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Was the MN talent overrated? All of the guys we have were ranked in the #200 range, nationally. That usually means “decent major conference starter or mid major guy” which is about all we can hope for in 2 years with some of them if they hang around that long.

Ben brought in a bunch of transfers as well. Two of them on our current roster were supposed sought after transfers. Payne might be something but otherwise the 4 freshmen are probably role player types. So we’d have to hope the 2 freshmen next year are studs and can get something done with...

Can somebody explain to me that while I understand Evans was a late-riser, is there an explanation why only a handful of teams were in on him? UCLA, USC, Arizona, etc weren’t involved? If NIL is a thing, we’re not hearing some team with big pockets trying to offer him millions, yet he’s almost...

All true, but I think my main point that may not be reflected in the power rankings is that there is a high likelihood our schedule will be murderers row. At the very least, we can agree on that?

You’re right that they cushion the bets a bit on season totals and betting futures is generally stupid, and neither team is winning the title. But if you think that 3.5x disparity in title odds doesn’t mean something, I don’t know what to tell you. It implies that their predictive model thinks...

The national title prop will correlate with Big Ten West odds. Wisconsin will have much shorter odds than us there as well. Vegas is in it to make money which is why they base their bets mostly in predictive models and simulations. You’ve got an angle here. Hammer the Gophers to win the West...

Are you implying they’re doing this just because they think it’ll draw more people to bet on Wisconsin? To a small degree this can happen, but the futures bet is just a simulation based on predictive metrics. Obviously a bit more fluky during the off-season. They think Wisconsin will be better...

Well. Yeah…as one note, I said Penn State at home to be the most dramatic. The Vegas lines are basically KenPom. I do admit to making the mistake of just taking the +/- of ratings as what it usually is. I think the game at the barn is more like Gophers +6 per those now that look more, because...

Admittedly, it’s hard to predict with so many new players, but this has been predicted from miles away before the season. KenPom had us as something like the #110 team coming into the year. That’s #13/14 in the conference territory. We’ll probably drop further after tonight, but we are...

He pulled “one of the best big men in the country” out of CA that curiously nobody in the vicinity bothered to recruit. Seems like Kansas and Texas were mildly interested, the battle was us and TCU. That doesn’t sound like a borderline 5 star player. He definitely looks like a solid rim...

I think the only reason this team is “fun on paper” is because we’ve had nothing else to talk about so we were gushing about a bunch of lightly recruited freshmen beating one of the worst teams in the NCAA. Battle and Garcia are good players but have some flaws. Payne is a high major talent, no...

Is something up with Evans if he’s supposedly a top 15 player in the country and has 1 blueblood and then 4-5 2nd tier or lower major offers? Just style of the game?

I think this is quite optimistic to say the least. All we need is. Veteran PG and we’re basically a tournament team…?

Guys, I don’t think he’s truly pissed off. He finds it quirky and funny. Also, he’s probably right:

I realize we can hit the portal again and Battle, Fox, and Ihnen will be here…but will it be that much more talented? Curry and Willis are pretty good…

Remember with the TT hype that Iowa is probably the most likely Big 10 team (including Nebraska in this list) where I could say, “throw a brand new big man in there and he’ll put up numbers.” Theyre a good team but they’re very soft. Let’s see what TT does against most other teams with a tough...

Not that I think Ben had any other choice, but this culture is being built but guys where over 75% of them cannot be here next year. We’ll have to see what the actual wave of home grown players can do.

I could not believe that. There are a lot of times in basketball where a guy hits the floor hard on a rebound and needs a second to catch his breath or maybe he’s drumming up the injury…in those cases I’ve seen the coach/trainers let them work it out for a minute. it was pretty clear curry was...

To Indiana? 😀

We were one of the luckier major conference teams last year in the same metric. Has a way of evening out.