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These are not the same situations at all. McNeese is headed toward possibly being ranked and getting a pretty nice seed in the tournament if they take care of business. Not the others. Maybe be open to new knowledge instead of internet tough guy trying to put everyone else down.

Did you know that McNeese is good? Rated higher than MN, won 30 games last year, took Alabama to the wire this year, and coached by Will Wade (who I've seen mentioned here as a home run hire to replace Johnson). That was not a bad loss for UNT.

There are still 100+ worse teams than this, and all the rest of the noncon games (excepting the holiday tourney) are in this vicinity or worse - they're all terrible. Cleveland St. has the added feature of not matching up well, either.

They're terrible - #249 on barttorvik. This is a get right game for the Gopher offense as long as they limit turnovers and get on the defensive boards (countering the only things the Vikings do well). Also note that they take almost the fewest 3FGAs in the country and are bad when they do -...

How so? They've sucked in the analytics since he got here. My guess is that they're not paying enough (any?) attention, or they'd be good at something. Anything. There are zero successful teams not using analytics.

I feel extremely confident that I know more about what I'm watching than you do. Anti-analytics folks really are missing a huge chunk of understanding what's going on. Didn't you tell us that the defense was descent (sic - another sign of the intellect I'm dealing with)? It's not, at least...

I do watch A LOT of basketball. What I have learned is to not put my trust mostly in my eyes. I lean in to the analytics because they give you a lot more insight into what is truly happening. Here is the barttorvik profile as of this moment. The offense and defense efficiencies, while they...

Please, please stop using stats that don’t adjust for tempo. The Gophers are currently #355 in tempo on barttorvik. Therefore, both points scored and points allowed are lower due to fewer possessions, not bad offense or good defense. When you look at points per possession - the stat that...

I wish they'd play so I could take all your money. Vegas would have the Gophers favored by 17.

Oh, you’re one of those eye test only guys. Got it. ETA: Minnesota would also be heavily favored against the two other teams BGSU lost to (S Miss & Davidson). But they looked good against MSU. I wonder how in the world they lost those other games if they're so good.

BGSU is - currently - the 8th ranked team out of 12 in the MAC, and in the 250-270 range. They lost to Southern Miss (who’s in the 220s) and Davidson and their only win came against a non-D1 opponent. They could yet be a force, though…

Fleck is currently sub-500 in conference games.

They also were beaten soundly by Ill - Chicago.

Can't get a good win if you never schedule a good opponent.

There's this problem that the opposing defense isn't doing what the defense does in practice. No fair!

Well, the second "your" in the title of the thread is used correctly, but not the first. If I'm the AD, I don't overreact to one loss to a team that was in the same neighborhood in the analytic rankings who we played without some key players and with others not fully healthy. Still, put the...

Every post you make is some version of this. Perhaps it’s therapeutic for you. One-trick ponies induce eye rolls and ignore buttons.

This is why it was interesting to see them work through the scenario with no Garcia (foul trouble) or M Mitchell (injury) in the later stages of a tight game. While it wasn't particularly pretty, I thought the offense was less predictable and different guys made plays (Patterson and Asuma, imo).

Will anyone be surprised if he transfers? Whoever is coach next year will need to bring in practically a whole new rotation from the portal. and presumably that will include players who have been productive at some other level. IOW, he'll most likely be recruited over. But you never know what's...

Or loser...