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I like that you take the jabs about the length and content of your posts with such good humor. And I love how much you obviously care about Gopher women's sports.

Yes, posts that long are the gopherhole.com equivalent of "poor body language."

Two points: One, I'd bet the kerfuffle during the Northwestern game was only the culminating incident, not the sole cause of the suspension. And two, being a star player does not automatically transfer to being an excellent coach, where you're in a position of authority and often have to handle...

Yeah, the Daily comes out twice a week, the Big Ten has 14 schools, and the U of M has only Fall and Spring semesters -- no Winter!

Now it's the fourth day after the Illinois game, and still there is not a single word on the Minnesota Daily website about this situation. In fact, not even the game itself is mentioned there; the last thing they wrote about the women's basketball team was the loss to Northwestern on Jan. 11. If...

The question was whether the Bellos' situation was related, not whether the reason they didn't play was also for "conduct unbecoming." Whalen could simply have chosen to say "No comment." Instead, she said "No." If it was related -- and admittedly, we do not know that yet -- then she lied.

Although it's between semesters, so the twice-weekly Minnesota Daily is not coming out with print editions now, I thought there might be something on its website about this women's basketball situation. Front and center on the main page of the Daily website is an article about the men beating...

The similarities between the end of the women's game against Ohio State on Tuesday and the end of regulation in the men's game against Purdue are downright eerie. After going up by four points with 2:55 to play, the women were outscored 7-0, making two turnovers to Ohio State's none. After going...

The similarities between the end of the women's game against Ohio State and the end of regulation in the men's game against Purdue are uncanny. After going up by four points with 2:55 to play, the women were outscored 7-0, making two turnovers to Ohio State's none. After going up by five points...

Countering my own argument, the Gophers' shooting percentages by quarter were 23.5%, 30.8%, 36.3%, and 46.7% -- not a sign they were running out of gas. Of course, though, fatigue can show itself in stats other than shooting percentages.

I think Ignatius's post noting the minutes played is pivotal: 38 Pitts 38 T Bello 36 Scalia 34 Hubbard 33 Brunson 14 Powell 5 Adashchyk 2 K Bello Compare Ohio State's playing minutes: 23 Patty 32 Sheldon 27 Juhasz 17 Greene 39 Miller 16 Bell 26 Crooms 15 Mikulasikova 5 Wone Aranaz As I...

Does it look like all the Gopher undergraduates are staying?

VolleyballMag.com All-Americans: First Team -- Regan Pittman Second Team -- Stephanie Samedy Third Team -- Alexis Hart Honorable Mention -- CC McGraw Identical to AVCA's Gopher honorees. https://volleyballmag.com/2019-vbm-all-americans/

You gotta give Plumford credit. They took out the Big Ten's Penn State, Minnesota, and Wisconsin in nine straight sets. Congrats!

Does anyone with more volleyball knowledge than me know what the difference was between the early-season Gophers win over Stanford and last night's match? Was it something the Gophers did in September that managed to control Stanford's hitting, or was Stanford just off on that day?

Gopher AVCA All-Americans: First Team -- Regan Pittman Second Team -- Stephanie Samedy Third Team -- Alexis Hart Honorable Mention -- CC McGraw Taylor Morgan and Adanna Rollins both received Honorable Mention last year, when there were 85 Honorable Mentions. This year there were only 42.

Does anyone else have the feeling that the Gophers entire journey this season is like a made-for-tv movie?

Okay, Stanford won the NCAA women's soccer championship this fall, came in third in the women's cross country championships, is currently ranked #1 in women's basketball, and stole our softball coach. Enough already. Gophers in four!

It's kind of interesting that on the Gophers/Stanford half of the draw, all four regional semifinal matches went five sets (Stanford/Utah, Penn State/Cincinnati, Louisville/Texas, and Minnesota/Florida), yet both regional finals were 3-0.

Yes, what is it about this team that has gotten them to the Final Four? Early on in the season, some in this forum (myself included) bemoaned what seemed to be an inability to close out sets and/or matches when the Gophers lost a few late leads. But now I believe what has made this team special...