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Gophers still on the 4 line after today’s game by Her Hoop Stats. Gophers are either the top or second 4 seed. In some order, West Virginia and Maryland are the last two 4 seeds. https://herhoopstats.com/bracketology/

The Gophers win in Iowa City continues to look better and better. Iowa stamped itself today as clearly having the 2nd best BIG season, yet the Gophers handled them without that much difficulty. Just as Iowa matches up well with Michigan, the Gophers match up well with Iowa.

Great regular season and good effort today. Time to get ready to host and hopefully make the Sweet 16. A real possibility. Would be a program-elevating feat. Was hoping today would signal a change of fortunes in the BIG Tourney. 12 wins and now 33 losses in the event is the lowest winning...

Interesting option. Potentially a good fit. Minnesota has mastered playing slow (slowest paced team in the league this year), and slow is a good match for Merkle and her deadly shooting accuracy.

100%. Would be a joke if Nebraska made it. In the 42 NCAA tournaments since the Big Ten began regular season play in 1982-1983, only 1 Big Ten team with a losing conference record has made the NCAA tourney, Indiana in 2019. That year Indiana went 8--10 in the regular season, and then won 1...

The coaches appreciated the Gophers more than media. Not a surprise. Grace and Tori both 2nd Team by coaches (the best result possible), but only Grace by media. Tori and Amaya made the coaches All-Defensive Team, but neither made the media All-Defensive Team.

All Big Ten Awards later today, if schedule holds from last year. Final conference-play stats have Tori finishing 24th in scoring, and GG finishing 31st in scoring. Scoring isn't everything, but it substantially drives awards. Guessing Tori's defense will carry her through to the All-BIG 2nd...

Would amend my comments to say Close, Coach P and Jan Jensen would all be deserving winners.

Win today and the Gophers are hosting in the NCAA Tournament. NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee Top 16 Ranking – March 1, 2026* 1. UConn 2. UCLA 3. South Carolina 4. Texas 5. Vanderbilt 6. Iowa 7. LSU 8. Michigan 9. Louisville 10. Duke 11. TCU 12. Oklahoma 13. Maryland 14. Michigan...

ESPN bracketology has MSU # 13, OSU # 14, Oklahoma # 15, Kentucky # 16, and Minnesota # 17. Lots of ways to get to # 16. Beat Illinois, and then win 1 game as BIG #4 seed over OSU, MSU or Maryland would do it.

The Michigan State loss seems less harmful than feared to the Gophers' NCAA hosting chances. If I'm reading the various bracketologies correctly (if wrong, please point out), ESPN currently has the Gophers as the # 17 team (a 5 seed 1 spot from hosting), CBS currently has the Gophers as the #...

8 for All BIG Defensive Team would be better.

1 week to go in conference play. All-BIG Awards next week. 2nd team GG & Tori? HM Battle, Braun & Hart? All Defensive Tori? With GG’s scoring falling off, Tori is 20th in league scoring and GG is 30th. 1st team seems off the table. Hope they both make the second team (10 players on 1st &...

The BIG COY race should be a 2-coach race: Cori Close and Coach P. Honorable mention to Kim Barnes Arico and Robin Pingeton. Close will probably win if UCLA goes 18-0 in league play, and she would be a deserving winner, though so would Coach P.

The Gophers have been a NET darling all season (currently # 8), but have finally risen in a variety of who-you-beat resume rankings, including Wins Above Bubble (WAB) used by the NCAA Tournament Committee. As of this morning, the Gophers are up to 14 in WAB and 24 in RPI. A comparison as of...

Gophers beat OSU on their way to conference tourney 3 seed and Big Dance 4 seed.

Gophers +15 on the glass, and + 11 in second chance points. McGuff needs to re-think his roster design. This is the 5th year in a row that OSU has been bad or worse on the glass. Perimeter athleticism is great, but some nights you need to rebound.

Big game tonight. If I have my history right, last February Gopher game involving two ranked teams was twenty years ago, on February 16, 2006, against the Buckeyes in Williams Arena.

Bart Torvik's site has the Gophers as a solid favorite tomorrow night. Gophers -6.7 with a 75% chance to win. Warren Nolan's site has the Gophers as a slight favorite (-1) with a 54% chance to win. Nolan's site is RPI based on who you beat, whereas Torvik's site is similar to the NET ranking...

Agree on liking the matchup. Ohio State simply refuses to rebound the basketball. The glass should be a huge advantage for the Gophers.