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He said we would not be likely to escape the basement. That was his prediction and it was not accurate. It may not have been likely- but it happened. My contention is that this squad is better and they are offering the same dismal outlook for the same reason. I think it is a skin deep analysis...

Just for perspective I went back to what Inside the Hall said about the Gophers last year (June 4th 2025). They thought we had a lousy roster last year ("bottom tier") and that the goal would be to stay out of the basement -but that wasn't likely. Yet we got 8 wins. Here is their prediction...

Yep. This roster has much more size, shooting and depth than last year's yet last year we still got the 8 conference wins. I just think that has to be taken into account going into the coming year. We will be solid- despite the lack of hype about the individual players.

Well, that's certainly reasonable if true. If the budget for basketball NIL is 5 to 7 million as advertised, the average pay of your top 9 would be at least 500k. I would think Groves can be a rotation guy so 300K for someone that is 7th-9th guy is about right.

Yep, it can be argued both ways. I have confidence but no inside information. I like our chances in the coming year.

My point isn't that there is one, but rather that the past records of these high D1 guys we got are not an indication they can't do it if given a chance. I don't think we will NEED a 20 point scorer this coming year. I think Tyson (who was terrific) will get replaced by the efficient play of a...

I think he saw that he maxed out last year with good mid major guys and knew he had to get higher potential guys to take the next step.

If this were a HS recruited class it would be a top 15 class. These are high potential players who have not yet hit their peak- if they had...we couldn't afford them. No one foresaw Cade Tyson scoring 20 per game in the Big Ten after riding the bench at UNC.

I really don't see why HS recruits would get any less scholarships- if anything there are more of them because of the move to 15 scholarships. What they might get is fewer high major offers and more mid major offers but still D1. The high majors are cleaning up in the portal - taking the best...

I give it a B+. You can't compare us to the upper echelon of the Big Ten in terms of portal. One has to compare us to what is possible with where the program is at and with the money we have. On that basis I really like what we were able to do: - retained our core who know the system- A - got...

He's growing up. That was a good interview and he owned the loss without excuses.

The Spurs play help defense because Wemby is back there tending goal.

...and continue to play defense like they did that last 8 minutes of the half. Shannon was a big factor in that. McDaniels and Randle..oof- terrible half by that pair.

Finch needs to go. Zero ball movement and not much passion for defense or blocking out on this team.

Yep - plus Evans the senior who has played for Niko...

He took high end guys with no experience. He is making a two fold gamble: 1. That these guys are ready for court time as they came from a national champ and a couple of tournament teams- so they sat on stacked lineups and they practiced against some of the best players in the country. This...

They went woke Go back to being a normal institution

Not with confidence. I don't think he takes these players unless he thinks he can win this year with them. Freshman are a different thing. But the portal guys that you are paying 500k-1 million or whatever- they need to produce now and you know that you have to battle to keep them beyond that.

Yep. Most of these way too early articles are. Gotta get the clicks and nobody will hold them accountable later for bad predictions.

Niko is playing "moneyball". Nobody predicted the Oakland As would be successful before the year started. Let's see how this shakes out. Torvik or any of the rest of them are not going to see what is coming. Niko sold me last year and he went out and got size, depth and more shooting for the...