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OK, it makes sense that one of the primary motivations for change would be the current administrative nightmare of having to treat each transfer (in the five named sports) as an exception, requiring a hearing in each case. It’s probably untenable for the NCAA to go on the way it is currently...

It’s that last bullet that might need more consideration or fine tuning by the committee, namely “Leave under no disciplinary suspension.” The case of Destiny Pitts is illustrative of what the dicey issues might be there. Destiny certainly (at least as far as I know) qualifies for immediate...

Admittedly, it has been a trifle scary on inbounds plays, starting with last year’s Maryland game and continuing this year. All too often they end up resorting to a long pass to a guard dashing toward half-court (with fan visions of either an over-and-back or an interception for an easy...

As of 2/18/2020, with 3 games left in our regular Big-Ten season, we are solidly lodged in 11th place by losing to Michigan State. Here’s the Big-Ten Conference rankings and games back. Motion is since last reported on 2/14/2020. Team (AP Rank) Conf GB (Motion) Creme Rank EoS RPI (est) EoS...

There were 7 Gopher assists (with 15 turnovers) to 16 MSU assists (with 14 turnovers). For reference, note that UConn averages 18.5 assists per game, which is 6.375 higher than its opponents on average. Against MSU, we didn’t even measure up to the average UConn opponent, let alone UConn...

Michigan State bench player Julia Ayrault scores 14 points off the bench in 22 minutes. She was not even on Iggy’s list of notable bench players. As noted, MSU bench player Taiyier Parks with 9 rebounds and 7 points off the bench in 14 minutes. Rebounds: Minnesota 44 Michigan State 51 Points...

One big named Taiye just can’t (by herself) box out 3 tall muscular bigs from MSU. And even if the guards do box out whatever big they’re assigned to, doesn’t matter, they can stand flat footed and just grab the rebound over the top of them. Plus, although it was a little better when Kehinde or...

Thinking about it a little more deeply, I actually agree (or at least partially agree) with most of the above comments. With few more insights just gleaned from further analysis and thought. > Regarding fouls, it’s coaching ... Watch our close outs on defense. I highly doubt we drill this ...

Michigan State has 5 games left, whereas we have 4. That’s why they’re a half-game off from us, not a full game. https://www.forums.gopherhole.com/boards/threads/big-ten-ranking-2019-2020.95086/ By beating Rutgers, Sparty put us in a bit of a bind by now being half a game ahead of us. To avoid...

BTW, here’s the updated free-throw shooting for the team (top players only) through the @Ohio State game (which gave it a boost) ... Player FTM-FTA FT% Masha Adashchyk 11-12 .917 Jasmine Brunson 37-43 .860 Destiny Pitts 48-56 .857 Sara Scalia 29-36 .806 Gadiva Hubbard 48-62 .774 Jasmine Powell...

I went back to record the one statistic that I neglected to look at earlier, and that may be one of the most telling stats for this particular game, namely personal fouls ... Stat: Minn OSU Personal fouls: 21 23 Players with 5 fouls: 0 1 Players with 4 fouls: 0 3 Players with 3 fouls: 5 1...

Here’s the highlights from the perspective of Ohio State. A lot of overlap but a few different plays, I think. One thing I noticed in about 3 min of highlights: what looked like about 5 bad calls (or no calls) that went against us. Granted, can’t be sure of it cuz only had one camera angle...

As of 2/14/2020, with 4 games left in our regular Big-Ten season, we slid a bit relative to the league leaders by losing to Ohio State. Here’s the Big-Ten Conference rankings and games back. Motion is since last reported on 2/11/2020. Team (AP Rank) Conf GB (Motion) Creme Rank Maryland...

This is the second game in a row in which the opponent’s field-goal percentages were more than 1.5 X our own shooting. Also (oddly) the second game in a row in which each team shot an identical number (61) of field-goal attempts. Ohio State made 34, whereas Minnesota made 19. That’s 1.789 X more...

We’re holding their high scorers mostly in check, it’s the other players that are killing us. Madison Greene, averaging 8.2 points, has 23 points after 3 quarters.

Diva one point away from 1000 career points.

And repeat 383 times. That’s how many posts on the Paige Bueckers “All Things ...” thread. If these were all separate threads, you’d never be able to find that one Paige post you were looking for. Nor be able to find other threads among all 383 Paige threads. No harm no foul for creating an...

As of 2/11/2020, with 5 games left in our regular Big-Ten season, we slid a bit relative to the league leaders by losing to Michigan. Here’s the Big-Ten Conference rankings and games back (with overall record acting as tie breaker). Motion is since last reported on 2/7/2020. Team (AP Rank)...

So, Michigan looked like a well-oiled machine running some plays out of which they got some easy back-door points, and were able to get it with ease down low to their posts who got easy scores. Looked nice if you’re a Michigan fan. For the Gophers, our defense wasn’t cuttin it. Although I did...

At halftime, Powell 17, Wolverines 37.