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I agree with some of the posters above, probably middle of the pack. I think the huge positive here though is that his ceiling for improvement during the season is much higher than the other bigs because he's still adjusting to the level of competition whereas most of the other bigs are...

We should transfer the proceeds to Michigan State. Clearly Izzo is all washed up and ought to be packing his bags within the week.

It was our first road game. We played a team ranked 13th that is probably much better than that. One of our lead scorers in Gach, had a terrible night. The team as a whole shot terrible. It was a really bad game. Write it off and move on, the team probably learned a lot tonight so I’m glad it...

Might be the only one who could give Oturu a run for his money in terms of spiking my blood pressure. Don’t get me wrong, loved Oturu and everything he gave to our program. Still, easily had me certain the gophers were finished a good 3-5 times last season, until I adjusted my concern level on...

Does anyone else find the glare on the floor making it hard to watch?

I saw Carr as one of the only reliable stabilizing forces to pull us out of whatever the hell that was during the second half. I have no problem allowing Carr a dominant role when it wasn't clear what we'd even be getting from the rest of the team in the alternative. As for Gabe, I agree with...

One thing I still don’t quite understand about college basketball. Wouldn’t everyone prefer that the refs always attempt to make the right call over dealing with crack pot home away splits even if that means occasionally the gophers get more accurate calls during their home games (tragic) taking...

This question makes no sense to answer in a vacuum. Making hiring decisions based solely on W-L récord or statistics would be selling ourselves short. Just because we don’t like an outcome such as a bad loss doesn’t mean the only solution is to fire our coach and it also doesn’t mean the only...

Easily the best analysis I’ve read on the topic to date. Hits on all the factors I consider dispositive.

As ridiculous as saying “I don’t want a glass of water for lunch, give me a different drink please”, while also asserting that there will be no difference in the outcome for me if my replacement is a glass of battery acid versus Pepsi?

Non-unique. Everything said here applies to any alternative course of action also.

Coyle has earned my confidence when it comes to the ADs ability to make good hiring/firing decisions

Why?

I have watched every game on the schedule over the past three seasons. You are right, I spelled Pitino’s name wrong. Anything of substance to add?

We lost to #21 in the country by 3 points. Ugly game without question, why waste time attributing blame when every starter on our roster seemed determined to reign supreme as Gopher Bungler-in-Chief. This result, at worst, has an insignificant impact on my overall opinion about Patino's status...

Iowa - W Indiana - W @ Northwestern - W Maryland - W @ Wisconsin - L @ Indiana - W Nebraska - W

The structure of this argument is very weak. Without also presenting the number of similar caliber MN players to those discussed in the article who did not pan out in a similar fashion at their respective D-3 and D II programs it becomes impossible to draw many conclusions at all. The claim...

As someone who’s rooted for Demir from the beginning—that made me smile seeing him lumber down the half court all alone & finish like a g

1) & 2) Big Men: Luka Garza $5 Daniel Oturu $5 3) PG: Marcus Carr $3 4) Wing: Aaron Henry (would entertain switching Henry out for Kalscheur) $1 5) Rage Inducer: Giorgi Bezhanishvili $1

Considering the age and experience of D1 players, especially freshman, it doesn't sound very ridiculous. Improving player production is contingent on each player's "production ceiling" so it makes sense that younger guys would be less static in this regard