the top players?
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    Les Bolstad Golf Course is closing after the 2025 season

    Lol, #9. Also brings back good memories for me. I holed out a pitch from about 30 yards for an eagle 3 there on my way to my only golfing claim to fame — 4th Flight Club Champion.
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    Gopher Softball 2025

    What we need desperately is not just someone with coaching chops, but it has to be an ace recruiter.
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    Les Bolstad Golf Course is closing after the 2025 season

    The teams rarely, if ever, play the course anymore, and the press release clearly states that the golf performance building and the practice area that are solely used by the golf teams is not part of the sale. I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment, though. The U should own a...
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    Gopher Softball 2025

    If only we could be so lucky again. The chances of someone as young and inexperienced as Allister was when she was hired going on to prove she is a top 20 coach in the country is about one in 100 or less. That said, Piper’s seat will start getting hot very soon unless she develops more AA...
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    Gopher Softball 2025

    I think Schwartz, Susa, and maybe Easton on the top tier. Then Snippes, Cosgriff, Hooper, Chard, Richardson, Breezy. After that, Werner, Jones, Grayson. Those are the only players off the top of my head who have shown anything, and even the majority of those haven’t shown enough to make me think...
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    Mary Wise also retires

    Sad to see such a big fan of volleyball as Ruffda was at one time become so disillusioned with the state of affairs that s/he completely disappears from volleyball chat boards. S/He had a lot of good insight over the years. I’d like to know when s/he started to see the writing on the wall. Was...



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