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I don't have all of the answers. I am not a coaching savant. I am willing to let the team grow. Virginia Tech is now in the Top 25. Purdue is now ranked #1 in the country. Michigan is going to be better than people thought. Mississippi State is 9-0 and ranked in the top 20. These are hardly the...

Excellent point. Many times we know our destination in life but many times we don't. We fuddle around and we look back in 70 years and remark on what a good life we've had. Basketball is different in that we all want to win as the end goal. It is hard to be patient and enjoy the journey because...

I seriously love the analogy! I guess I am not having as much of a problem seeing the system. I see it and I see the players are not able to currently execute it. The 8 billion dollar question is does the coach scrap the system to coax out a few more wins or does he keep running the system as...

Time to find a new hobby. One of my most memorable hikes involved hiking through acres of invasive Himalayan blackberries overlooking the Columbia River in Oregon. Tore my shirt, tore my pants, tore my socks, tore the laces on my boots, had cuts all over my arms and legs... it was all worth it...

I see all of this talk about things being different with quick turnarounds due to the portal, etc. etc. etc. I get it... we all want a winner and we want it now. The fact of the matter is that there are 350+ D-1 basketball teams out there including 65 Power 5 schools. Every single program is...

Making FTs is often more than the actual points themselves. Making FTs builds confidence. Making FTs brings the score closer which means MN has an opportunity to calm down and make up a 2 point versus 6 point deficit. Making FTs tightens the game up for KY so that they get more nervous and are...

Oddly enough, the sanctions did little to hurt the program on the court. Monson attracted some decent talent during his time. His teams did not perform poorly because of the sanctions. I think that the scandal stripped the support out of the community. The state was flying high in 1997 and the...

I am not talking about filling Williams. I am talking about donors who are willing to throw obscene amounts of money around to the athletic department for upgrades, etc. The Final Four run captured the attention of the whole state. If the big-buck donor explosion didn't happen in the two years...

Heaven forbid that an academic institution have standards for their athletic programs.

This team has the potential to be very good. It is going to be up and down as the young players mature. It might not be this month. It might not be this year. But I believe that they have a chance to do some things. I think that there are some transfers who might see this potential and want to...

I truly believe the Gophers suffer most from lack of well-funded boosters. The cultural scene in MSP is surprisingly strong for a metro our size. We have a lot of well-educated people here who value education/culture over sports. They see the U as an educational institution first and an athletic...

I would have to think that Thompson would have had some minutes against Edey. Thompson may not have been able to body Edey but it would have been worth trying to front him to make it harder to get the ball. Ola-Joseph was giving up so much height that Thompson would have been worth a shot.

Here is Episode 2 with Mallory and Rose.

I saw a little more fight yesterday. It would be great to see them follow that up with a win vs. Michigan or Miss. St. in the next week to help them see how results follow effort. If Garcia doesn't get his wings under him a bit, I would try the small line-up against certain squads. Battle is...

It is hard to say after a 19 point loss with such a rebounding disparity but I saw several positives out of this game. They didn't back down and I didn't see any quit. The frosh all showed flashes of talent. All had some nice aggressive moves to the basket. Cooper looked better. He had some...

It took a little over a page before this thread veered seriously off course. I will give the benefit of the doubt and presume that some posters didn't read the thread title or the first post in the thread which outlined the purpose of the thread. I will restate it here... this is a thread to...

I was referring to the schedule immediately ahead not doing them any favors. They may very well start playing better but the results may be more likely to be Ls due to the step up in competition. I am not a fan of B1G games starting before the noncon portion of the schedule is done.

Battle is certainly struggling as one of the returning guys. I had expected the rest of the squad to be able to step up collectively to offset Willis' offense. I expected this team to get some more easy points in transition. It hasn't happened yet. Here's hoping that something clicks soon. The...

Seems half full to me! I doubt that many of us had this team making the NCAAs this year. Seems that the media and fans all had us near the bottom of the conference. With that goal seemingly out of the question, I immediately started looking to how this year can be a bridge to competing for that...

I agree with your take. Last year's team seemed to know their roles and, while clearly less talented most nights, played hard and were in most conference games. I am no pollyanna. We have seen a lower level of hustle out of this crew. I am hopeful that we are simply seeing youth thinking...