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There's no way Whalen will walk away at the end of the year and that doesn't have anything to do with the cash involved. If she is as determined as a coach as she was as a player, she'll get it figured out.

Felt bad for the ladies. They outplayed and outrebounded Iowa for three quarters, only to end up on the short end of the score. If the ladies can be that competitive in most of their remaining games, they'll have done a great job. But many more losses to come, I think.

It's kind of interesting to look back at the media postings the few weeks before the suspension. I recall stories about how Pitts had been mentoring Scalia, about how Pitts had commented positively about Whalen working to improve her connection with players, etc. I don't have any inside...

To her credit, she did implement a zone defense to start the second half and that was effective But they got away from that as soon as Bell hit a couple threes. Would have liked them to use that zone more often. (Have no problem with them changing defenses often against a young team like OSU.)

It's all "fun and games" until conference action begins. I'm not a Stollings hater, but her idea of scheduling the weakest non-conference opponents available is never going to serve her well. As a matter of fact, the schedule she set up for last year's Gophers may have played a major role in...

Well, maybe we shouldn't give the conference crown to Maryland yet. Northwestern trounces the Terps in Evanston. Cats off to an 11-1 start.

I also thought they should have fouled. Pitts with a good game, except for the last few minutes. She made a couple of bad decisions down the stretch. Brunson hit some key shots. Bello did a great job of rebounding ...and staying on the floor.

I watched Indiana's win over MSU. Looks like the Hoosiers have a really solid club and, after Maryland, they might be the second best team in the league. They have a well-rounded team, including three young post players who are already contributing a lot. I didn't look to see what the...

I had the feeling that if they had played another 10 minutes, the Gophers may have lost the game. Scalia was solid; K. Bello did a nice job filling in for T. Bello. Lots to work on, including, as mentioned before, in-bounds plays. McDaniel and Frazier with a great second half for PSU, but...

Some gaudy records for the BIG teams. Can't wait for the "real" games to start. Will be interesting to see which teams turn out to be contenders and which teams were pretenders. Gophers are going to have to start strong if they want an NCAA tourney bid, as their schedule toward the end of the...

A couple of ranked BIG teams lost today in their final games before conference play begins. #24 Michigan loses to #8 Florida State; # 12 Indiana loses to #10 UCLA. Michigan to fall out of top 25 with that loss?

Not a bad tuneup heading into the holidays. Lots of PT for everyone. Interesting to see K. Bello, Sconiers, and Tomancova on the floor at the same time late in the game. Too bad the long 3 by Scalia before the half was waved off. Scalia, Powell, and Adashchyk all in double digits scoring...

It is kind of a cool connection. Looking to the future, I wonder if similar type athletes will end up at St. Thomas when the Tommies go DI. That will at least give some athletes another in-state option.

I don't think that Whalen's going to want/need to field a 3 guard/2 post lineup in the BIG. Ideally, she would have the personnel to do that, but I don't think she has the people to do that. She'll have to go with her best players. And given the limited amount of PT the backup posts have had...

Looks like this is going to be a very good free throw shooting team. They should be able to hold on to leads late in games. Also nice to know that Whalen doesn't have to sit T. Bello late in games, as she also has become a good FT shooter.

One of the best post passers I've ever seen, men's or women's. I still remember the first Gopher women's game I ever saw. It was a televised game (on CBS, I think) in Madison against the highly rated Badgers. Whalen was a sophomore and McCarville was a freshman. The Gophers upset the Badgers...

Wish her success wherever she ends up. She was going to struggle to get PT with Hubbard healthy again, Powell and Scalia playing as well as they are, and another good guard on the way next year.. Am I correct in recalling that she was 4-star who had originally committed to play elsewhere? She...

Hoosiers looking really solid so far. Northwestern, Rutgers, and Iowa all looking more formidable than I thought they'd be. And, yes, although Charlie Creme currently has 11 BIG teams in his NCAA tourney bracket, that will all shake itself out, as some teams suffer key injuries they can't...

And Sconiers or the other bigs will be well served to use T. Bello as a model. Bello is someone who definitely stays involved and her game has improved each year since she's been here.

It looks like we have a couple guards we can build on. Now if we could only get some inside help. Hard to evaluate some of the other Gopher frosh when they're not healthy. I like the fact that both Powell and Scalia have different talents...Scalia more of a shooting guard, Powell a...