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    Week 1 brought us a Gonzaga master-class, another Villanova pratfall, sizzlin' Nick Martinelli, Miles Barnstable, and a troubling Gopher nail-biter

    Well, Michigan lost a squeaker today to possible future MN opponent Wake Forest. It was in Greensboro (WF is in Winston-Salem), so technically a neutral site. A man-splain here, but, like the Gophers, the vast majority of teams have much less roster/rotation continuity from last year than all...
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    List of '24-'25 D1 Players from Minnesota

    Wisconsin also has Steven Crowl, from Eagan who went to Eastview.
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    KenPom Preseason Top 100 - MN #59

    Without looking it up, I doubt we've had any B10 team bring in HS recruits ranked as high as #2 or #3, and they're on the same team. Plus, I would trust Pikiell way more than someone like Woodson or the now-departed Juwan Howard to be able to harness talent effectively. Wariness is warranted...
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    Big Ten TV schedule and tipoff times to be announced at 2 p.m.

    Well, there's two exhibition games, which also might be a record. Not sure what's going on with the Yale game - seems like a big enough game to warrant regular coverage, but since it is on a Saturday, perhaps college football on BTN could bump it to BIG+.
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    Big Ten TV schedule and tipoff times to be announced at 2 p.m.

    I've been streaming on the 'cock for a lot longer than most (mainly for the English Premier League matches). IMO, the production value for both B10 football and basketball has been indiscernible from NBC, oftentimes with the same announcers and studio talking heads. You might be thinking BIG+...
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    Final Power 5 Non-Conference Schedule Rankings: Gophers finish #75 of 82

    Being "only" in the bottom 10% rather than worst is not worthy of a label of "improvement". If not for the tournament they didn't (yet) back out of this year, it'd be worst again.
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    ***OFFICIAL MINNESOTA AT MICHIGAN BATTLE FOR THE LITTLE BROWN JUG IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

    Why? 2 yards matters when it's only 2nd down? PJ maybe thought that was the first down stick instead of the 10 yard marker.
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    2024 MN High School Football thread

    As a multi-decade resident and parent of two graduates, it's a little strange to see Eagan football do well. Aside from a couple of .500-ish years - and I mean a couple - they've been downright bad. Just to add some color to the 2-point win over LS, Eagan had scored 21 unanswered to go up...
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    Final Power 5 Non-Conference Schedule Rankings: Gophers finish #75 of 82

    Yeah, the rankings might say this is a bad schedule, but it really isn’t. If MN had Providence, GaTech, OkSt, say some lower level SEC team (to match Okla playing Mich), Ben would be REALLY bemoaning the murderer’s row schedule. Michigan is probably well under ranked using last year as the...
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    Pac 10 expands, adds 4 new schools

    As a former resident of Laramie, it bums me out that the rivalry with CSU might be over. Wyo doesn't likely move the needle enough to get an offer, unfortunately. They might want to consider going down a level and joining the Big Sky.
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    Final Power 5 Non-Conference Schedule Rankings: Gophers finish #75 of 82

    "What can possibly be gained by playing local low mid-majors Oakland and WMU?", he asked facetiously...
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    Final Power 5 Non-Conference Schedule Rankings: Gophers finish #75 of 82

    Vandy is another of those bi-polar schedules - there are 4 sub-336 games, but also 4 or 5 Quad 1s, none of which are at home.
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    Final Power 5 Non-Conference Schedule Rankings: Gophers finish #75 of 82

    The Hoyas have a couple of @s in front of P5 opponents. CBJ: "what does @ mean?"
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    What grade would you give the 2024 Gophers basketball non-conference schedule?

    So, Yale was a NCAA tourney team, and so was Florida. And, WF and N. Texas were in the NIT. The Gophers will be playing 3 of those 4 teams. I still think it's pretty misleading to state there's three or four tourney teams, but this is likely how he got to that rationalization. I still said F...
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    All Things Gophers 2024-25 Schedule Updates

    Minor quibble - the Gophers are guaranteed to play either FL or WF in the second game of their Thanksgiving tournament. So, it's one. Whoopee.
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    All Things Gophers 2024-25 Schedule Updates

    It's bad. But just to put a there-must-be-a-pony-in-that-pile-of-crap spin on it, the Yale and N. Texas games, coupled with a real tournament make this a - marginally - better schedule than last year (the bar to clear on that one was underground, so don't hurt yourself patting yourself on the...
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    All Things Gophers 2024-25 Schedule Updates

    There's a couple you sneaked onto this list from a low major conference... Also, how are you viewing Oregon St. and Wash St. this year (i.e. they're not P5 anymore, but you did include Gonzaga, St. Mary's, and San Diego St. in the other thread.?
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    Final Power 5 Non-Conference Schedule Rankings: Gophers finish #75 of 82

    I like that you qualify this statement. To me, the average is less important than having a few (at least 3) resume building opportunities. Said another way, it doesn't matter to me if you scheduled a lot of opponents in the 240s or the 320s - those should all be cakewalks - as long as you've got...
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    Final Power 5 Non-Conference Schedule Rankings: Gophers finish #75 of 82

    This is another schedule that I think is fine. It’s a bit bipolar, but it has enough P5 and that 11/22 game will be another quad 1 or 2.
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    Mid-Summer Field of 68 Projection Feeling the SEC As Best Top-to-Bottom Conference

    I’m interested in your thoughts about leaving Rutgers out, despite a high preseason computer rank. I suspect it’s because their best talent was playing HS last year, but there are only 2 B10 teams ranked above them (and only one and two spots ahead at that).



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