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Yet, somehow during Mason's tenure at Minnesota, every Big Ten team won at least a share of a Big Ten title except him, Michigan State and Indiana. The Big Ten was never easier to win than during Mason's tenure. And he helmed one of the three programs to fail to do it at least once while he...

Quinn has no eligibility left. He is a sixth year guy and has exhausted everything. He did announce will play in the bowl game.

Nebraska was in the Gator Bowl the year prior. And, didn't travel well at all. Sold less than 2000 tickets from their allotment. That scared the Citrus Bowl, so they took the Gophers over the Huskers. Cornhuskers fans are well known for traveling to regular season road games all over the...

I think the poster may have been referring to the first extension that Ben signed, which came after year one. That was a year in which he tied for last place in the Big Ten and got the 14th seed in the 14-team Big Ten Tourney.

I generally agree with you on this, I don't feel publicly held companies should be throwing money at college athletes when they have to answer to stock holders on profits, etc. However, I would offer that the major corporation located in Memphis (FedEx) may feel it worthwhile to be a booster to...

One great year? In his seven seasons as a head coach, he has two seasons of winning 30+ games and his other five seasons have been 21+ wins. He was in the Sweet 16 last year and in the National Championship game the season before that. He has won three conference titles in a tough league and...

Coyle already stole one basketball coach who spent one year at WVU. Maybe he can steal another.

This is truth. Part of the reason football is getting "most" of the NIL money is because PJ has been very aggressive in seeking it, meeting with big donors, and raising the money on his own, etc. The recent $1 million matching situation is a direct result of PJ's efforts.

I actually think one could argue that Ben Johnson was the opposite of "up and coming" when hired at Minnesota as head coach. He had been a career assistant for 16 years prior to his hiring. The schools he was at made three (3) NCAA tourneys in those 16 years. Three. Twice at Northern Iowa...

It was decent. Pretty thin of quality depth with injuries through most of the spring. Claeys left him 3 pretty decent JUCO kids that would start, but not much quality depth between those guys and the promising younger players. No future NFL'ers were starting on the line that year, none got...

I think it actually raises a different (and better) question. Had today's rules been in place in 2017 when the red hot coaching prospect Fleck was hired here, what would he have been able to assemble for Year Zero? Almost certainly, he would have brought 15-20+ players with him from the...

Agreed. If he is indeed looking to move up, then he WILL do it after this season. He is 63 years old and could "age out" if he doesn't leave soon. And, he will likely never have Indiana in this position again. There will be a few big time jobs open and he could definitely get involved in...

They were competitive last year and it resulted in an NIT berth. Does being competitive and going back to the NIT again result in excitement or progress? I'm not so sure. We'll see. I have been surprised how frontal Coyle has been about his expectations. He hasn't been shy about stating...

But, what defines progress? Making the NIT for a second straight year? That seems stagnant. I think that's why many believe it has to be NCAA or bust.

If Mitchell is healthy, he is 100% locked in as the starting center.

Yeah, not sure why they want to wait two weeks. Seems odd. Although, it appears they want a one-week event, so is it better to sync it to around Final Four time, or be done a week after the conference tourneys end? Not sure what to think. As to what players and coaches think? Players?? My...

That's an interesting write up. I think he is dreaming if he thinks the FOX thing will be a disaster any more than the NIT has been a disaster. I am guessing the best "secondary" tourney will be this FOX field and NOT the NIT. This FOX field will include the top teams from arguably the top...

It will be nearly impossible for a 6-14 Big Ten team to be invited to this FOX produced event. It will be the top two Big Ten teams that didn't make the NCAA Tournament. Most likely that will involve a pair of teams that are near or just under .500 in Big Ten play. Last year, it was Iowa and...

And at Kinnick Stadium.

Yeah, Tyler Nubin won the award twice last year alone.