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The way some people here were talking, it was as if the Gophers trailed the whole game instead of led the whole game. No team in the WBIT is a terrible slouch and it's hard to play on the road against any half decent team. A win is a win and we live to fight another day. I'd also say games like...

The first four out are automatically the four 1 seeds in the WBIT, so that would be why. (Assuming the NCAA committee agreed with bracketology that the Gophers were not first four out.)

With all due respect to Ronnie Porter (she's good), unless there's a significant loss to the portal, I think she'd be way down the depth chart as the Gophers have plenty of bigger guards with more potential. I bet we'll get one or two solid post players in the portal. I really liked what...

This article says we're unable to host on Sunday as well: https://www.twincities.com/2025/03/17/womens-basketball-gophers-wbit/ Honestly, very disappointing as a fan. The one consolation of the Gophers falling out of the NCAA bubble was the prospect of still being a top WBIT seed and getting a...

That depends on who we'd face in the quarterfinals. If Colorado keeps winning, they retain the right to host as a higher seed than Minnesota. So the Gophers might only get to host on Sunday. Then the semifinals and championship are in Indianapolis no matter what.

It really is ridiculous. There were at least a couple WNIT games I felt we should have hosted last year instead of traveling all over the country, but we couldn't because of a robotics tournament. If you're the coach, a potential recruit, or a current player considering transferring and you see...

The WBIT selection show just finished and has confirmed that "due to a facility conflict" the Gophers will be traveling to Toledo for round one despite being the higher seed. We are literally the only higher seed in the bracket that is traveling and giving up home court advantage. Disappointing...

Oh, interesting. I didn't realize they were splitting between three locations on Thursday. Well maybe we won't host even if we're a top 4 WBIT seed! With all that happens at Williams at this time of year, it makes me wonder what the plan would be if the Gophers ever played well enough to host...

I was just always of the mind that when you're in a demanding conference already, the extra bit that prepares you to compete happens in practice (or completely off the court) and the rest will follow as you get into conference play. Maybe that was wrong, maybe they weren't doing the right things...

Not particularly lol. I just knew they already beat the 1 seed yesterday. Maybe I spoke with too much certainty, but it will definitely be interesting if they pull out the win!

It looks like when everything is said and done, Oregon State, who the Gophers beat 73-38 in Arizona (with Mara), will make the tournament. They beat Gonzaga in the WCC Tournament semifinal yesterday and just need to win the championship game today to get an automatic bid. Also, as of last...

I was thinking she'd be a natural fit to transfer to UCLA for her last year, but then Lauren Betts announced she was coming back for another year instead of declaring for the WNBA draft, so that went out the window.

Which seems very likely if they don't make the NCAA tournament. The top four seeds of the WBIT are the first four teams out of the tournament.

Tough to win against any team that manages to make over half of the shots they take.

Except the Gophers came out swinging in that game and were up big. Hoping we can channel some of the energy Washington did for their comeback.

I think they would have done much better with Mara, who is a three level scorer that can create her own shot and draw fouls at the rim. Watching Ladine play at the Barn last week really reminded me of how Mara plays and carries herself when she's able to play. This team, without Braun, hung in...

I was shocked Tori didn't make the All Freshman team.

Not to mention that the margins in the Big Ten have greatly improved in just one year. This year, the Gophers were able to blow out one of the bottom teams by 40 points. That didn't happen last year. And there haven't been any games where the Gophers lost by 30 or more points, which happened...

Coach P seems to call other teams' bluff when it comes to non-scoring threats. Can't guard everyone as well as you'd like but might as well focus on the stars.

Exactly. If you look retroactively back at the rankings from the class of 2022, there are several notable players in the Big Ten who were ranked behind Mara (28th), Amaya (39th), and Mallory (55th) when they were coming in, but (unfortunately) perform better today than some of these Gophers. I...