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Hopefully the Gophers' early interest in Carroll will pay dividends. South Carolina came in late after missing on earlier targets, and she was scheduled as of Oct. 2 to visit South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia Tech and Ohio State before making a decision. Edit: Carroll has rocketed up...

6 BIG teams are ranked, 3 others received votes (Iowa 26th, Illinois 29th, MSU 31st). Gophers are 10th tournament team in ESPN's early bracketology. Thought the Gophers might have received a vote or two.

Not sure it should be a 15-yard penalty. Gophers lost to Iowa in 1986 on a re-kicked field goal moved up 15 yards. From an Iowa write up I found: This game was played before overtime was part of college football. It was destined to end in a 27-27 stalemate when Houghtlin missed a 51-yard...

Agree. One of the female student announcers clearly was doing homework on the players and the teams. The guy, not so much.

Wrong. There are other penalties relating to being across a line that are already reviewable (see below). No reason offside on an onside kick couldn’t be added to the list of reviewable fouls. 2024 NCAA Rulebook Rule 12 Instant Replay Reviewable Fouls ARTICLE 8. The following plays are...

No Braun on the pre-season All BIG team: Makira Cook, 5th-Yr., G, Illinois Hannah Stuelke, Jr., F, Iowa Lucy Olsen, Gr., G, Iowa Shyanne Sellers, Sr., G, Maryland Alexis Markowski, Sr., C/F, Nebraska Cotie McMahon, Jr., F, Ohio State LAUREN BETTS, JR., C, UCLA Kiki Rice, Jr., G, UCLA JUJU...

2022 was a 1 good-win season, the great victory at Madison. Otherwise, the victories were over 3 incredibly weak non-conference opponents, and 5 other teams that couldn't crack the top 50, 2 of which couldn't crack the top 100. Altogether, there were 5 wins against teams not in the top 100...

Haven't been since the field was lowered in the 1990s, additional rows were added and the new press box/luxury boxes season were added in the late 1990s. Have heard Michigan fans say much louder since these changes.

You have bad timing. The last 25 years is the worst stretch versus Iowa and Wisconsin in Gopher history.

Dawn P did it before as a 10 seed. Might have to do something similar to reach the Sweet 16. With a soft non-con schedule, and brutal conference road slate, it will take a helluva year to get off the 7-10 seed lines. And if they end up on the 11 line, might have to win 3 games to get to the...

ESPN's bracketology updated on 9/18 has the Gophers making the tournament as an 11 seed.

I interacted with numerous Iowa fans at the men’s and women’s Big Ten basketball tournaments at Target Center, many accompanied by their children. All were good people, or at least acted that way. Likely a different sort than the Iowa travel football horde.

Agree 100%. I had a conversation years ago with Gopher AD Tom Moe who told me that in his playing era, Iowa was the biggest rival, and that he always regarded Iowa as the bigger rival.

In 2019, 2021 and 2022, Iowa’s significantly better special team play contributed to 3 Gopher losses. Special teams shouldn’t be overlooked. The good news is that Iowa’s special team advantage seems to have gone away, with the possible exception of the return game.

Gopher season preview on Hoopla substack. A positive take. https://hooplanewsletter.substack.com/p/minnesota-preview-wbb-2425

Prairie View A&M still showing they’re coming to the Barn on Dec. 20. Wonder what the uncertainty is about. https://pvpanthers.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2024-25

Jackson State and Oregon State are both teams in transition. The former lost their successful coach (moved up to Charlotte) and a WNBA draft pick and the latter lost virtually their entire team due to conference realignment. Hard to know what we are getting with either team.

Sounded like maybe no non-conference road games, but not 100% clear. Said on Randball Pod weren’t ready to play on road last year in conference, then mentioned 4 neutral site non-con games this year.

Eastern Illinois at the Barn on Nov. 20. https://eiupanthers.com/news/2024/8/29/eiu-womens-basketball-releases-2024-25-schedule.aspx